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Minstrelsy Returns with Transformers 2's "Little Black Sambots"

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen debuted in theaters on Wednesday and it has already sparked some controversy over twin autobots Skids and Mudflap ...

Skids and Mudflap are voiced by Spongebob Squarepants' Tom Kenny and Reno Wilson ... The autobots use over-the-top, Hip-Hop-inspired vernacular and stereotypically Black-sounding voices ...

Skids are Mudflap transform into autobots from Chevy concept vehicles ... In their autobot form they sport gold teeth, can't read and name their place of origin as "da hood" ... They also have strong simian features ...

The New York Times' Manola Dargis describes the autobot's voices as "conspicuously cartoonish" in a way that indicates "minstrelsy remains as much in fashion in Hollywood" ...

CHUD.com dubbed Skids and Mudflap the "Little Black Sambots" ...

~Papi Chulo~

SAY WHAT?!? :: "There Are Times When An Abortion is Necessary..."

"There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white. Or a rape."

-- President Richard Nixon (In newly-released tapes of Oval Office conversations)

H/T: Son of Baldwin ...

~Papi Chulo~

"They'll have to find someone else" ...

H/T: Son of Baldwin ...

~Papi Chulo~

In the News :: Rupert Murdoch Apologizes for New York Post Political Cartoon

News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch personally apologized for the New York Post's controversial political cartoon ...

Rupert Murdoch: "Today I want to personally apologize to any reader who felt offended, and even insulted. I can assure you—without a doubt—that the only intent of that cartoon was to mock a badly written piece of legislation. It was not meant to be racist, but unfortunately, it was interpreted by many as such. We all hold the readers of the New York Post in high regard, and I promise you that we will seek to be more attuned to the sensitivities of our community."

The president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said Murdoch's apology was more sensitive than the one issued by the paper's editors ... but it didn't go far enough ...

Benjamin Todd Jealous (NAACP President): "Mr. Murdoch's apology comes only after almost a week of tens of thousands of expressions of outrage and disgust from people across the country. The offenders are still on staff and there are no measures being taken to increase diversity in its newsroom."

~Papi Chulo~

"New York Post Outrage Goes National" on Countdown with Keith Olbermann

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~Papi Chulo~

In the News :: John Legend Slams NY Post's Political Cartoon

R&B crooner John Legend ripped the New York Post in a letter to the editor ... Legend criticized the paper for printing the new infamous chimp political cartoon ...

John Legend: "Did it occur to you that this suggestion would imply a connection between President Barack Obama and the deranged chimpanzee? Did it occur to you that our President has been receiving death threats since early in his candidacy? Did it occur to you that Blacks have historically been compared to various apes as a away of insult and mockery? Did you intend to invoke these painful themes when you printed the cartoon?"

The Post did issue an apology for the political cartoon late Thursday evening ...

It was meant to mock an ineptly written federal stimulus bill. Period. But it has been taken as something else—as a depiction of President Obama, as a thinly veiled expression of racism. This most certainly was not its intent; to those who were offended by the image, we apologize. However, there are some in the media and in public life who have had differences with the Post in the past—and they see the incident as an opportunity for payback. To them, no apology is due. Sometimes a cartoon is just a cartoon—even as the opportunists seek to make it something else.

Legend took issue with the post's non-apology apology ...

John Legend: "You should print an apology in your paper acknowledging that this cartoon was ignorant, offensive and racist and should not have been printed. Please feel free to criticize and honestly evaluate our new President, but do so without the incendiary images and rhetoric."

~Papi Chulo~

Race and Ethnicity IX: Majority Condemn NY Post Political Cartoon

A New York Post political cartoon has caused quite a bit of controversy today ... The cartoon depicts two white police officers having shot a chimpanzee ... One of the officers (with his gun still smoking) says to the other, "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."

The cartoon was illustrated by Sean Delonas ... and most have interpreted it as comparing President Barack Obama to the violet chimp ... The cartoon mixes two news stories: the stimulus bill's passing and a chimpanzee who was killed Monday by police in Connecticut after it mauled a friend of its owner ...

Barbara Ciara (President of the National Association of Black Journalists): "How could the Post let this cartoon pass as satire? To compare the nation's first African-American commander in chief to a dead chimpanzee is nothing short of racist drivel."

Reverend Al Sharpton called the cartoon "troubling at best given the historic racist attacks of African-Americans as being synonymous with monkeys" ...

The New York Post's editor-in-chief brushed off comments that the cartoon was racist ...

