Indio vs Juan Dela Cruz

Anyone noticed how the names of these two programs seem to reflect how we collectively think of our cultural selves?

Is it just me or do these programs validate the fact that we still see ourselves from the eyes of our colonizers?

Indio is a Spanish word that means Indian.

Juan dela Cruz - a name used to refer to the Filipino everyman - was actually conjured by a foreigner.

The Scottish publisher R. McCulloch-Dick of The Philippine Free Press was the first to use the name Juan de la Cruz to refer to Filipinos in general when he noticed the name's ubiquity in court dockets and police blotters.

So are you an Indio or a Juan dela Cruz?