Screw You ABC!

I recently read an article about ABC's insensitivity to Filipinos in a season premiere episode of Desperate Housewives. How anyone signed off on that episode is beyond me. I can't believe how anyone involved with that episode thought that was a good idea. Listen, I know all about dog lapping and outwardly conveying your support for things in your head you know is stupid, especially to people above you and have direct influence over your job, but to agree to write, produce and star in something so inflammatory and degrading and dismissive. that's just fucked up. i would like to think that i would cease kissing ass if i new my actions would directly and adversely a large group of people and say something, anything to change the course of the product.

my mom is a filipino doctor and i have witnessed first hand how hostile and insensitive the medical community in the US can be toward foreign doctors. we don't need a television show (and a crappy television at that) to affirm bogus ideas of the quality of healthcare from a provider who studied overseas. there is a huge filipino population in the healthcare industry, not only including doctors, but extending to nurses, technicians and other workers in the hospital themselves.

you know what, fuck you abc and your claim to be diverse and sensitive to cultural differences. while i applaud your apology, although brief, i feel you need to put your money where your apology is and

a). create scholarships for filipino americans so they can get college degress(preferably in mass media so that can snatch your job from under your fat white ass)

b). invest in some hard core diversity training for your writers, producers and actors

c). invest in some job training so writers can produce something truly creative and not rely on cheap, shitty, racist statements to get a cheap, shitty, racist laugh.

what totally sucks is i know the reach of media, and while a majority of people can distinguish between fiction and reality, there are still people out there, who cannot, and who do rely on these media clues to form an opinion.

grr. so sign please sign the petition