Col Allan: "The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy. Again, Al Sharpton reveals himself as nothing more than a publicity opportunist."

It's very sad and quite shocking that the New York Post can't see the racial undertones and overtones in the image ... A black chimpanzee is brutally shot (not once, but twice) by two white cops ... The cops reference someone else being needed to "write the next stimulus bill" ... President Obama has been the champion of the stimulus bill ... He has been having town hall meetings throughout the country to sell the stimulus bill and to aide in the average American's understanding of the stimulus bill ... So it is obvious that the chimpanzee in question symbolizes Obama ...

To briefly address the other side's point-of-view ... Yes it is true former President George W. Bush was often satirized in political cartoons and throughout the web as being a chimpanzee or a monkey ... But there is a huge difference in calling Bush a chimp versus Obama ... Why? Because whites were never enslaved ... Whites don't have two hundred years of slavery in their history ... Whites were never called a word that has the mammal in question following the word "porch" ... Comparing a white person to a chimpanzee or a monkey does not have the same racial implications as it is to compare a Black person to the same animal ... or to an animal period ...

The Black community has suffered centuries of being dehumanized by the whites in power ... So seeing an image of a gunned down chimpanzee with even the slightest reference to our first African-American president is utterly disturbing and worthy of a true apology and retraction from the New York Post ...

~Papi Chulo~

In the News :: British Comic Dons Blackface for Obama Skit

British comic Alan Carr has caused worldwide outrage for wearing blackface to play President Barack Obama on the C4 series Sunday Night Project ...

In the skit Carr plays Obama alongside co-host Justin Lee Collins and actor Martin Sheen ... Sheen appears in bondage gear as he portrays The West Wing's President Bartlett ...

The UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission denounced the skit saying: "Blacking up carries deep racial overtones. It's not harmless fun, it's tasteless and offensive."

C4 Spokeswoman: "Both Alan and Justin regularly dress up to perform topical sketches that relate to the guest and to world events. The sketch is intended to cause laughter not offence [sic]."

So blackface is "intended to cause laughter"? I don't think so ... and why didn't Martin Sheen agree to be a part of such a racist skit?

~Papi Chulo~

In the News :: Republicans Elect First African-American Chairman

The Republican Party has elected their first African-American in its history on Friday ...

Republicans chose former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele over four other candidates (one who used to be a member of an all-white's country club and another who circulated a CD that included "Barack the Magic Negro" and "The Star Spanglish Banner") ...

Here is MSNBC's Rachel Maddow's take on the news ...

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

~Papi Chulo~

SAY WHAT?!? :: New Year's Eve Watercooler Moments

New Year's Eve had its share of watercooler moments ...

First up was the odd pairing of Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin on CNN ...

Let's just say Kathy is a master at the art of the put-down ...

Wile FOX News had people talking ... but not in a good way ...

The network had a scrolling ticker that showed messages from viewers ... and one was well ... I guess typical for FOX News?

~Papi Chulo~

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~Papi Chulo~

Elisabeth Offers Joy "Some More Barack Obama Kool-Aid"

In one of those "did I just hear that moments" ...

Elisabeth Hasselbeck offered her The View co-host Joy Behar "some more Barack Obama Kool-Aid" ...

The comment came after a heated political discussion between the co-hosts that moderator Barbra Walters tried (without luck) to simmer down ...

The audience instantly turned on Hasselbeck after the comment ...

Here is the clip ...

~Papi Chulo~

In the News :: Kerry Condemns "Hate-Filled" Language At McCain-Palin Rallies

2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry has directly addressed racist and "hate-filled" language that is being spewed by supporters of John McCain and Sarah Palin at political rallies ...

John Kerry: "The reports are piling up of ugliness at the campaign rallies of John McCain and Sarah Palin. Audience members hurl insults and racial epithets, call out 'Kill Him!' and 'Off With His Head,' and yell 'treason' when Senator Obama's name is mentioned. I strongly condemn language like this which can only be described as hate-filled."

As our friend CUPPA JOE puts it ... "McCain's white supporters are calling Barrack everything from 'Arab' to 'Nigger,' creating the kind of political environment that causes assassinations to occur" ...

John Kerry: "According to reports, every ad paid for by the John McCain campaign is now a negative ad – every single one! McCain allows his running mate to make outrageous charges that only a few years ago would have disqualified someone from serious consideration for national office."

Help fight the smears ...

