I'm very interested as to how this develops. I'm out in Seattle, WA and wish that I could listen to a stream of this show this morning.

Props to hiphopmusic.com for keepin the public abreast on the issue at hand!

fantastic

Shit...I'm sure that first call was from a friend of Miss Jones or whatever. Anyway, hopefully this leads to Miss Jones and those other fools being fired!

I just saw on CNN about "a local NY radio station that played a 'We Are the World' parody that ended up offending the victims of the tsunami. tasteless etc" and I thought "well they would have said Howard Stern of it was him... oh no...... already?"

The drama never stops.

Just for that, I hope it's replaced by a 24/7 loop of Jill Scott records.

Good to know. Personally, IMO, About time. I hope details are forthcoming from Hot 97.

FIRED!!

Anyone heard if Star and Buc have commented yet?

I heard the announcement and while I am happy that we are being HEARD against the HATE, the suspension is "Indefinitely". I want it to be permanent. (all with the exception of Ms Info if she was suspended too)
Lets keep up the fight against HATE !!!! Lets not let it stop here. We need to make sure Ms. Bitch or Todd Lynn does not get the chance to spread their HEAT on the airwaves again !!!

Ooops... i meanet HATE not HEAT !!!!

jin is on right now, he sounds great, and they're playing his track for the second time this hour. i am surprised at how responsible and open to dialogue they're being. i guess they really do read our emails.
on the less serious tip, i did enjoy the irony in jin's track about hot 97 playing the same three songs repeatedly, then immediately afterwards they played Keyshia Cole's constantly looping "I changed my mind."

Was it truly offensive, or are people making a bigger deal for no reason....is it worse than the Janet, Justin incident

Of cource, it was truly offensive. How would you feel if people from other countries make fun of us about 911?

They ain't reading emails. They're bowing to public pressure. If they were reading emails they wouldn't have waited this long for the suspension.

National media attention, advertising dollars disappearing... that doesn't sit well with the Emmis which is a publically held company. Once the stockholders are effected, all bets are off.

Keep the pressure on because I'm sure they think this will appease the masses. This shouldn't end until Miss Jones is off the air in NYC.

In regards to Ronnie Jr. comment:
If you read the lyrics to the parody. And then listened to the racial slurs made on AIR, and still be able to ask :
"Was it truly offensive, or are people making a bigger deal for no reason....is it worse than the Janet, Justin incident"

Then there is no hope ......

If making light of little kids watching their moms float by, impaled by tree branches, awaiting their imminent enslavement is not offensive, I don't know what is.

I hope for the best for her

As for Miss Jones, you could hook up with rupaul up at 102.9!

I cant believe that someone - anyone would even disrespect those who perished and those who are still missing! I hope God has Mercy on those involved with this terrible incident.

"The best way to resolve a problem is to remove it's cause."
For me, it's deeper than just the racial slurs. Like Jin said on the radio today, we take it all the time, with a grain of salt. Listening to the callers on Hot 97 today, it seems to me that a lot of the supporters of Ms. Jones are not understanding our point. It's more than the racial slurs. It's about countless children without parents and parents without children. It IS about children getting sold into child slavery (there have already been reports about it). Echoing other people's frustration, where is the humor in that?
I also don't understand why the FCC has not made any formal statements about this?! They haven't even acknowledged the situation.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientous stupidity."

I hope for the best for her

As for Miss Jones, you could hook up with rupaul up at 102.9!

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I hope for the best for her

As for Miss Jones, you could hook up with rupaul up at 102.9!

Love to Miss Info!

I hope for the best for her

As for Miss Jones, you could hook up with rupaul up at 102.9!

Love to Miss Info!

I hope for the best for her

As for Miss Jones, you could hook up with rupaul up at 102.9!

