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UK CHINESE COMMUNITY ROTEST AT HOT 97's RACIST TSUNAMI SONG

asiamusic | 03.02.2005 17:36 | Culture | Indymedia | London | World

Chinese and other Asian Communities all over the world are protesting against the racist Tsunami Song aired over Hot 97 radio in New York. They are calling for the resignation of the President of Emmis Radio Richard Cummings and program presenter Miss.Jones. US President George Bush has been urged to take action against Emmis Radio.


The Chinese Community in the United Kingdom have been urged to show solidarity with Chinese Americans in New York and protest at the cruel and racist 'Tsunami Song' aired on Hot 97, the hip hop radio station in New York.

Chinese Americans have been demonstrating outside the Hot 97 radio station in New York after the racist song attacked the tsunami affected countries. Chinese American councillors of New York City Council have also joined in the demonstrations.

People in the wider wider Asian Community have been appalled by the song and they have been denouncing the cruel and racist Tsunami Song by Miss Jones and Todd Lynn aired over Hot 97, the hip hop radio station in New York. They have called for the resignation of the President of Emmis Radio Richard Cummings and program presenter Miss Jones. Emmis Radio suspended Miss Jones for only two weeks her part in the airing of the racist song. Both Cummings and Jones have been requested to visit Indonesia and Sri Lanka to see the horror and the devastation of the tsunami for themselves.

The news of Hot 97's racist tsunami song is filtering through to the tsunami hit countries of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand, South India. People are incensed at the song which goes beyond human decency. The governments of the tsunami hit region have been urged to take the matter up with the US Government as it insults the deaths of so many tsunami victims.

Chinese Americans and other Asian Communities have joined hundreds of Asians in the demonstrations in New York supported by New York City Councillors.

Here are the lyrics:

TSUNAMI SONG

Date aired: Morning of January 18TH-27TH 2005 (multiple airings)
Station call letters: WQHT-New York (Hot 97)
Offending DJs: Miss Jones and Todd Lynn
Offending lyrics:

“There was a time, when the sun was shining bright
So I went down to the beach to catch me a tan
Then the next thing I knew
A wave 20 feet high came and wash your country away
And all at once, you can hear the screaming chinks.
And then no one was save from the wave.
There was Africans drowning, little Chinaman swept away
You can heard god laughing, swim you bitches swim.

So now you're screwed, it's the tsunami,
You better run and kiss your ass awake, go find your mommy
I just saw her float by, a tree right through her head.
And now your children will be sold in child slavery.

(Imitating Micheal Jackson)
"Oh on, please not the kids. I'll pay for all the kids.
all the little Indonesian kid, the little Asian kids, the Chinese kids.
the black, oh well, not the Black kids.
the White kids, the Puerto Rican kids.
I love them all. I'll pay for everything.
I promise I won't touch them."

Asian Communities all over the world wishing to protest are requested to write to their local American Embassy and to -

Hot 97 WQHT-FM
395 Hudson Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10014
Phone: 212-229-9797
Fax: 212-929-8559
E-mail:  hot97@hot97.com
E-mail:  morningshow@hot97.com

Barry Mayo, General Manager, Hot 97 WQHT-FM
John Dimick, Program Director, Hot 97 WQHT-FM

Emmis Communications
One Emmis Plaza
40 Monument Circle, Suite 700
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-266-0100
Fax: 317-631-3750
E-mail:  IR@emmis.com

Jeffrey H Smulyan, Chairman and CEO, Emmis Communications

Federal Communications Commission
Enforcement Bureau, Investigations and Hearings Division
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20554
Phone: 1-888-CALL-FCC
E-mail:  fccinfo@fcc.gov
Web: www.fcc.gov


To listen to Hot 97's Tsunami Song please go to:
 http://www.asianmediawatchdog.com/home.html

asiamusic

Comments

Hide the following comment

Why aimed only at Asian Communities?

05.02.2005 06:42

I think that this protest is totally valid, although I do believe in free speech, I think songs like that are neither funny nor useful.

But why are you only appealing to concerned asians? Can't a non-asian person be concerned over racism?

Also I checked the website www.asianmediawatchdog.com and many of the links were valid, but there was one protest about a TV show "Rescue Me" which had a racist character. Surely you don't think that having a racist character means the show is racist. Is the website really aimed at stopping racism or is that another agenda? Also the "Law and Order" complaint is quite a difficult call.

Anyway this is a good call and I support it.

Thanks for letting us know. Sorry to be negative!

Concerned


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