Pattyg81
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I personally have not seen the Vanity Fair Mag for Feb..but just in case this is true...
I recieved this e mail and there's way too much I can say but for now I just wanted you all to know that racsim is not dead for latinos, in fact it's only slightly beneath the surface. Take a look and copy and paste this into an e mail and forward it if you feel so inclined.
There's no doubt I will be back in this thread real soon.
Subject: A Comment Against Latinos..
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Subject: A Comment Against Latinos....
This petition is to request a formal apology from Vanity Fair and Dame
Edna
for the offensive article regarding Latinos and the Spanish language
which appears in the February 2003 issue of Vanity Fair. In the meantime,
please boycott Vanity Fair magazine, and urge others to do the same.
If you are offended by the word-for-word transcription below, please
copy (rather than forward) this email in a new message, sign it at the end
of the
list, and send it to all of the people whom you know.
If you receive this list with 100 names signed, please send it to the Editor at
vfmail@vf.com <mailto:vfmail@vf.com>
------------------------------------------------------------
Excerpt, Vanity Fair (February 2003), p. 116,
Ask Dame Edna:
Dear Dame Edna,
I would very much like to learn a foreign language, preferably French
or Italian, but every time I mention this, people tell me to learn
Spanish instead. They say, "Everyone is going to be speaking Spanish in
10 years. George W. Bush speaks Spanish." Could this be true? Are we all
going to have to speak Spanish?
Torn Romantic, Palm Beach
Dear Torn:
Forget Spanish. There's nothing in that language worth reading except
Don Quixote, and a quick listen to the CD of Man of La Mancha will take
care of that. There was a poet named Garcia Lorca, but I'd leave him on the
intellectual back burner if I were you. As for everyone's speaking it,
what twaddle! Who speaks it that you are really desperate to talk to?
The help? Your leaf blower?
Study French or German, where there are a t least a few
books worth reading, or, if you're American, try English.
Dame Edna
----------------------------------------
Dear Editor,
I was infuriated at Dame Edna's response to Torn Romantic,, Palm Beach
(Vanity Fair, February 2003). Dame Edna could have chosen any number
of amusing responses; however, she responded using cheap, two-dimensional
stereotypes of Latinos and Latin Americans, revealing not only her
racism
but also her profound ignorance of who we are.
We are not just 'the help' and the 'leaf blowers'. We are architects
and activists, journalists and doctors, governors and athletes, scientists
and business people. We are Nobel Prize Winners and Rhodes Scholars. We
speak Spanish, but we also speak fluent English, and many of us speak other
languages as well. As of last week, we are officially the largest
minority population in the United States at 37 million and 13% of the
population.
Without us, the economy o f this nation and the Americas, and
consequently
the world, would come to a complete standstill.
If Dame Edna were even remotely cultured or educated, she would have
read and lost herself in the exquisite writings of Nobel prize winners
Octavio Paz, Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, and Pablo Neruda. She would know that Sor
Juana Inez de la Cruz was one of the first feminists and poets in the
Americas. She would admire Isabel Allende and Sandra Cisneros for their
passionate prose and vibrant spirits.
And of course, if it had not been for us, the world would not know
chocolate! And everyone knows life would not be worth living without
chocolate.
Finally, I would like to point out that Dame Edna would have NEVER
written such blatantly offensive material about African-Americans or Jews, for
obvious reasons. It seems that Dame Edna AND the Editors of Vanity
Fair believe that Latinos and Latin Americans cannot read, and even if we
could, BRwe would never be Vanity Fair readers. For the life of me,
I still cannot figure out why you chose to feature Salma Hayek on the cover and in an
article celebrating her success immediately following such an offensive
piece.
I demand an apology in print in the next issue of Vanity Fair from the
Editors and from Dame Edna. In the meantime, I will be mobilizing
everyone I know to boycott and protest Vanity Fair.