~Papi Chulo~

In the News :: Florida Teacher Suspended After Racist Obama Comment

A Marianna, FL middle school teacher was suspended for 10 days without pay after he wrote a racist interpretation of Sen. Barack Obama's "change" slogan ...

Some parent and community activists were outraged by the actions of Greg Howard ... NAACP officials in Jackson County are waiting on more facts before taking action ... Some parents feels Howard should be fired ...

Howard wrote an backronym on a dry-erase board in his class September 26 at Marianna Middle School using Obama's "change" slogan ...

It read ... "C.H.A.N.G.E. -- Come Help A (N-word) Get Elected" ...

Howard has been teaching for 17 years in the district ... His racist comment was made during his seventh-grade social studies course which includes 17 white students, six Black students and one Asian student ...

Howard was initially suspended with pay Monday while the incident was under investigation ... The penalty moved up to a 10-day suspension without pay starting Tuesday ... Howard must also write a letter of apology to the students ... Howard will also be reassigned to teach in the district's Adult Education Program ...

I guess adults won't have a problem with his racial epithets?

~Papi Chulo~

Differing Points of "View" on N-Word

It was an interesting morning on The View ... The chatfest was discussing Rev. Jesse Jackson using the N-word on FOX News in an off-air comment ... and the hypocrisy of that situation ...

Then ... it turned into a heated discussion between Elisabeth Hasselbeck and the rest of the gals ...

Elisabeth feels that no one should use the N-word ... regardless of race (because she's seen the movie Crash) ... Sherri Shepherd and Whoopi Goldberg try to explain their perspectives but Elisabeth won't let them get a word in edgewise ...

Here is the clip ...

~Papi Chulo~

Don Imus :: "What Color Is He?"

After making his infamous "nappy-headed hos" comment regarding the Rutgers University women's basketball team ... Don Imus is making the headlines yet again for a comment he made regarding Dallas Cowboys defensive back Adam "Pacman" Jones' race ...

On his WABC Radio show ... Imus and sportscaster Warner Wolf were discussing Jones' decision to stop using his "Pacman" nickname in an effort to rehabilitate his image after a series of run-ins with the police ...

Warner Wolf: "Defensive back Adam 'Pacman' Jones, recently signed by the Cowboys—here's a guy suspended all of 2007, following a shooting in a Vegas nightclub."

Don Imus: "Well, stuff happens. You're in a nightclub, for god's sake. What do you think is going to happen in a nightclub. People are drinking and doing drugs. There are women there, and people have guns. So there, go ahead."

Warner Wolf: "He's been arrested six times since being drafted by Tennessee in 2005."

Don Imus: "What color is he?"

Warner Wolf: "He's African-American."

Don Imus: "Well, there you go. Now we know."

Here is the clip ...

Upon hearing Imus' comments ... Jones made a statement to the press ... calling Imus' words offensive and uncalled for ...

Adam Jones: "I'm truly upset about the comments. Obviously, Mr. Imus has problems with African-Americans. I'm upset, and I hope the station he works for handles it accordingly. I will pray for him."

Reverend Al Sharpton ... who called for Imus' firing when he made his Rutgers comment ... had his own words for Imus ...

Al Sharpton: "I find the inference of his remark disturbing because it plays into stereotypes. Any use of stereotypes is always counterproductive. We will determine in the next day or so whether or not his remark warrants direct action on our part, as we did in April of last year."

Imus isn't apologizing ... he claims that he was making a "sarcastic" comment in defense of African-Americans ... and was taken out of context ...

Don Imus: "What people should be outraged about is that they arrest Blacks for no reason. I mean, there's no reason to arrest this kid six times. Maybe he did something once, but everyone does something once."

~Papi Chulo~

Amy Winehouse's Distrubing Racist Video

Fans are not rushing to get Amy Winehouse's new song added to their iPod playlist ...

The British tabloid News of the World has posted a video that shows Winehouse with a friend and her husband singing a racist song ... Filmed by her husband Blake Fielder-Civil in May 2007 ... Winehouse sings a racist song set to the children's tune "Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" at her husband's request ...

Blake Fielder-Civil: "Can we have a singsong of it?"

Amy Winehouse: "Blacks, Pakis, Gooks and Nips, Gooks and Nips! And deaf and dumb and blind and gay!"

Winehouse sings as drug paraphernalia surrounds her ... at one point in the song she uses her hands to slant her eyes ...

The video appeared online Sunday ... and Winehouse issued an apology to the paparazzi nestled outside her home ...