I am sorry Amy I cant find a website with the Lyrics, I had heard the issue wasnt that big, but I am on the west coast

Mis Jones or in other words Miss Bitch is a nuthin but a dusty black monkey

Hey,I hope the station management gets their asses fired for letting this crap to be aired more than once

It is funny that TOYOTA is from Japan and they are still not taking their ads off...what a shame!!

wow. you are right on it, jay! posting at 6am with the latest. i was just coming here to post that the story was given quite a bit of air time on npr this morning. it was a little inaccurate, though, in that it said the station apologized afterwards. while this may be true, it's misleading given that the website reposted the song and the station was not exactly all-around contrite/miss jones kept flapping her yap.

thanks for your accurate reporting on this! as i keep getting e-mails from my friend in the maldives who lived through the tsunami, hearing about the tragedy in detail, i just... well, i'm still astounded that anyone could defend that lame, insensitive parody...

So is Miss Jones on air right now or not, and what exactly happened with thier arguement (Jones/Info)

Whats on-air at hot 97 right now

props to you guys for keeping us updated... we need to keep on fighting until they become fired. they are utterly disgusting excuses of human beings.

Keep the emails going. Suspension does not mean she is fired. They may be just trying to put the show on hiatus until this "blows over". Well I'm not going to just let it go. She and Todd Lynn deserve to be fired. They suffer from a severe case of verbal diarrhea and lack a moral compass. It's a dangerous mix.

"Most calls so far are in support of Miss Jones and bringing back her program."

I bet some of those people who called are probably jone's family cause you knwo she aint got no friend. Shoot its a 1-800 number we should all call and give them a piece of our mind cause they sure dont read our emails. It's our chance to be heard on air!!

Ronnie, http://www.angryasianman.com has the lyrics posted.

This is a small step...

We have to continue with our letters and calls.. Remember, we want them FIRED!!

As far as the FCC goes this is not an fineable offense.

This does not fall under the indecency catagory. It was tasteless but not fineable.

While I am sure the crew will be soon hit by unemployment, I feel that management should be sent to the unemployment line as well....

They allowed the bit to be played multiple times without objection. The apology was a paragraph of legal dribble and possibly the most insincere apology I have ever heard...

word. good work jay, jose, et al.

(meanwhile, can't let this slide: "Mis Jones or in other words Miss Bitch is a nuthin but a dusty black monkey.")

You guys can listen to Hot 97 here...

http://hot97.radiodot.com/

I have personally recorded the Jin interview for those who haven't heard it. You can download it here...

http://www.youshareit.com/download.php?98b332fed8a3935f8a93cfecc1207aff

1.800.223.9797

Call and voice your opinion. Too many people standing up for Miss Jones for all the wrong reasons.

Get on the phones like you're on the email.

The problem is that they're only addressing the 'tasteless' comments in the song. Call it what it is.. RACISM.

I, too, hope that Miss Jones have difficulty finding employment elsewhere in NYC. I still can't believe that the song aired for a week before action was taken. After the first day, with word of mouth and internet postings, everyone involved should have had their pink slips received by the end of the week. The individuals who thought the song was humorous must have been inhaling some serious stimulants.

Unfortunately, I live in Miami and Hot 97's web site doesn't offer live streaming, so if any can provide MP3s to Miss Jones' "apology" and any listeners who called in to the station this morning, that would be great!

1) I was listening to the show this morning and a caller said that "now they know what we face everyday." I can't begin to imagine the difficult issues African Americans have to face everyday and I'm guilty of sterotyping people myself. However, there were signs that read "no chinese or dogs allowed" not too long ago and we can't forget about the murder of Vincent Chin by two Detroit auto workers because they thought Vincent was Japanese. We have to realize that we are more similar that we think are. It shouldn't be about us versus them; it should be about what is right and wrong.

Excellent. This goes to prove what organized action can accomplish.

Todd Lynn! bring it, im asian. shoot me motherfucker. Racist fuck!

