04.24.07
Podcast Episode: Interview with Jeff Adachi, Writer, Producer, and Director of the documentary “The Slanted Screen”
This week’s show features:
- Discussion about VA Tech shootings and Seung-hui Cho
- Racist radio segment on “The Doghouse with JV & Elvis” on New York’s 92.3 Free FM
- Interview with actor and YouTube sensation Shyaporn Theerakulstit
- Interview with Jeff Adachi, director of The Slanted Screen: Asian Men in Film and Television
BenBenXiong said,
May 3, 2007 at 12:36 am
COMPLAINT TO FCC re CBS RADIO’S INDECENT BROADCAST OF ‘CHINESE F 2007-05-02 17:33:19
—– Original Message —–
From: Albert Wang
To: FCC Complaint
Cc: johnwang@aabdc.com [redacted] ; Vicki Shu ; Liz Ouyang ; Jerry Cheng ; Leo Lee
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 6:55 PM
Subject: COMPLAINT TO FCC re CBS RADIO’S INDECENT BROADCAST OF “CHINESE FOOD” PRANK CALL - Fw: [CAPAC News] Rep. Honda Expresses Outrage over 92.3 Free FM Racis t and Sexist Radio Segment
This e-mails supplements the Complaint I filed on Sunday, April 22, 2007.
—– Original Message —–
From: John Wang
To: Albert Wang
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 4:26 PM
Subject: Fwd: [CAPAC News] Rep. Honda Expresses Outrage over 92.3 Free FM Racis t and Sexist Radio Segment
FYI
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Tung, Victoria (CAPAC)
Date: Apr 27, 2007 4:15 PM
Subject: [CAPAC News] Rep. Honda Expresses Outrage over 92.3 Free FM Racis t and Sexist Radio Segment
To: CAPAC-CA15@ls1.house.gov
News From:
Congressman Michael M. Honda
110th Congress, Chair
For Immediate Release Contact: Gloria Chan - 202.226 .9707
April 27, 2007 gloria.chan@mail.house.gov
REP. HONDA EXPRESSES OUTRAGE OVER 92.3 FREE FM RACIST AND SEXIST RADIO SEGMENT
Washington, DC - Congressman Michael Honda (CA-15), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), issued the following statement today regarding a recent segment of CBS Radio’s “The Dog House with JV & Elvis,” that involved a prank call to a Chinese restaurant:
“The prank call made by radio personalities JV and Elvis to a Chinese restaurant perpetuated dangerous sexualized racist stereotypes about Asian Americans and showed insensitivity to the immigrant experience. In the segment, the caller, with a computerized voice, asked the restaurant’s female employee, ‘Should I come to your restaurant so that I can see you naked? .. . . That way, I can see your hot Asian spicy *ss.’ He told another employee, ‘I need shrimp flied lice’ and ’some old dung.’ The caller said to this male employee, ‘Chinese man, tell me about your tiny egg roll . . . your tiny egg roll in your pants.’ The radio hosts ended the call with: ‘Tell the hot Asian girl that answered the telephone, I would like to tap her *ss.’
“The segment first aired on April 5 - only one day after Don Imus referred to the Scarlet Knights, the Rutgers University women’s basketball team, as ‘nappy-headed hos.’ What is outrageous is that after CBS rightly fired Don Imus on April 12, the segment was aired again on April 19.
“Currently CBS Radio’s sanction, suspension of the radio co-hosts, is a mere slap on the wrist. Mainstream networks should understand the wide influence they wield, and take responsibility to combat rather than perpetuate racial and sexual stereotypes. I call for an apology by CBS and CBS Radio and the immediate firing of JV and Elvis and the show’s producer.”
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The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) is comprised of Members of Congress of Asian and Pacific Islander descent and members who have a strong dedication to promoting the well-being of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Since 1994, CAPAC has been addressing the needs of the AAPI community in all areas of American life. For more information on CAPAC, please call (202) 225-2631 or visit http://www.honda.house.gov/capac .
