Credit goes to kristy_chan for catching this.

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It seems that Allmusic.com can't review an album by a Chinese-American rapper without filling the review with racial stereotypes:[Jin, a Chinese-American rapper from New York City] has an amazing command of the English language and is best known for his ability to freestyle; his life experiences, though, are vastly different from his fellow Ruff

Comments

So true

[bejeezus]

I'm going to the Allmusic site to see if I can't critique the critic.

Re: So true

[bejeezus]

Information for contacting the Heffes

Reviewer's name: Jason Birchmeier

Review site: Allmusic.com

Parent company (Corporate) www.allmediaguide.com

All Media Guide
1168 Oak Valley Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Phone: 734/ 887-5600
Fax: 734/ 827-2492

Media Contact:
Phillip Bergman
Roher Public Relations
pbergman@roherpr.com

Re: So true

[bejeezus]

I think if folks begin calling and faxing this will do more than emails. But the PR guys job is to make sure the company looks good.

When talking to the folks of All Media Guide: reference clearly the review on Allmusic.com.

[footnotefetish]

That's a good idea. I think we're going to have a fax line at the new project site that includes free long distance. I should fax them a letter.

I guess I could also mail one. Hopefully they pull the review or have the reviewer edit it. I wonder if (1) there's very little oversight over what gets uploaded, (2) they just don't care what's uploaded, or (3) they're just not very in tune to race issues and had no clue how offensive that review was.

So what I sent via email

[bejeezus]

To:
Phillip Bergman
Roher Public Relations
for All Media Guide
1168 Oak Valley Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Dear Mr. Bergman,

After reading Jason Birchmeier's review of work by the rapper Jin I find myself wondering why anyone should trust critiques by the website Allmusic.com.
As you are the public relations for the All Media Guide and so also its working Allmusic.com site I address you in regards to the blatant racism written by Jason Birchmeier and greenlit by Allmusic.com's editorial staff.

To illustrate my concerns here is a quote from Birchmeier's work:
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I hit send before signing it but I'm hoping it'll look like brevity and a willingness to believe in the PR guys intuitive power.

[footnotefetish]

Right on. I'm glad you sent that. I'll send something, too.