The paper examines pieces of literature written by Chinese-Filipino migrants that were published between the 1980s to 2010s. It tries to explorethe genealogy and development of Chinese-Filipino community in Binondo and the factors that caused the troubled dual construction of ethnicity of recent Chinese migrants and third generation Chinese-Filipinos in the area. Consequently, the paper determines the extent of stereotyping experienced by recent migrants and the third-generation Chinese-Filipino families in the cosmopolitan district.