Victoria Tung
Executive Director | Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
Congressman Michael M. Honda | 1713 Longworth HOB | Washington, D.C. 20515
(w) 202-225-2631 | (f) 202-225-2699
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BenBenXiong said,
May 3, 2007 at 12:37 am
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CBS RADIO CROSSED THE LINE, THE LINE OF DECENCY, AS DEFINED BY T 2007-05-02 17:31:34
—– Original Message —–
From: Albert Wang
To: vicki_shu@yahoo.com
Cc:
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 5:03 AM
Subject: THEY CROSSED THE LINE, THE LINE OF DECENCY, AS DEFINED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN THE PACIFICA DECISION, AND IF THEY DON’T AGREE WITH THE US SUPREME COURT DECISION, WHAT THEY SHOULD DO IS TO ASK THE CONGRESS TO AMEND THE FEDERAL STATUTES
Vicky,
I watched the FOX News program, and you handled yourself very well, with composure, even though you were in a hostile territory. While the questions they asked were leading questions biased against you, you maintained your equanimity.
In terms of how to fight back on their argument based on the Freedom of Speech, I suggest that you consider the following counterargument:
JOKES AGAINST CHINESE AMERICANS THAT ARE GOOD NATURED HUMORS ARE ACCEPTABLE, AND ARE PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
CBS RADIO’S JOKES ARE “INDECENT” IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAWS AND FCC REGULATIONS.
HAVEN’T YOU HEARD OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934? HAVEN’T YOU STUDIED THE PACIFIC CASE DECIDED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN 1978? (See FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, 438 U.S. 726 (1978).
AS AN AMERICAN, YOU SHOULD AGREE WITH US, THE CHINESE AMERICANS, THAT THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS HAS THE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE THE BROADCAST OF INDECENT MATERIALS, AND THAT THE FCC HAS THE AUTHORITY TO INTERPRET AND IMPLEMENT THE FEDERAL STATUTES PASSED BY THE CONGRESS — COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 AND PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1992.
ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT YOU DISAGREE WITH OUR GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, AND THE CHECKS AND BALANCES PROVIDED BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, AND THE JUDICIAL BRANCH???????????????
CBS RADIO “DOG HOUSE” HOSTS CROSSED THE LINE, THE LINE OF DECENCY, AS DEFINED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN THE PACIFICA DECISION. IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THE SUPREME COURT’S INTERPRETATION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES INDECENCY, TALK TO YOUR CONGRESSMEN AND ASK THE CONGRESS TO AMEND THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT. AS A GOOD CITIZEN, IF YOU DON’T AGREE WITH THE US SUPREME COURT DECISION, WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS TO ASK THE CONGRESS TO AMEND THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934, INSTEAD OF TAKING THINGS INTO YOUR OWN HANDS AND THROW INDECENT JOKES AGAINST CHINESE AMERICANS. THIS IS 2007, NOT 1907. CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT HAS BEEN REPEALED. IT IS NO LONGER THE WILD WEST.
BE A GOOD CITIZEN. WE ARE ALL AMERICANS. WE CHINESE AMERICANS ARE ALSO AMERICANS. THE DEFINITION OF “INDECENCY” AS DEFINED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT SHOULD APPLY TO JOKES AGAINST CHINESE AMERICANS AS WELL.
NO DOUBLE STANDARDS!!!!!!
Also, ask them whether they have heard of the “Candy Wrapper Song” case decided by the FCC, where the FCC sanctioned a San Diego, California radio station for broadcasting a song containing words such as “Almond Joy”, “Tootsie Roll”, etc.?????
Don’t you think that accusing Chinese men of having little “Egg Rolls” are worse than “Tootsie Rolls”, and therefore sanctionable by the FCC for such indecent words?
also tell them, BY THE WAY, JUST IN CASE IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD OF THE “PACIFICA” DECISION BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, HERE IS THE DEFINITION OF INDECENCY ACCORDING TO THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES SINCE 1978:
“INDECENT BROADCASTS” = “LANGUAGE OR MATERIAL THAT, IN CONTEXT, DEPICTS OR DESCRIBES, IN TERMS PATENTLY OFFENSIVE AS MEASURED BY CONTEMPORARY COMMUNITY STANDARDS FOR BROADCAST MEDIUM, SEXUAL OR EXCRETORY ACTIVITIES OR ORGANS.”
Tell them that by contemporary community standards in 1907, before the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act, what CBS Radio did (”spicy ass”, “egg roll” in referring to Chinese) would arguably not be patently offensive, even though it would have been patently offensive to use those words in referring to people of Irish descent, because 100 years ago, it would be reasonable to make fun of Chinese.
