Racist radio station--this is crazy!

[cash78mere]

I received this in an email today and i am horrified. This is absolutely disgusting and completely racist. This woman deserves to be fired immediately. How DARE she make light of what happened. And to use blatantly racist terms like that is disgusting.

Here is what I received:
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In what has to be one of the most idiotic displays of the first amendment, New York City radio station Hot 97 Miss Jones in the morning program has been airing the attached "parody" of We are the World, making fun of tsunami victims, apparently taking delight in the over 200,000 lives that have been lost in one of the worst tragedies in history. As if the deaths weren't enough, Hot 97 has also added an element of racism, just in case the situation wasn't desctructive enough.
Sample lyrics:

"There was a time, when the sun was shining
bright
So I went down to the beach to catch me a tan.
Then the next thing I knew, a wave 20 feet high
Came and washed your whole country away.
And all at once, you can hear the screaming
chinks.
And no one was saved from the wave.
There were Africans drowning, little Chinamen
swept away.
You can hear God laughing, 'Swim you bitches
swim.'

[Chorus]
"So now you're screwed. It's the tsunami,
You better run and kiss your ass away. Go find
your mommy.
I just saw her float by, a tree went through her
head.
And now your children will be sold. Child
slavery."

The links below offer good continuing coverage of this idiocy, including links to Hot 97's half-assed apology and another mp3 that has an asian cast member getting torn down when she has the gall to object to the content. You would think that the sheer devastation of the tsunami would unite us as to understand the fragility of humanity and that tragedy knows no skin color. Yet Hot 97 has decided to use it to further divide us, almost implying that the deaths were acceptable because it happened in third-world southeast asia. Absolutely sick. I encourage you to forward this to anyone who may listen to Hot 97 in New York and
encourage them to boycott the Miss Jones show, until a more substantive apology is issued and broadcast on
air. Also blitzing Hot 97's email account and their sponsors should also demonstrate the outrage that should be apparent.

HOT 97
395 Hudson St. 7th Fl.
New York, NY 10014

(212) 229-9797

hot97@hot97.com

RELEVANT LINKS:
http://www.hiphopmusic.com/archives/000759.html
http://www.hiphopmusic.com/archives/000760.html

http://www.asianmediawatch.net/missjones/index.html

[RACooper]

You've got to be shitting me right? No one can be this ignorant right?

Damn... nope they are that f*cking ignorant... to bad they don't live in Canada... it'd be a blast nailing them under our hate laws.

At the very least the radio station should have it's licence suspended, the "personalities" (using term broadly) fired-fined-charged and hopefully locked away for a little while...

[_Opi_]

she is one sick lady!

[OtterXO]

Okay...I usually don't get offended by non-PC stuff, but this is ridiculous. I'm really surprised that a well known NYC radio station would air something like this...that's just disgusting and extremely in poor taste.

[Peaches-n-Cream]

I heard excerpts from this song on the news last night. This is what happened when someone objected to the song:

On this tape you hear them introducing the "Tsunami Song," then Miss Jones and co-host Todd Lynn launching into an abusive tirade against Miss Info when she voices her objection to it. Miss Jones finally tells Info she's only complaining because "you feel superior, probably because you're Asian."

Then, after Miss Info has said the song is offensive to Asians, co-host Todd Lynn informs her: "I'm gonna start shooting Asians." Yes, he really says that. It's at 3:37 on the mp3.

http://www.hiphopmusic.com/archives/000760.html

I really don't understand how they can mock of one of the biggest tragedies the world has experienced. I am offended by the blatant racism and bigotry behind this song. How on earth could this be considered funny by anyone?

[PM_Mama00]

Wow. I honestly cannot believe that would come out of the mouth of someone who has, I'm sure, experienced racism in her life.

Flame me if you will, but if this were about another race and not Asians, this would have made exploding news. This is the first I've heard of this situation. How f*^%ing unfortunate that these disgusting creatures could have the "creative" minds in making up something like that. I'm truly disgusted by ANYONE making a mockery of what happened in the Asian countries. That even goes for those who are creating false charities and stealing the money.

I can't believe how sick and demented and STUPID some people can be.

[Jill1228]

What a bunch of sick f*cks!

The public deserves MUCH more than an apology. Some heads need to roll!

[Rudey]

How many of you listen to Hot 97?

-Rudey

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Originally posted by PM_Mama00
Wow. I honestly cannot believe that would come out of the mouth of someone who has, I'm sure, experienced racism in her life.

Flame me if you will, but if this were about another race and not Asians, this would have made exploding news. This is the first I've heard of this situation. How f*^%ing unfortunate that these disgusting creatures could have the "creative" minds in making up something like that. I'm truly disgusted by ANYONE making a mockery of what happened in the Asian countries. That even goes for those who are creating false charities and stealing the money.

I can't believe how sick and demented and STUPID some people can be.

It's been in the local news since Monday in NYC. I think that it's a local show so it might have taken a while to become a national story.

City Councilman John Liu and many of his colleagues have called for an FCC investigation.

[moe.ron]

As repulsive and repugnant as what they said was, its not for the government to decide whats in bad taste. Was what they did obscene? I don;t know, but the FCC doesnt let you go to trial on each case they charge. Hopefully, the market will speak, with the dj's, producer and station manager fired and advertisers pulling their ads to hurt the station.

[Dionysus]

Um...check this out.

http://www.tshirthell.com/store/prod...?productid=408

[navane]

That segment was completely tasteless and lacking in sound judgement.


For what it's worth, the station has pulled the show:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/0...eut/index.html

I like the way HOT97 made a desperate attempt at the end of their statement to keep their advertisers from pulling their ads (read: $$$) from the station. Pathetic.

http://www.hot97.com/

I guess some people feel that the way to gain "fame" is by being nasty and crude instead of by actually being clever and funny. Doubly pathetic.

.....Kelly

[PM_Mama00]

Originally posted by Dionysus
Um...check this out.

http://www.tshirthell.com/store/prod...?productid=408

You know what's sick is that some stupid trendy teenager or college student will decide that this shirt would look fabulous with their faded bootleg cut jeans and Ugg boots or stilettos.

[Jill1228]

I'd like to see someone wearing that shirt get a good ol' fashioned BEAT DOWN!

Originally posted by PM_Mama00
You know what's sick is that some stupid trendy teenager or college student will decide that this shirt would look fabulous with their faded bootleg cut jeans and Ugg boots or stilettos.

[cash78mere]

Originally posted by PM_Mama00
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Flame me if you will, but if this were about another race and not Asians, this would have made exploding news. color]

you are absolutely right. the fact that it is asians that are being discriminated against makes it "not as important". i can't even imagine the outcry this would have received if it was about african-americans. it would be all over the news.

it still makes me so angry to think that this hasn't gotten the attention it deserves yet stupid fraternity pranks become front page news.