[lbo-talk] NY radio pokes fun at tsunami victims

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Jan 27 11:32:37 PST 2005


Sujeet Bhatt wrote:


>As the protests built last week, Hot 97 first played it cool.
>Morning team member Miss Info, who is of Asian descent, distanced
>herself from the song, but Hot 97 played it and posted it on the
>station website.
>
>"That song is really offensive to me, and I opted not to involve
>myself," Miss Info said.
>
>Jones replied, "I know you feel you're superior because you're
>Asian, but you're not." Later, co-host Todd Lyn, incensed at Miss
>Info's criticism, said, "I'm going to start shooting Asians."

I just downloaded an MP3 clip of this exchange, and it's really ugly - a lot uglier than this text rendition. Miss Jones really laced into Miss Info, then played the song, which is every bit as repulsive as it sounds.

Doug



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