~Papi Chulo~

Robert Downey Jr. Plays Black Man in "Tropic Thunder"

In a move that is guaranteed to garner lots of publicity ... maybe not the kind that was being sought after ...

Robert Downey, Jr. plays a Black man in the upcoming summer comedy Tropic Thunder ... The movie is about a group of actors filming a serious war film ... and the stars are in the shock of their life when their director and writer drop them off in the jungle to fend for themselves during a real conflict ...

Robert Downey, Jr. plays Kirk Lazarus, a very serious Oscar-winning actor cast in the most expensive Vietnam War film ever. Problem is, Lazarus's character, Sgt. Osiris, was originally written as black. So Lazarus decides to dye his skin and play Osiris, um, authentically.

Robert Downey, Jr.: "If it's done right, it could be the type of role you called Peter Sellers to do 35 years ago. If you don't do it right, we're going to hell."

The film is directed by Ben Stiller and also features Stiller and Jack Black as the pompous actors ... Stiller says that he and Downey always made sure that the point of the movie was to satirize over-the-top actors, not African-Americans ...

Ben Stiller: "I was trying to push it as far as you can within reality. I had no idea how people would respond to it. But at a recent screening, Black viewers liked the film."

Robert Downey, Jr.: "At the end of the day, it's always about how well you commit to the character. I dove in with both feet. If I didn't feel it was morally sound, or that it would be easily misinterpreted that I'm just C. Thomas Howell in [Soul Man], I would've stayed home."

To view an uncensored trailer for Tropic Thunder ... Click Here ...

~Papi Chulo~

Diesel Washington-Headlined "Telescope" Lacks Diesel-Led Cover

Diesel Washington is the featured player in Titan Media's latest feature ... Telescope ... The actor hit the gym extra hard to get his already bulging muscles ... extra bulgy ... He got immersed in his character ... and is featured in two scorching scenes ...

But if you looked at the DVD's cover art ... You can't really tell that this feature is Diesel's big shot at being a featured player ... Why ??? Because the 6'6, 240 lbs. musclebound stud is relegated to second banana on the cover ...

Earlier this week Diesel ranted on his blog about the apparent cover slight ... and he has all the reason to rant ...

Being that Diesel is headlining his first feature ... One would think that Diesel would be front-and-center on the cover ... I mean ... It's not like he hasn't been featured prominently on a DVD cover before (Crossing the Line: Cop Shack 2) ... So why the slight this time?

Diesel gives the answer in his blog ... apparently white America will more than likely purchase a porn DVD with a white male on the cover ... rather than one with a Black man on it ...

The DVD will sell more if a handsome white male is on the cover ... and apparently if a Black male is on the cover ... as Diesel says ...

If I was on the Box cover, immediately people will think this movie is a Black Movie and the most intense fuck scenes and action will be lost to the public because of a Simple Box cover!!!

But as Diesel puts it ... Maybe him not being on the cover might be a plus ...

Image the shock of buying the movie because of the Extremely Handsome white man on box cover and finding out that the main character of the movie is a Handsome Black man fucking, fisting, and footing the Handsome White Man on the Box Cover. Total mind fuck and I love it!!! Now I don't want to get political and say this and that but after some hard thinking I'm very happy with the outcome of the movie and Box cover.

Thinking positively or not ... It is a shame Diesel isn't front-and-center in his first role as a headliner ... But there will be other DVD covers ... I'm sure of it ...

~Papi Chulo~

Cartoonists of Color Comics Page Sit-In

On February 10 ... several cartoonists of color drew a version of the same comic strip as a way to stick it to editors that make hiring decisions based on the theory that all Black comic strips are alike ...

Here is a sampling of the comics that took part in the "Cartoonists of Color Comics Page Sit-In" ...

In the News :: Brown-Waite Refuses to Apologize to Puerto Ricans and Guamanians for "Foreign Citizens" Remark

Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL) issued a press release on January 29 that has sparked a controversy ...

The press release was in response to the proposed economic stimulus bill in the House ...

Brown-Waite called Puerto Ricans and Guamanians "foreign citizens" in the news release ... Brown-Waite's comments have angered the residents of Puerto Rico and Guam ...

... The bill sends hundreds of millions of dollars to people who do not pay federal income taxes, including residents of Puerto Rico and territories like Guam. I do not believe American taxpayer funds should be sent to foreign citizens who do not pay taxes. Americans want an economic stimulus for Dunnellon, Brooksville and Clermont, not for San Juan or Hagatna. As the legislation moves forward, it must be changed to ensure that only federal taxpaying American citizens receive rebate checks.

