This is important so I'm making it PUBLIC
Have any of you read and/or heard about the racist parody song about the tsunami played on a New York radio station?
If you haven't, read this ..
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On January 21st, 2005, an offensive song/skit containing openly derogatory and racist overtones reached millions of listeners in New York City when it was broadcast on Hot 97's "Miss Jones in the Morning" radio show. While the radio show has a history of recording and playing such spoofs on a regular basis, the infamous "Tsunami Song" mocks not only the victims of the unfortunate recent natural disaster in Southeast Asia, but also all members of the Asian race in general with the racial slurs "chink" and "Chinamen."
Choice lyrics included:
- "All at once you could hear the screaming ch*nks and no one was safe from the wave there were africans drowning, little chinamen swept away you could hear god laughing, 'swim you b*tches swim'"
- "So now you're screwed, it's the Tsunami, you better run or kiss your ass away, go find your mommy, I just saw her float by, a tree went through her head, and now the children will be sold to child slavery..."
Just prior to the broadcasting of this inflammatory and extremely distasteful audio, the airwaves erupted into hostility when the popular morning show's hosts argued about playing the "Tsunami Song." The on-air quarrel started when Miss Info openly voiced that she had no involvement with either the production or publication of the song, as she personally found the views expressed in the song offensive. The show's other two co-hosts Miss Jones and Todd Lynn then launched into an abusive tirade against Miss Info for her lack of co-operation. At one point, Todd Lynn stated that he was going to start shooting Asians while Miss Jones told Info she's only complaining because "you feel superior, probably because you're Asian."
You can hear the audio for yourself at: http://www.thesilent1.com/longer_hot97_tsunami.mp3
If you wish to make a further comment, you can send an e-mail to the program director jdimick@hot97.emmis.com or you can write to WQHT, 395 Hudson Street, 7th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10014.
Thus far outrage against the station and the show is muted, although there has been some press, and even a Hot 97/Miss Jones diss track by Asian MC Jin (Ruff Ryder Records). Although the show is suspended, we still need support. PLEASE sign the petition on the link below.
Listen to the words of Jin's song, click on the link below.
Like JIN says, if it was any other race it would have been taken care of.
To stay updated and to find out what you can do, go to hiphopmusic.com, where there is a list of emails for the show, the hosts, and advertisers. And as always, don't forget to include th FCC on your email list.
- To sign the petition GO HERE:
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?endhate
- To listen to the response of rapper JIN GO HERE:
http://www.alljin.com/Audio/Exclusives/jin-tsunami_response.mp3
- To listen to the HOT 97 on air response GO HERE:
http://209.15.102.92/hot97announcement.mp3
To listen to the RACIST TSUNAMI SONG, GO HERE:
http://www.asianmediawatch.net/missjones/audio/hot97_wqht_extended.wma
If you haven't, read this ..
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On January 21st, 2005, an offensive song/skit containing openly derogatory and racist overtones reached millions of listeners in New York City when it was broadcast on Hot 97's "Miss Jones in the Morning" radio show. While the radio show has a history of recording and playing such spoofs on a regular basis, the infamous "Tsunami Song" mocks not only the victims of the unfortunate recent natural disaster in Southeast Asia, but also all members of the Asian race in general with the racial slurs "chink" and "Chinamen."
Choice lyrics included:
- "All at once you could hear the screaming ch*nks and no one was safe from the wave there were africans drowning, little chinamen swept away you could hear god laughing, 'swim you b*tches swim'"
- "So now you're screwed, it's the Tsunami, you better run or kiss your ass away, go find your mommy, I just saw her float by, a tree went through her head, and now the children will be sold to child slavery..."
Just prior to the broadcasting of this inflammatory and extremely distasteful audio, the airwaves erupted into hostility when the popular morning show's hosts argued about playing the "Tsunami Song." The on-air quarrel started when Miss Info openly voiced that she had no involvement with either the production or publication of the song, as she personally found the views expressed in the song offensive. The show's other two co-hosts Miss Jones and Todd Lynn then launched into an abusive tirade against Miss Info for her lack of co-operation. At one point, Todd Lynn stated that he was going to start shooting Asians while Miss Jones told Info she's only complaining because "you feel superior, probably because you're Asian."
You can hear the audio for yourself at: http://www.thesilent1.com/longer_hot97_tsunami.mp3
If you wish to make a further comment, you can send an e-mail to the program director jdimick@hot97.emmis.com or you can write to WQHT, 395 Hudson Street, 7th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10014.
Thus far outrage against the station and the show is muted, although there has been some press, and even a Hot 97/Miss Jones diss track by Asian MC Jin (Ruff Ryder Records). Although the show is suspended, we still need support. PLEASE sign the petition on the link below.
Listen to the words of Jin's song, click on the link below.
Like JIN says, if it was any other race it would have been taken care of.
To stay updated and to find out what you can do, go to hiphopmusic.com, where there is a list of emails for the show, the hosts, and advertisers. And as always, don't forget to include th FCC on your email list.
- To sign the petition GO HERE:
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?endhate
- To listen to the response of rapper JIN GO HERE:
http://www.alljin.com/Audio/Exclusives/jin-tsunami_response.mp3
- To listen to the HOT 97 on air response GO HERE:
http://209.15.102.92/hot97announcement.mp3
To listen to the RACIST TSUNAMI SONG, GO HERE:
http://www.asianmediawatch.net/missjones/audio/hot97_wqht_extended.wma