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“Russell is telling radio stations and record labels to bleep out the words, “bitch,” “ho” and “nigger.” Now, correct me if I’m wrong but aren’t radio stations already supposed to be doing that, and don’t record labels release edited versions of exp
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The one and only Jen Chau weighs in on Imus.
“Success! We have effectively ignored the real issues and have triumphantly scapegoated one person. Good job, America! You have just had another ignore-the-real-issues moment!”
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“We recommend that the recording and broadcast industries voluntarily remove/bleep/delete the misogynistic words “bitch” and “ho” and the racially offensive word “nigger.”"
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“Yesterday I felt like I was on the show — only the tables were turned and the cabbie was doing all of the confessing…(a) black people make scary neighbors and (b) Chinese people can sleep standing up and in any position”
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Thx Sara. “CBS Radio suspended two hosts…after an Asian-American advocacy organization complained about the broadcast of a six-minute prank phone call to a Chinese restaurant that was peppered with ethnic and sexual slurs.”
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Ugh. Asiaphile Quentin Tarantino does a photo shoot in GQ with two naked Asian female models. “In one shot, Tarantino is bound up on the floor by one model while the other attempts to kiss him while hanging from a nearby wall.”
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“why would anybody expect Cho to do anything? She’s making her living tapping into the white majority sentiment. Basically she’s giving the audience license to laugh at Asian America…I’m not like one of those other whining Asian Americans. I have
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Thx Deb and Kellie. “Students of Turner County High School started what they hope will become a new tradition: Black and white students attended the prom together for the first time on Saturday.”
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Thx ananser. “Seeking to avoid being labeled a hypocrite, the Rev. Al Sharpton has “suspended” plans to honor the head of Island Def Jam Music Group – whose stable of singers includes foul- mouthed Ludacris.”
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Thx ananser. “Nina Wang, Asia’s richest woman who died at age 69 from cancer earlier this month, left behind a US$4.2b legacy to her fortune teller. She had no children yet a costly legal battle among surviving family centers around two versions of the wi
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“Though no physical evidence implicated him, Darryl Hunt, a 19-year-old black man, was ultimately convicted of the crime and sentenced to life in prison. Ten years later, DNA testing proved that Hunt did not rape Sykes, and cast serious doubts”
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
Rabia wrote:
“The white people have theirs, and the black people have theirs. It’s nothing racial at all.”
That’s rich! Sad to see things like this still happen, and, worse, that some people seen nothing wrong with it, or even work to perpetuate it. On the other hand, props to the student leaders who finally challenged their town’s dreadful tradition of segregation.It’s a small step and it’s probably more symbolic than anything at this stage, but I think they will see a big change in the school’s racial dynamics in years to come.
Posted 25 Apr 2007 at 10:16 am ¶
gatamala wrote:
David LaChapelle (who has directed for Gwen), GQ & Quentin need to quit. That spread is disgusting. Naked Asian women, samurai, blood and cherry blossoms. For chrissake..
According to the link, the models are Japanese. I would be interested in hearing POVs from Japanese women.
Posted 25 Apr 2007 at 11:09 am ¶
deb wrote:
Heads up:
Events: Russell Simmons will be speaking and signing books
Wednesday, April 25 at 6 pm
The Hue-Man Bookstore
2319 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, between 124th and 125th Streets
Posted 25 Apr 2007 at 12:10 pm ¶
Meg wrote:
I find it hard to get my head around the fact that there are segregated proms, sorry, “private parties” in 2007 and ppl still defend them. Tradition is a BS excuse. If you’re in school with ppl day in day out how do you not make at least one friend from another race? Aren’t there sports teams, debate teams, drama, etc where they have to work together? Where do the non-white/black students go, do they get to pick a side…………? Good on the students for wanting a change, hopefully their parents don’t screw it up and hopefully it remains integrated for years to come and isnt just a one off.
Posted 25 Apr 2007 at 5:42 pm ¶
kim wrote:
Uhhh…don’t the students attend the same high school? And parents have a problem with “the colored being with the whites?”
WTF?
Posted 25 Apr 2007 at 6:44 pm ¶
fgs_sfdg wrote:
http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2…5/protest-cbs/
COMMUNITY PROTEST TO DEMAND THE FIRING OF JV & ELVIS!Posted in Community Alerts, Protest at 12:10 pm by admin
PROTEST ALERT: THE APA COMMUNITY DEMANDS THE FIRING OF JV & ELVIS!
DATE: Friday, April 27, 2007
TIME: 12:00 noon
LOCATION: CBS Headquarters
51 West 52nd Street
The Black Rock Building off 6th Avenue
A community protest is currently being organized by Asian American leaders to publicly condemn the racist, anti-Asian antics of CBS Radio personalities Jeff Vandergrift (a.k.a. “JV”) and Dan Lay (a.k.a. “Elvis”) and to demand their immediate firing. Watch this space for upcoming details.
In the mean time, click here and read our open letter to CBS Radio for more information regarding Vandergrift and Lay’s history of racist and degrading remarks towards Asians.
Most recently, the tasteless duo made a six-minute prank phone call to a Chinese restaurant (which originally aired on April 5, 2007 and re-aired on April 19, 2007 — a week after Don Imus was fired for his “nappy-headed hos” comment), where they verbally abused restaurant workers with racist, vulgar and sexist comments that range from mock Asian accents (”flied lice”) to sexual harassment (telling a female employee they want to see her “hot Asian spicy ass”).
If you would like to join the FALLOUT CENTRAL ARMY at the protest, email us at: comments@falloutcentral.com
Posted 25 Apr 2007 at 9:45 pm ¶
fgs_sfdg wrote:
whoops, here’s the link
http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/04/25/protest-cbs/
Posted 25 Apr 2007 at 9:50 pm ¶