Remind them that this is year 2007, and the “contemporary” community standards in 2007 dictates that the term “spicy ass,” regardless of whether such term are used against Americans of Irish descent or Chinese descent, would be equally as “indecent”.
If they don’t like the Supreme Court’s 1978 Pacifica decision, tell them to hire a good lawyer to go back to the United States Supreme Court and ask the justices to reverse their 1978 decision and come up with a more modern definition of “indecency” that is applicable to everyone–no double standard.
VICKI SAID ——————- NO DOUBLE STANDARD IN DEFINING “INDECENCY”.
Good luck with the rest of the week. You are doing an excellent job as the President of the Organization of Chinese Americans, New York chapter. Hopefully the national headquarter will make it up to you later this year
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BenBenXiong said,
May 3, 2007 at 12:37 am
–duplicate comment–
BenBenXiong said,
May 3, 2007 at 12:38 am
EGG ROLL versus HOT DOG — Which one do you want??????????? 2007-05-02 17:24:49
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EGG ROLL versus HOT DOG — Which one do you want???????????
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Damon_in_Bklyn
Maybe, NY just can’t take a joke anymore.
We used to be able to say “f*** you” and move on to more important things. Now everyone is in touch with their feelings, so a joke makes people pick up the phone and call a special interest group.
From a medical point of view, an EGG ROLL is a healthy one, and a HOT DOG is a dysfunctional one. Why?
EGG ROLL is soft and flexible before frying. After frying in intensive heat, EGG ROLL becomes stiff and darkened. This is a healthy patient.
HOT DOG is always stiff and inflexible, either before or after grilling. This is an unhealthy medical condition requiring medical treatment.
Therefore, it is better to have an EGG ROLL instead of a HOT DOG.
=)
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BenBenXiong said,
May 3, 2007 at 12:38 am
ON WILD DOGS AND MAD DOGS - BenBenXiong’s Reflections on What Is 2007-05-02 17:13:30
BenBenXiong said,
May 3, 2007 at 12:12 am
HOW DO YOU DEFINE “VICTORY” IN THIS UPHILL BATTLE AGAINST CBS?
Asking CBS Radio to fire JV and Elvis is not the right approach, and gives CBS the opportunity to use JV and Elvis as scapegoats, instead of focusing on the real issue - Social Responsibility of CBS and other large corporations that intimately affect our daily lives.
If OCA-NY is somehow successful in getting CBS Radio to fire JV and Elvis, consider the following repercussions:
1. All of Dog House fans will be angered. Most Americans will side with Dog House fans and view OCA-NY as an unreasonable, combative and anarchist organization with a mission to overturn the Bill of Rights guaranteed by the United States Constitition.
2. BenBenXiong will feel very guilty for being the Ming Pao Daily reader who brought Dog House “Chinese Food” to the attention of OCA-NY. Given that I am a conscientious person, and believe that firing JV & Elvis without cause constitutes WRONGFUL DISCHARGE, I will have to apologize to JV & Elvis and their extended family for having indirectly and unintentionally caused them to be the target of this controversy, when OCA-NY is barking at the wrong tree. I makes me wonder who are the “Wild Dogs” in this controversy. Calm is cool. CALM IS COOL. Cool down a little bit, everyone. Take it easy. Stop being PURITANS, and try to force the other 95% of American citizenry into Pilgrims of the 21st Century and be compelled into moving to China or Korea or Cuba or Mexico or back to the Old World in order to flee persecution and intolerance from Dog-beating hypersensitive mobsters.
3. OCA-NY will lose members. Even Chinese Americans will shy away from OCA-NY.
4. BenBenXiong will resign from OCA-NY Advisory Council. This clearly does not matter to OCA-NY’s President, as she has “accepted” my resignation even though I have been too busy to draft a resignation letter and a press release because of my attempts in trying to quell this Madness.
Be a Wild Dog. Don’t be a Mad Dog or Rabid Dog. Wild Dogs are Independent, Libertarian, and Pursuers of Happiness. Wild Dogs do not attack each other for no reason.
Mad Dogs and Rabid Dogs are in need of medical attention from Veterinarians. When proper healthcare still cannot cure their psychosomatic illness, the other alternative is to put them into exile or permanent sleep.
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