Tran Ba Diep (b. 1971) sits in front of his shack in Paranaque, metropolitan Manila.  Tran and his Filipino wife and 7-year-old daughter make their living by recycling garbage.  A tattoo on his forehead says "Don't look, don't laugh", a mockery which reveals the hard life of Amerasians, especially black Amerasians.  Tran arrived in the Philippines in 1990.  He was often homeless in Vietnam, and he cannot read or write.
- Paranaque, The Philippines, 2004