By the way, I am a 31-year old Mexican-American woman, with three Ivy
League degrees, working in New York City at a major firm. I sure as hell am
NOT the leaf blower or the help, and I think all of you need to go to college.
Wendy Maldonado
1. Wendy Maldonado, Jackson Heights, NY
2. Jasmine J. Friedman, New York, NY
3. Angelique Jewell, New York, NY
4. Paula Cserei, Houston, TX
> > 5. Monica Cardenas, Houston, TX
> > 6. Denise de la Cruz; Houston, TX
> > 7. Ana Aguirre, Houston, TX
> > 8. Elisa Mendez, Fort Lee, NJ
>9. Elizabeth Vidal, Orlando, FL
>10. Mirta Fernandez, WNY, NJ
>11. Jessica Feria, North Bergen, NJ
>12. Jeannie Feria, North Bergen, NJ
>13. Barbara Perez, North Bergen. NJ
>14. Angel Perez, North Bergen, NJ
>15. Angelina Deleon, Flemington, NJ
16. Rolando Deleon, Flemington, NJ
17. Nilo Calichs, North Bergen, NJ
18. Alicia Calichs, North Bergen, NJ
19. Casey Perez, North Bergen, NJ
20. Dean Perez, North Bergen, NJ
21.Myrta Gonzalez, Miami, FL
22. Ramiro Gonzalez, Miami, FL
23.Patty Villoldo, Miami, FL
24. Evette Santana, Miami, Fl
25. Gina Lopez, Miami, FL
26. Javier E. Baena, Miami, FL
27. Annette Navarro, Miami, FL
28. Liz Hurtado, Orange, CA
29. Miguel Angel Lara, Fountain Valley, CA
30 Joe Purizaca, Downey, CA
31 Patricio Palacios, Ottawa,Canada
32. Martha Lopez, Montreal, Canada
33. Percy Jesus Perez, Montreal, Canada
34. Chris Barbosa, Brooklyn, NY
35. Pete Hernandez Brooklyn, NY
36.Patricia Garcia Chicago, IL
I recieved this e mail and there's way too much I can say but for now I just wanted you all to know that racsim is not dead for latinos, in fact it's only slightly beneath the surface. Take a look and copy and paste this into an e mail and forward it if you feel so inclined.
There's no doubt I will be back in this thread real soon.
Subject: A Comment Against Latinos..
===========================================================
Subject: A Comment Against Latinos....
This petition is to request a formal apology from Vanity Fair and Dame
Edna
for the offensive article regarding Latinos and the Spanish language
which appears in the February 2003 issue of Vanity Fair. In the meantime,
please boycott Vanity Fair magazine, and urge others to do the same.
If you are offended by the word-for-word transcription below, please
copy (rather than forward) this email in a new message, sign it at the end
of the
list, and send it to all of the people whom you know.
If you receive this list with 100 names signed, please send it to the Editor at
vfmail@vf.com <mailto:vfmail@vf.com>
------------------------------------------------------------
Excerpt, Vanity Fair (February 2003), p. 116,
Ask Dame Edna:
Dear Dame Edna,
I would very much like to learn a foreign language, preferably French
or Italian, but every time I mention this, people tell me to learn
Spanish instead. They say, "Everyone is going to be speaking Spanish in
10 years. George W. Bush speaks Spanish." Could this be true? Are we all
going to have to speak Spanish?
Torn Romantic, Palm Beach
Dear Torn:
Forget Spanish. There's nothing in that language worth reading except
Don Quixote, and a quick listen to the CD of Man of La Mancha will take
care of that. There was a poet named Garcia Lorca, but I'd leave him on the
intellectual back burner if I were you. As for everyone's speaking it,
what twaddle! Who speaks it that you are really desperate to talk to?
The help? Your leaf blower?
Study French or German, where there are a t least a few
books worth reading, or, if you're American, try English.