How long has Miss Jones been with the station and secondly how long has she been hosting a Morning Show. Did she replace Star and Buckwild, I thought I heard Sway was up in that joint for a minute. I think it looks like Hot 97 is having enough trouble with finding a Morning Show. I just seen the Lyrics and think they are pretty bad. If I was in managment I would be huntin for a new show, How was her ratings anyway....I am mostly on the westcoast thats why I have alot of questions...thanks in advance for all your answers....May God have mercy over them

So I'm wondering why they said Miss Info had a choice on whether to come back to the show alone and she chose to stand with the morning show.

Wasn't Info the one who stood against this in the first place?

This sounds like another fake attempt at quelling the public's dissent at this situation.

They are saying they are getting a lot of calls in support of the show. Problem is that they are screening all these calls and only airing most of the favorable calls.

Are you telling me there's no questions about Miss Info? How about they aren't even trying to touch those calls.

Once again. It's a fake attempt. Keep the pressure on.

gotta love these folks calling in agressively defending miss jones who preface their comments by saying "i haven't heard the song but..."

please call the station and let them know how pissed off you are!

I can understand that in general, we like to always forgive someone and give them a second chance, but after hearing how some people called in to support Ms. Jones, Ive come to realize that these people do not comprehend the reality of what Ms Jones and her crew did, and the effect and damage it brings on not just to themselves, but to everyone else as a commmunity. Everyone knows the snoball effect? If you dont stop it now, or voice anything.. it will only get worse. One joke , one outrageuous humor and next thing you know, you'll see a civil war if not a world war.

Folks, lets be frank.. would you be okay or laughing, if that song was about 911, and played in France or so? Come on, enough is enough . She f*cked up, and thats the truth that some of you supporters cant seem to ackknowledge. Unfortunately, you'll have to the pay the price..

Good Luck Ms. Jones, enjoy your new vacation at home and to have to walk around with your head in shame, as the STUPID F*CKING DJ WHO MADE A SONG ABOUT CHILDREN DYING. Good Job, you should be really proud of yourself.

Hope Hot 97 don't bring them back. If Star and Buc Wild got suspended before because they made fun of Aaliyah's death, this group should be fired because this is 200,000 + time worse than an artist dying.

im southeast asian (cambodian) and i wish that todd dude will come down to Long Beach Cali talkin that "shooting asians" shiet maan we'll beacho azz. props to Jin and miss info

im listenin to the live streamin rite now, man the caller a min ago, wat a bitch jin gave a shout out to Miss Info not cuz she asian but becuz she opposed the song on air and opted to be part of it. wanna bring slavery and shiet into the agrument like she actually went thru that. U wanna talk bout the police brutality? that shiet is nuttin compared to the police corruption and poverty in certain parts of south asia. This whole shiet is biased, all the callers were probably hand picked

but yo cancel all that hatin on blacks though peeps like that exist in all ethnics just gotta deal wit it. i aint gonna hate on all blacks but fucc them jockeys

Hope Hot 97 don't bring them back. If Star and Buc Wild got suspended before because they made fun of Aaliyah's death, this group should be fired because this is 200,000 + time worse than an artist dying.

Couldn't get through on the 800 line. Forwarded my statement to the station:

"I just wanted to call and voice my concern, since that is what this number is for. I�m a graduate student down in Florida and news of Miss Jones and the Tsunami song has gotten down here. In The media has been slow to respond so I feel that very few people around the nation even know what�s going on. Everyone who might be saying that �It�s only a few people are whining� don�t realize that fact. And it�s not just Asians who are upset, people of various backgrounds and affiliations have voiced their horror at this. People involved in the hiphop scene (see BET�s website), muslims, Canadians, british�it�s not an Asian sensitivity issue.

I�m actively involved both online and offline rallying awareness about the situation. This situation isn�t about quote unquote tasteless remarks, and it�s not even necessarily a race thing, it about basic human decency and respect. Miss Jones and her morning crew with the exception of Miss Info, has shown their total lack of human decency with their involvement in the Tsunami Song. "

My complaint emails came back with this message:

"User mailbox exceeds allowed size: hot97@hot97.com"

Looks like their email has been jammed.

