05.07.08
ABC reaches out to Fil-Ams but slur controversy rages on
Fil-Ams, some coming all the way from New York
and Pennsylvania, hear out ABC executives who
explained the network’s internship program that
could open more on-cam and behind-the-scenes
opportunities in areas ranging from script writing to
directing to financial management.
A top executive of a television company ABC is creating out a program to reach out to the Filipino-American community, but the issue about the “Desperate Housewives” is just the hindrance.
As the meeting between ABC and NAFFAA (National Federation of Filipino-American Association) going on, they are particularly talking abut the main objective of the said program it is allowing them to deal with the problems of stereotyping and racism.
“We do a lot of outreach in the course of the year,” Mendez tells ABS-CBN’s Balitang America during the outreach program at the Capitol Hilton here…