Action, Not Words! [Was US Radio Hosts Abuse Indian Girl]

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

Additionally, this radio station belongs to Clear Channel broadcasting, a

mega-monopoly

in the industry. I personally am in favor of more diversity in media holdings,

you could

mention that to the FCC if you agree....

 

Any way, here's the contact page for Clear Channel if you wish to express your

disappointment in the behavior of the announcers involved.

 

http://www.clearchannel.com/Corporate/contactus.aspx

 

Blessings,

 

pr

 

, "Devi Bhakta" <devi_bhakta> wrote:

>

> To Kochu and SR Rajkumar:

>

> Regarding these radio hosts abusing the Indian woman at the call

> center, Kochu wrote (to their employers):

>

> *** Are you planning to employ Star and Bucwild who has behaved most

> dishonorably by targetting an honest working Indian girl? ***

>

> The radio station announced today that the two have been suspended

> (I will share the article in my next post). I would think that, with

> continued pressure and protest, the suspension may become permanent.

>

> SR. Rajkumar wrote:

>

> *** The idiot is criticising indians. In what way is he better? ***

>

> This is certainly true. The radio excerpt showed little but a crude,

> ignorant fool; any thoughtful listener (American or otherwise) would

> be rightfully appalled. Moreover, the stunt was apparently intended

> as a comedy stunt -- in which vein it also failed, being rather

> profoundly un-funny.

>

> However, I disagree when Rajkumar extrapolates from this idiotic

> radio clip (Exhibit A) to condemn the American populace in general,

> using the reign of George W. Bush (Exhibit B) and the scandalous Abu

> Gharib photos (Exhibit C) as additional proof of the accusation:

>

> *** Arrogant people. Sadist, Inhuman people. Do they have a mix of

> religions as we do? Do they have culture? Their culture is to have a

> wife everyday. This is their culture. Shame on them to criticise

> Indians. ***

>

> "They," i.e. the American people, did not criticize Indians. Just a

> few ignorant people have done so -- as will undoubtedly always be

> the case between certain ignorant persons of any two differing

> cultures. It is never wise to condemn people as a group; we must

> assess them as individuals only. When you summarily dismiss a huge,

> vastly diverse population such as that of the U.S. as "sadist,

> inhuman people," you are joining the foolish radio post who would

> (incomprehensibly) dismiss all Indians as "rat-eaters," whatever

> that term is supposed to mean.

>

> Remember that at least half of Americans (i.e. those who voted, plus

> huge numbers who didn't due to age, location, etc) are vehemently

> opposed to Bush and his shameful Iraqi adventure, just as you are.

> These Americans correctly understand (as Lilith pointed out) that it

> is mercenary corporate capitalism -- supported and encouraged by

> Bush's policies -- who took these at-best marginal jobs from the

> U.S. and outsourced them to India for their own bottom-line profits.

> That it is already-rich shareholders who are benefitting; not an

> innocent, working Indian girl collecting a modest telemarketing

> paycheck.

>

> Let us argue on the facts and not whatever personal resentments and

> biases we may harbor. Otherwise we make ourselves part of the

> problem rather than part of the solution.

>

> Rajkumar adds:

>

> *** Shame on the FM radio services to broadcast the same and enjoy.

> They should be cancelled of their rights to broadcast anything and

> should be fined heavily to pay as compensation to the poor lady. ***

>

> Thay may yet. I would recommend contacting to the FCC (the U.S.'s

> Federal Communications Commission), which regulates broadcast

> content and heavily fines offenders (send to Powell, with CC to all

> others listed):

>

> How to Contact the FCC (http://www.fcc.gov/contacts.html)

>

> To Contact the Commissioners via E-mail

>

> Chairman Michael K. Powell: Michael.Powell@f...

> Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy: Kathleen.Abernathy@f...

> Commissioner Michael J. Copps: Michael.Copps@f...

> Commissioner Kevin J. Martin: KJMWEB@f...

> Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein: Jonathan.Adelstein@f...

> General information, inquiries & complaints: fccinfo@f...

>

> *** She has all the rights in the world to sue the FM channel in an

> international court. If somebody is able to find out who she is, plz

> inform her of this. ***

>

> You may well be right. Certainly she has recourse in U.S. Courts. I

> used to write for one of the U.S's largest legal periodicals, and I

> will happily put her in touch with people who can handle her case if

> she can be found. I would note that the product being marketed was

> called Conair Quick Bead.

>

> I am almost certain that Connair has contracted an outside call-

> house firm to handle its orders. Perhaps they could identify the

> company. It's entirely possible that Conair (http://www.conair.com)

> does not realize that its product name is being abused in this way --

> I am sure that the uproar will not help sales. So tell them so:

> Their website says, "You can call us toll-free at 1-800-3CONAIR (1-

> 800-326-6247) ... You can also send us an email to

> feedback@c..."

>

> Why not give it a try. If even 10 percent of the people in this

> group did all this, the issue would go national.

>

> My 2 cents

>

> DB