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I've worked with journalists, documentary-makers, professors, who have seen my work, interviewed me, and even featured us, and have had no negative experiences that could ever brush up to what I saw that day. Blatant discrimination of my people, no regard for local customs or cultures, and he'd built a story in his mind without meaningfully understanding the context of what he was going to cover. As a result, he was disappointed that my work wasn't the perfectly packaged story he'd pre- determined and imagined-I mean what visual popcorn can you create out of a farm? At the end of the day, I was exhausted, I had no patience left, and 'd worn out every last dreg of my tolerance. He refused to let anyone take a break or eat, and he blamed his lack of "presentable click-worthy content" on me and claimed that everything is not clickable or viewable. I was fully transparent on our phone call that I didn't think my work would be something he'd be able to visualise, and that there's too many factors to the work I do that wouldn't possibly be covered in under a minute- and that maybe it would come to be the kind of content he wanted in five years time, but not now. In his story, he assumed that l'd replaced coconuts with cacao- when in reality, this was unrealistic and absurd, and not the goal of my venture, which is to diversify income streams for farmers. We mutually agreed it was best he should just leave. I should have known better, that this man was exploitative and fueling a neocolonialist narrative using our need for foreign validation. I've stayed silent because I knew that I would face backlash for calling out on this man- after all, it's easy to take Nusseir's word over mine. And I've been haunted with the knowledge that he could manipulate years of my work with a single carelessly misinformed video-I chose to stay silent about it. I would not risk my hometown, and the farmers here who benefit, over an affront by some influencer. I told myself, that if he really was like this, it would come to light eventually. And now, he has overstepped and had the audacity to do the same to Whang-Od and the Butbot Tribe. Yet I still see Filipinos defending Nas despite the statements from Gracia, a fully able bodied representative of her tribe and of Apo Whang-Od, our most revered and iconic artist. Gracia, you did what I never had the courage to do until today, and if you ever read this, you are not alone in your experience. I stand with you, and hope you can get justice and the compensation your tribe deserves from exploitative content creators.

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