Her other email: missjones@missjones.net

Go to www.emmis.com and view their portfolio. Send emails to all the contacts for the stations and magazines they own around the country.

I think this is a better approach, as it will show them how global it really is. It won't just affect Hot97.

If a large number of all their advertisers are pressured company wide, it will have more of an impact.

more offensive to me was the "ima start shootin asians" comment. the song didn't seem any more offensive than anything else that's played on morning radio before but "ima start shootin asians"? wtf is that shiet? how is that ni... still on the air?

I just called the station. Email this guy

dimick@hot97.emmis.com

Miss Jones' racist behevior is totally UNacceptable, and she should be FIRED!!! She was making fun at 200,000 victimes, and put so many bad tastes into the Asian ethnic group. If American society torelates such racist program, this is egal to torelating anti-semist speech in Germany in 1930s, which led to the Holocaust (ironically 2005 is the 60th anniversary of the Auschwitz tragedy).

This is NOT the first time Miss Jones show racisms towards Asian group, she aired "Chikpoly" which harmed the image of millions of Asian/Chinese American. I am also wondering what's in Miss Jones' mind to joke about other minority, given herself is a part of American minority. If people joke aout the the slavery on Afro-Americans in 19th century,what would she think about? Can she laugh? Would this bring no harm to her? She must resign from public radio and read more books of Martin Luther King Jr.

I think it's important that we continue this fight. Asians are often looked over, so I think it's important that we use the threat of our purses and wallets -- b/c that's what they're paying attention to.

I am absolutely OUTRAGED...and yes this is much deeper than racial slurs. I think that there should be severe punishment for that station in general...not just the firing of Miss Jones. This issue is about respect for life and the message that it sends to young urban inner city listeners! This GROSS CALLOUS parody would NEVER air on a top 40 pop affiliate. Let's be real people, we've been hearing about janet's boob popping out all year because of the fear of some white toddler seeing a black boob. Where the F is the FCC now? Where are their statements and lawsuits and fines now? I think it has a lot to do with who their target listeners are. I am appalled at the fact that it's taken this long to suspend Miss Jones and her team and I am even more appalled that this parody aired for DAYS!!

Oops sorry that mail address should be

jdimick@hot97.emmis.com

Star from the Star and Buc wild show commented this morning around 8:30 a.m on the suspension of Miss Jones and crew. Interestingly enough, he fingered the producer of the show, didn't say his name. According to Star this is the same producer responsible for the incident with the jocks whon aired a couple having sex in St. Patrick Cathedral. Those jocks were also fired if I remember correctly.

He called Miss Jones sloppy and chided Hot 97 for self-destructing on a week after their return to the New York market.

from McDonalds:
Hello James:

Thank you for taking the time contact McDonald's. We appreciate the opportunity to respond to you regarding the recent events involving hosts from the Hot 97 morning radio program in New York.

First, McDonald's does not support programs that discriminate or are insensitive to the plight of people suffering from devastating events. Effective immediately, McDonald's has indefinitely suspended advertising on the Hot 97 morning show.

It's also important to know that Ronald McDonald House Charities, McDonald's Corporation and the McDonald's family around the world have donated more than two million dollars to the Tsunami relief efforts. We take these matters very seriously and will continue to work together to help victims of this devastating disaster.

Again, thank you for giving us the opportunity to respond to your concerns.

Robyn
McDonald's Customer Response Center

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Please do not "reply" to this email response. All "replies" go to an unmonitored mailbox and are not reviewed. If you wish to contact McDonald's Customer Response Center again, please visit our website at www.mcdonalds.com.

I knew this was coming when Star returned to the NYC market this month. Since he left Hot 97 they have been like chickens with their heads cut off.

I heard Star make some comments this morning calling what happened wreckless. However, he also said that most of that negative stuff even going back to when he was there, is generally sanctioned by station mangement. He also said the producer of the idea is the same guy who produced the Opie and Anthony skit that got them trashed. That producer's name never seems to come into the forefront.