Now ... maybe Ginny has been living in a bunker ... because Puerto Ricans received American citizenship in 1917 ... and Guam residents won citizenship in 1950 ... They may not pay federal income taxes ... but they do pay Social Security and other payroll taxes ...

Black Cartoonists Rise Up :: "Comics Page Sit-In"

On February 10 ... several cartoonists of color will each draw a version of the same comic strip as a way to stick it to editors that make hiring decisions based on the theory that all Black comic strips are alike ...

The day is being called "Cartoonists of Color Comics Page Sit-In" ... and its plan is to stop the practice of editors denying the addition of Black cartoonists or ethnic-themed comic strips because they already have one ...

Darrin Bell (Creator of "Candorville"): "I just thought, enough is enough. When one of my cartoons gets added to a page, I dread asking my syndicate what I replaced because it's too often one of the other 15 'black' strips, even though they have nothing to do with mine thematically. Many of us have even been told: adding one means cutting another."

Karisue Wyson (Marketing, Licensing and Sales Manager for the Writers Group, a syndicator of comic strips): "Salespeople know editors can take biased shortcuts when evaluating comics. They often view strips that have certain characters (dogs, children, family, students, minorities) as similar in theme, even though they rarely are, and therefore they see the strips as interchangeable. And an editor's argument that their readership doesn't contain a minority audience only advances the fallacy that minority strips are only meant to be read by minority readers."

Besides Bell ... other "Comics Page Sit-In" participants include ... Cory Thomas ("Watch Your Head") ... Lalo Alcaraz ("La Cucaracha") ... Steve Bentley ("Herb and Jamaal") ... Jerry Craft ("Mama's Boyz") ... Charlos Gary ("Working It Out" and "Café Con Leche") ... Keith Knight ("K Chronicles") ... and Stephen Watkins ("Housebroken") ...

~Papi Chulo~

Golf Channel Anchor Suspended for Tiger Woods "Lynch" Comment

Last night ... Golf Channel announced that it suspended anchor Kelly Tilghman for two weeks in the wake of comments made last week that the channel deemed "hurtful and grossly inappropriate" ...

Tilghman stated last week that young players who wanted to challenge Tiger Woods should "lynch him in a back alley" ...

Tilghman was laughing during the exchange Friday with analyst Nick Faldo at the Mercedes-Benz Championship ...

A Golf Channel spokesman said Tilghman immediately regretted the remark ... and issued an apology to viewers and to Tiger Woods on Sunday ... After news spread ... Tilghman issued another apology and Woods' agent defended the long-time friend of Woods by calling it "a non-issue in our eyes. Case closed."

Initially ... it appeared as if the channel would take no disciplinary action on Tilghman but last night it apologized again to anyone offended and added ...

There is simply no place on our network for offensive language like this. While we believe that Kelly's choice of words was inadvertent and that she did not intend them in an offensive manner, the words were hurtful and grossly inappropriate. Consequently, we have decided to suspend Kelly for two weeks, effective immediately.

Last night Reverend Al Sharpton weighted in on the controversy on CNN ... He demanded the channel fire Tilghman ...

Here is a clip of Reverend Al Sharpton on CNN ...

~Papi Chulo~

Duane "Dog" Chapman :: "I'm not Black at all."

In his first television appearance since his hit A&E show was indefinitely shelved ... Duane "Dog" Chapman tells FOX News that he "never did it out of hate" ...

"Dog" is referring to the very publicized phone conversation that leaked to the media where he vehemently uses the N-word as he talks to his son about his Black girlfriend ...

"Dog" said that he always felt a kinship with Black people ...

"Dog": "There's a special connection that I thought I had between me and Black America. And I used to say, 'I'm black, too.' In other words, my whole life I've been called a half-breed, a convict, king of the trailer trash, this and that…so when I stood there and said, 'I kind of know what you feel like, because I've been there, too,' that I felt that I could embrace and like, as brothers ... say the word. I now learned I'm not black at all, and I never did it out of hate. This sounds so stupid. I always did it out of love. Other white guys would be like, 'Boy, who does Dog think he is? Dog can say that.' And black guys would be with me and walk with me and respect me. So, I went too far with that."

In the News :: Duane "Dog" Chapman Apologizes For Racial Slur

In another example of my "Gibson Factor" ...

The National Enquirer received a copy of a private phone conversation between Duane "Dog" Chapman and his son ... "Dog" goes on a racially infused tirade while on the phone with his son ... whose girlfriend is Black ...

