 As reported a couple of weeks ago, Dog The Bounty Hunter is coming back to A&E this summer. Do you remember Dog’s extremely racist and derogatory rant caught on tape last fall (here’s the short version of the recording if you don’t recall). We’ll, A&E quickly pulled his show for damage control, and as I predicted at the time; it was simply a ploy to let the dust settle, pretend like they did something, and then bring him back. Afrosphere Action Coalition in conjunction with ConsciousInk has sent a letter to A&E as well as many of its former advertisers (others will still be contacted) to “express our disappointment with A&E’s decision to embrace and facilitate; and it’s advertisers decision to financially support, the return of ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ to the airwaves, after the very public revelation of Duane “Dog” Chapman’s disdain for people of color, and lack of reservation with using racial slurs as attacks towards people of African Descent and other peoples who are not of European Descent. It is our hope that you will consider how insulting his return is to the African-American community, and decide against disregarding how important to both the balance and harmony in the diverse world community it is to remove support of personalities and projects that are racist in nature; and to avoid aligning yourselves with those who project racism into the popular culture.” Now they need to hear from all of you You need to tell programming executive’s at A&E that their support of someone with such demeaning views is unacceptable. We’ve also identified some advertisers that we need to put focused intensity on and contact: A&E VPs of Programing Travelocity Public Relations: Read More: http://www.blackperspective.net/index.php/respect-in-media-no-dollars-for-dog-the-bounty-hunter/ |