I hope that everyone involved gets what they diserve. Why should this radio station continue to get away with such behavior? How can anyone think that this is not a big deal? This is just sad!

http://www.daveyd.com/staraaliyah.html

clearly Miss Jones had a heart in the past. Curious what pseudo-stardom does to a person.

I live in nyc, and listen to the miss jones morning show on my commute every morning. And am an avid fan, as hot97 has gone through a year and a half flip flopping personalities looking for the right chemistry and finally believe they got it with the 4 they currently have. Now i do agree that the song was in very bad taste, but to fire them, i think would be over the top. They were out of line, people are out of line all the time.

Chapelle, chris rock, and many other comedians make fun of racist issues all the time on there shows, and there is no public outcry. Sort of a double standard here. I do think they will be given another chance only becuase star and buc were given a chance after the alliyah issue. They were ultimatly fired for comments made about a sponsor. I just cant see hot97 firing them after it took them almost 2 years to find the right morning show personalities.

I am so HAPPY that the Asian community is going through the extent of taking their time to make a difference to not let shit like this pass through. I hope everyone continues to fight this. Times have changed and there is no excuse for such ignorance. How dare make such a disgusting song about peoples lives?

I got a similar reply from McDonald's and posted here http://www.hiphopmusic.com/archives/000760.html#comments
Posted by: G.C. at January 26, 2005 09:24 AM

Any thoughts on McDonald's actions? One more major sponsor to go.

That's because Chapelle and Chris Rock have talent and are truely funny.

Jones has no talent and must resort to the lowest form of humor. If you can call it that.

Hey, it's all about money, G_Money.
Miss Jones, her crew, and the producer should get fired or the backlash will mean more loss in advertisers.

Go straight to the top, CEO of EMMIS
jsmulyan@emmis.com,

I am getting 'real' responses from Sprint PCS from:



http://www1.sprintpcs.com/learn/form_public_question.jsp

Most recently:


Thank you for bringing this issue to our notice.


Your opinions and perceptions are very important to us, and we value your input.


Please know that the commercials that we make are for the promotion of our product and service and we do not intend to hurt anyone's feeling
through them and do not support the un-ethical Advertisements.


Please know that I have forwarded your note along to the appropriate departments so that they may take further necessary action.


We appreciate you contacting us.


Norina
Sprint eCare


Although there might be miscommunication - I did not say that they are advertising Sprint phones with the tsunami song, just that Sprint continues to advertise on a radio station that repeatedly played this song. Anyways.



Keep it up. Push harder.

I hope they fire Miss Jones!!!

Please continue to contact the sponsors!!! Don't let this temporary suspension tactic make you believe that they are fired because if they were, they would have announced it. Indefinitely probably means when the heat is off of them, about a few weeks or a month.

A quick google search brought up the name of the hot 97 morning show's producer.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/211506p-182197c.html

Considering how they name the email accounts there looking at the other ones posted here, it shouldn't be hard to figure out this guy's email address.

Is no one talking about the HORRIBLE racist insults that Miss Info had to endure, from other people of color no less?? She was trying to stand up for what's right, and all she got was shot down by Miss Jones and whoever, after which they mentioned how she felt "superior" because she was Asian. Um, yeah, a comment like that really shows that SHE'S the insecure one. Jealous of "Best Week Ever" much?

I'm a black soldier in the US Army. We have soldiers of all races over there fighting together. Why can't we all come together here and get Miss Jones and her crew off the air. No way, shape, form or fashion were they right for playing that crap. I've done my part by contacting the FCC and sponsors of the station.

I MUST comment about the racist poster who called ms jones some kind of "Monkey." Dude, you're no better than she and Hot 97 are for what they did and posts like that have no business here. She is a lot of thinkgs but I think you only add fuel to a raging fire when you spit racism back instead of promoting harmony.

Star and Buck are punks too............