Obviously reality TV star Duane "Dog" Chapman hasn't learned from the mistakes of Alec Baldwin and Michael Richards ...

"Dog" scolds his son for his relationship with Monique Shinnery ... "Dog" is concerned that Shinnery will set him up because of the language that "Dog" uses ...

A local chapter of the NAACP called what he said "deeply disturbing" ...

Here is an excerpt of what "Dog" said to his son ...

Halle Berry :: "I so didn't mean to offend anybody."

Halle Berry has publicly apologized for a joke that seriously missed the mark ...

While being interviewed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ... Halle showed him some pictures she had taken of herself with Apple's Photo Booth software ...

Halle Berry: "The machine morphs your face to look like all these silly other people. Whenever I'm feeling really bad about the world I do this to crack myself up."

While she introduced the first picture ... in which her nose was distorted ... Halle said: "This one, I don't know, this is like my Jewish cousin" ...

Jennica St. Foxx Used Racial Slur on Porn Set, Could End Career

It's always nice when the porn industry pokes fun at mainstream media ...

In this faux news report from the Onion News Network ... faux porn starlet and star of Cum Inside 7 Jennica St. Foxx comes under fire for using the N-word while being pounded by her African-American co-star Vance Ribald ...

The faux news reports says that there are rumors that her slip of the tongue could be the end of her porn career ... While Jennica St. Foxx is being pounded by the big Black cock of Vance Ribald ... she moans: "Stuff my filthy cunt with your big nigger cock" ... The use of the N-word has led to video retailers pulling Jennica St. Foxx adult videos and many fans have expressed their disgust ...

As Jennica St. Foxx puts it: "In my defense when I made those comments I was being fucked extremely hard. I have great respect for African American people who have fucked me in the past and I hope they continue to fuck me in the future."

Here is the full faux news report ...

In the News :: ABC Apologizes for "Desperate" Slip of the Tongue

ABC has apologized to the Filipino community for the racially insensitive remark that was made on its television hit DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES ...

The statement (issued on Wednesday) read as follows: ""The producers of 'Desperate Housewives' and ABC Studios offer our sincere apologies for any offense caused by the brief reference in the season premiere. There was no intent to disparage the integrity of any aspect of the medical community in the Philippines. As leaders in broadcast diversity, we are committed to presenting sensitive and respectful images of all communities featured in our programs."

ABC has even said it may edit the episode ...

~Papi Chulo~

In the News :: Filipinos Angry Over "Desperate" Moment

A brief scene during the fourth season premiere of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES has started a controversy over a line of dialogue the character Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher) says that insulted the Filipino medics ... The Philippine government may seek an apology from the producers and the ABC network ...

In the episode ... during a medical consultation Susan questions the qualifications of a new doctor by saying: "Can I check those diplomas because I want to make sure that they're not from some med school in the Philippines."

The executive secretary of The Philippine government Eduardo Ermita said that they will demand an apology "on behalf of the Filipino professionals" ... The Philippine Daily Inquirer considers the line a racial slur ... Filipino consul in Los Angeles Mary Jo Bernardo Aragon wrote a letter of complaint to ABC ...

Below is the scene in question ...

~Papi Chulo~

In the News :: Students In Blackface Reenact "Jena 6"

Just when you think we have evolved as a society ... things like this happen ...

A group of white Louisiana college students dressed in blackface reenacted the "Jena 6" assault while at a beach ... A friend of one of the "performers" snapped photos and videotaped the staged attack ... The photos and video were later posted on one of the participant's Facebook page ...

The photos were taken late last month ... and were posted on the page of Kristy Smith ... a freshman nursing student at the University of Louisiana at Monroe ...

The photo album was called "The Jena 6 on the River" ... and the video showed three students smear mud on their bodies and faces ... and stop on a fourth student ... You can clearly hear one of the participants say "Jena 6" ... and "Niggers put the noose on" ...

After receiving a largely negative response from the posting ... Kristy removed the photos and video and posted several apologies ... Including ... "We were just playin n the mud and it got out of hand. I promise i'm not racist. i have just as many black friends as i do white. And i love them to death." She later added that her friends "were drinking" and things "got a lil out of hand" ...

The sad thing ... is that this isn't the first time college students have worn blackface and used Facebook to remember the occasion ... Incidents like this have occurred on college campuses in Texas, Connecticut, and South Carolina ...

What a sad trend ...

~Papi Chulo~