Dame Edna
----------------------------------------
Dear Editor,
I was infuriated at Dame Edna's response to Torn Romantic,, Palm Beach
(Vanity Fair, February 2003). Dame Edna could have chosen any number
of amusing responses; however, she responded using cheap, two-dimensional
stereotypes of Latinos and Latin Americans, revealing not only her
racism
but also her profound ignorance of who we are.
We are not just 'the help' and the 'leaf blowers'. We are architects
and activists, journalists and doctors, governors and athletes, scientists
and business people. We are Nobel Prize Winners and Rhodes Scholars. We
speak Spanish, but we also speak fluent English, and many of us speak other
languages as well. As of last week, we are officially the largest
minority population in the United States at 37 million and 13% of the
population.
Without us, the economy o f this nation and the Americas, and
consequently
the world, would come to a complete standstill.
If Dame Edna were even remotely cultured or educated, she would have
read and lost herself in the exquisite writings of Nobel prize winners
Octavio Paz, Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, and Pablo Neruda. She would know that Sor
Juana Inez de la Cruz was one of the first feminists and poets in the
Americas. She would admire Isabel Allende and Sandra Cisneros for their
passionate prose and vibrant spirits.
And of course, if it had not been for us, the world would not know
chocolate! And everyone knows life would not be worth living without
chocolate.
Finally, I would like to point out that Dame Edna would have NEVER
written such blatantly offensive material about African-Americans or Jews, for
obvious reasons. It seems that Dame Edna AND the Editors of Vanity
Fair believe that Latinos and Latin Americans cannot read, and even if we
could, BRwe would never be Vanity Fair readers. For the life of me,
I still cannot figure out why you chose to feature Salma Hayek on the cover and in an
article celebrating her success immediately following such an offensive
piece.
I demand an apology in print in the next issue of Vanity Fair from the
Editors and from Dame Edna. In the meantime, I will be mobilizing
everyone I know to boycott and protest Vanity Fair.
By the way, I am a 31-year old Mexican-American woman, with three Ivy
League degrees, working in New York City at a major firm. I sure as hell am
NOT the leaf blower or the help, and I think all of you need to go to college.
Wendy Maldonado
1. Wendy Maldonado, Jackson Heights, NY
2. Jasmine J. Friedman, New York, NY
3. Angelique Jewell, New York, NY
4. Paula Cserei, Houston, TX
> > 5. Monica Cardenas, Houston, TX
> > 6. Denise de la Cruz; Houston, TX
> > 7. Ana Aguirre, Houston, TX
> > 8. Elisa Mendez, Fort Lee, NJ
>9. Elizabeth Vidal, Orlando, FL
>10. Mirta Fernandez, WNY, NJ
>11. Jessica Feria, North Bergen, NJ
>12. Jeannie Feria, North Bergen, NJ
>13. Barbara Perez, North Bergen. NJ
>14. Angel Perez, North Bergen, NJ
>15. Angelina Deleon, Flemington, NJ
16. Rolando Deleon, Flemington, NJ
17. Nilo Calichs, North Bergen, NJ
18. Alicia Calichs, North Bergen, NJ
19. Casey Perez, North Bergen, NJ
20. Dean Perez, North Bergen, NJ
21.Myrta Gonzalez, Miami, FL
22. Ramiro Gonzalez, Miami, FL
23.Patty Villoldo, Miami, FL
24. Evette Santana, Miami, Fl
25. Gina Lopez, Miami, FL
26. Javier E. Baena, Miami, FL
27. Annette Navarro, Miami, FL
28. Liz Hurtado, Orange, CA
29. Miguel Angel Lara, Fountain Valley, CA
30 Joe Purizaca, Downey, CA
31 Patricio Palacios, Ottawa,Canada
32. Martha Lopez, Montreal, Canada
33. Percy Jesus Perez, Montreal, Canada
34. Chris Barbosa, Brooklyn, NY
35. Pete Hernandez Brooklyn, NY
36.Patricia Garcia Chicago, IL