To the person who said "Was it truly offensive, or are people making a bigger deal for no reason....is it worse than the Janet, Justin incident"

How can you even compare what happened with Janet and Justin to that? Totally different! The incident with Janet wasn't even a big deal, they just made it a big deal.

G_Money you miss the divide between Chris Rock/Dave Chappelle and Miss Jones. Chappelle presents comedical satire on the racial tensions that exist, he's bringing public awareness that shit happens. I mean people laugh about it, but they know it's true. In a way it's calling people out.

Miss Jones on the other hand is bringing out hateful comments which serve no purpose but to make money and spread hate. Do you think Chappelle could make a joke out of some kid who just say his mom float by with a tree stuck in her head? Yeah great punch line.

Liz This isn't just an asian fight, this involves everyone. If you notice you're on a hiphop community not an asian community. Remember that this shouldn't divide the races, it should bring people together.

u wanna make a difference BOYCOTT every single racist thing that gets said ANYWHERE
Shit happens..fighting is not going to bring these people back..You guys are wasting time doing all this cuz noone can tell me they have never uttered anything racial against anyone

the hypocrisy in this world kills me

I just heard that the crew of the morning show was just let go from a pretty reliable source. I wonder how many morning crews this station is going to go through before they "get it"?

I have never heard of Miss Jones or Hot97, until this thing exploded. It was on the O'reilly factor last night and they played a clip of it.

That was the most disgusting thing I have ever listened to.

The song and the creators of the song are utter gutter trash fuckholes and they deserve to be fired.

I wonder what miss jones and that other moron thought when Rodney King got his ass beat? I bet it was different, THEN.

They are a good example of the ever-expanding loser population in the United States.

People like that make me ashamed to say I'm an american.

I have mixed emotions while I like Ms. Jones there is a fine line and she stepped over that line....I think she should be fired...if it had been a white air personality...there would not of been any suspensions they would of been fired on the spot. We have to set an example somewhere that anything will be tolerated that is what is wrong with this society as we know it.

kiki - where did you hear this from?

it's great to see that sloppy tired old groupie miss jones and the rest of that ig'nant lot go...

jones truly has beef w/ the asian community and i hope that this event wakes her stupid a$$ up...

as for the rest of us, let's try to keep having each other's backs and don't let the establishment (i.e. radio stations, corporate amerikkka) pit us against each other like common fools.

peace...

I heard it from someone who is in pretty tight with the advertising/pr types at the station...

Thanks to all of you who have been putting in the effort. As an Asian American, it's hard to be taken seriously with issues of race, since we don't get looked at as really being a minority.

When I heard the broadcast I felt angry and helpless. But thanks to this forum and others, and more importantly, our strength to come together and act as a community, we were able to transform our anger into action.

It's empowering to know that there are people like you who are willing to put up a good fight against things that are obviously wrong.

suspended indefinetly. psssh. she needs to be fired but this is a good step.

Sorry to post so much...but this one is pretty noteworthy. From Council Member John Liu's Yahoo group.

"Dear Friends,

Council Member Liu will be appearing on CNN this morning right after the President's speech to the discuss the situation with Hot 97's playing of the Tsunami song.
"

For those of you who don't know, ABC has signed Todd Lynn to develop not one but 2 TV shows.

I'm pretty sure I won't be laughing at any material developed by a guy who threatened to "start shooting Asians" on public radio.

Feel the same way?

Let ABC know at (818) 460-7477 or write them an email at netaudr@abc.com

could someone possibly record Mr Liu's appearance?

Ming, can you please post what happens.

speakup, is there more info?

I just want to give props to Ms. Info. She is my hero for taking a stance . I hope she will be OK and this drama hasn't ruined her career!

I'll try and record it, my stupid Video capture card is not working just yet. But I have my trusty VCR tuned into CNN right now. I'll post info and hopefully video as I get it.

I think Miss Jones deserves to be fired. To make fun of a tragedy of these proportions and to say that "God is laughing" is unbelievable.

I really hope this person never gets a hold of another mic for the rest of her life.

