I think Mike made a great suggestion for our class to become a mini-lab of protest.
Here’s something that requires our unfettered anger.
Two hosts from CBS Radio (the station that fired Imus) made a patently offensive prank call to a Chinese restaurant.
The caller told the restaurant’s female employee, “Should I come to your restaurant so I can see you naked? ” and continued, “That way, I can see your hot Asian spicy ass.”
For the moment they’ve been suspended without pay. NY Times story. The local Organization of Chinese Americans is staging protests of CBS Radio and boycotting advertisers.
Growing up in Texas, I saw a lot of this kind of hurtful, poisonous language. It’s not only because Texas is a place rife with blatant racial insensitivity, but also because my parents owned a Chinese restaurant. As such, I know the struggles that immigrants face in making a meaningful life in America. There is nothing funny about a prank call of this nature. I am so deeply ashamed that we live in a society where people would consider this comedy.
I am so angry that their violent voices of oppression and bigotry are on the radio. It’s sick, it’s disgusting. Doesn’t it mean anything to live in the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement?!
Bottom line, I’d like to get these hosts fired.
