Critical Commentary on Indigenous Filipino Frames

The Indigenous Filipino Frames that were tackled include: Sikolohiyang Pilipino, Pilipinolohiya, and Pantayong Pananaw that are all focus on the Filipino as being the subject of the study, and not as being the other. One of the main goals of the Indigenous Filipino Frames is to regain the lost culture replaced by the western ideologies that dominates in the Filipino culture and society. Basically, it aims to develop a nation that is united through interconnecting the diversities and differences present in every part of a nation. In line with this issue, it is questionable if this kind of objective is attainable, and even possible.

Attaining a one true united nation is hard to obtain. It is unimaginable considering that the country is really divided in three parts, and that will never change. People from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao have their own cultural identities that are preserved since the beginning of time. And not only that, the social classes between the rich and the poor will not be easily resolved or even find a solution to it. No group of people or social class will agree to have a one common way of life. The issue of hybridity will always rise due to the dynamic interplay between the insider construct with outsider constructs.  

Another issue that may be a problem is the use of a one common language. Since, the country has a rich multi-cultural system, as well as multi-dialect, it will be hard to establish a one common language that could be use by everyone. Though Tagalog is the first language of the country, it actually does not apply to all. People from the Visayas and Mindanao are are not comfortable in speaking the Tagalog language. The Tagalog language used in the Luzon area is somehow biased or one-sided; this may have the tendency to marginalize and even oppress someone who is not used in speaking the language. Using the Indigenous Filipino Frames, one can assessed that not all Filipinos do fully understand the discussion of the Sikolohiyang Pilipino using the Tagalog language.