YES!!!! I LOVE IT

Thanks Ming. Can anyone tell me if the protest at Caroline's this friday is still taking place. That's where they were suppose to broadcast live. Due to the news of the suspension, I'm unsure.

Jennifer-
the brodcast has been postponed...

lol someone said this. *Give Props to Ms. INFO. she is my hero.

Did u not listen to the song, and what she said?

Think About it!
Not ONLY Asian people died, Karma is a Bitch.

97hot is promoting hatreds and racism. Fine citizens are obligated to demand FCC to suspend its licences immidiately in order to protect our communities.
For those people who don't think it is a big deal, please put yourself into the same ordeal experienced by the tsunami victims.

Annie, I think you're getting Miss Info and Miss Jones confused

For those wanting more info on ABC and Todd Lynn, you can read it right on his profile page on the Hot 97 website here:

http://www.hot97.com/airstaff/toddLynn.aspx

Yes, the guy who got on public radio and ranted about "shooting Asians" is going to develop shows for ABC.

Maybe it'll be a reality show where Todd Lynn gets to live out his dream of "shooting Asians."

Again, if this issue bothers you enough, let ABC know at (818) 460-7477 or write them an email at netaudr@abc.com

SpeakUP.

I think we should get this in the media around the country as much as possible. Try writing to your local and national newspapers. I wrote to the Boston Globe and the NY Times. They are very slow to take this up. Also I'm from a college town so I'm going to email as many college newspapers as possible. You should try to do the same. Email everyone you know, call radio stations, TV stations, whoever - so we can get her FIRED and BANNED for good.

I remember right after 9/11 I want into a chatroom where some people were making fun of the attack; they were laughing and making jokes about the people falling off the buildings.
This was the only time I have ever felt like reaching through my screen and choking those bastards. So I can imagine how the asian community feels, get her out of my radio, out of NYC.

As an African American, I am wary of the "suspension". This incident has drawn so much attention to Hot 97 that we all (Miss Jones, her crew, African American and Asian American listeners) may lose in the end. Miss Jones & crew, as ignorant and misguided as they are, are being played as pawns in this race game- pitting blacks against Asians. How crazy is that?!? The execs/ wealthy station owners may laugh all the way to the bank with this one. I feel we need to get to the sponsors and just take Hot 97 off the dial. Stop tuning in, let Jay & crew report it and keep hitting the sponsors! McDonalds & Popeyes keep cheap and unhealthy food in poor minority communities (and Sprint just sucks!). Keep them from sponsoring these clowns and don't go to their establishments. If we're going to boycott, we have to go all the way.

WE NEED THE MAYOR OF NYC TO SPEAKUP
LETS GET THE PRESIDENT OF USA TO SPEAKUP!
IF IT TAKE MONTHS OR YEARS WE ALL CAN DO IT AS ONE! THIS IS NOT A RACE ISSUE

SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT DONT GIVE UP!
EVERYONE PLEASE CONT THIS EFFORT AGAINST HATE&IGNORANCE!

If this shit happen to African Americans, you think it'll be this fucking small?

Miss Jones only did this as a stunt to keep her ratings up. I guess she figured she had to do something big going up against star & bucwild now. She can't sing, she's NOT as cute as SHE thinks she is, so she had no other alternative. It was a tastless act yes, but she's running out of options ya'll. Let her keep her job, i don't think it was about race at all, just a stupid attempt to be "funny".

from McDonalds:

Hello XXXXXXX:


Thank you for taking the time contact McDonald's. We appreciate the opportunity to respond to you regarding the recent events involving hosts from the Hot 97 morning radio program in New York.

First, McDonald's does not support programs that discriminate or are insensitive to the plight of people suffering from devastating events. Effective immediately, McDonald's has indefinitely suspended advertising on the Hot 97 morning show.

It's also important to know that Ronald McDonald House Charities, McDonald's Corporation and the McDonald's family around the world have donated more than two million dollars to the Tsunami relief efforts. We take these matters very seriously and will continue to work together to help victims of this devastating disaster.

