And with good reason, for it is inevitably the conflict by which Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere has put succinctly on the issue of race. Nick Joaquin himself would put it when he would analyse the character of Crisostomo Ibarra and note how Ibarra’s Creole background was eventually his downfall in colonial Philippines, for was viewed with suspicion by natives because of his seeming collusion with the oppressive regimes and the fear of the ruling elite for their capacity for displacing them. (Joaquin 1977).
Sa panahon ng kaguluhan sa loob ng Partido na bunga ng pagbabalik ng “demokrasya” sa ilalim ni Corazon Aquino, napatay ang isa sa mga pangunahing pinuno nitong si Romulo Kintanar, pangalawang asawa ni Joy matapos si Jopson. Si Kintanar diumano’y pinarusahan ng New People’s Army dulot ng kanyang katiwalian at paglalakad na magkawatak-watak ang kilusan. Ayon kay Joy, dulot ito ng pagpapalabas ni Kintanar sa isyu na nagtuturo kay Jose Maria Sison bilang pasimuno ng pambobomba sa Plaza Miranda noong 1971 na naging “dahilan” diumano ni Marcos upang ideklara ang Batas Militar.