I'm not sure the period gets that much critical attention in the Filipino curriculum either. I'm struggling to think of an ex-colonial power more culturally influential and admired than the US in the Philippines, and that's as a Brit who's been to quite a few of the better-run former British colonies.
I agree, Filipinos on the whole love the USA and I have asked a few younger Filipino-American immigrants about these topics and the most common response was a blank stare. I guess they haven't discovered the fallacy of the American dream yet either, they're just damn happy to be here.