Again, thank you for giving us the opportunity to respond to your concerns.

Robyn

McDonald's Customer Response Center

ref#:2569120

Please do not "reply" to this email response. All "replies" go to an unmonitored mailbox and are not reviewed. If you wish to contact McDonald's Customer Response Center again, please visit our website at www.mcdonalds.com.

DON'T LOSE HOPE. Keep writing those sponsors!

FirethemNOW- I think it would have been 100 times bigger and anyone who said anything negative about African Americans would have been fired before they finished their sentence. Is that right? NO! But now's not the time to compare apples to oranges. As an African American, I'm fighting this fight as well. Let's keep the comparisons out of it and keep it moving.

MissEMONI, are you Miss Jones???????

No matter how desperate she was to keep her job, this is a SICK way to try to keep her ratings up.

Let her keep her job? YOU MUST BE JOKING.

I know about the McDonalds email. So I'm not going to take the heat off of them. As soon as we stop emailing, they'll think it's blown over. And everything will go back to the way it was. We need to make sure the STOP advertising and not just suspend it.

i called 1.800.223.9797 ant got this
"the phone number you have dialed has been diconnected" >.

MissEMONI if this was not about race and racism why would todd have said i'm going to start shooting asians. hm?

Thanks SpeakUp! His career is gonna go down like a lead zeppelin. I'm emailing ABC that they are supporting the career of someone who has ridiculed and belittled the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and the loved ones they have left behind. In addition he has displayed his lack of moral bearings by saying that he would shoot Asians. If any shows develop from ABC, not only will I not watch the show, but I will actively tell sponsors of his past transgressions. I'm using that exact quote. Feel free to cut & paste. Down w/ Miss Jones, Todd Lynn and J. Dimick!

I agree with Afro NYC. Some how I feel like there is a larger picture involved. Think about it, hot 97 is getting more press now than ever, every one is tuned in to see what is said next and who is saying it. The only true way to win this is too hit them hard in the wallet - hence get all the advertisers to acknowledge that the public will not support any company that endorses hate-filled programming. Everyone do what you can to keep pressuring the big companies, like McDonald's. Sprint, Popeyes etc.

McDonald's wrote me this email:

Thank you for taking the time contact McDonald's. We appreciate the opportunity to respond to you regarding the recent events involving hosts from the Hot 97 morning radio program in New York.First, McDonald's does not support programs that discriminate or are insensitive to the plight of people suffering from devastating events. Starting immediately, McDonald's will indefinitely suspend advertising on the Hot 97 morning show.It's also important to know that Ronald McDonald House Charities, McDonald's Corporation and the McDonald's family around the world have donated more than two million dollars to the Tsunami relief efforts. We take these matters very seriously and will continue to work together to help victims of this devastating disaster.Again, thank you for giving us the opportunity to respond to your concerns.

Can someone post a list of sponsors? So far you've mentioned Sprint and McDonalds, are there others? Thank you.

Financial loss is the ONLY thing that will motivate the station owners to fire the morning show crew. Money talks and bullsh*t walks.

Keep hitting the SPONSORS

/follow the trackbacks on the main page to find the sponsor list

Is Rick Delgado the producer of the morning show? If so, he should get fired as well.

if that song aint racist....i dont know what racism is...
i dont know how they can write about kids and their dead moms and think its funny,

Some companies (because I listened for commercials played on the show the past couple days) include:

Wendy's
Dunkin Donuts
Coca-cola
Sleepy's Mattresses
Subway
Blockbuster Video

This website has other sponsors listed such as Popeyes, Toyota, Reebok, etc.

Also, the media does not seem to know that the morning show was pulled today.

The media doesn't seem to care because I haven't seen much coverage on this issue, aside from a small 2 second thing the other day, when they showed a few assemblymen at a press conference.

Why is there no continued coverage? What ever happened to freedom of press? Is EMMIS partners with the newspapers in NY?

YOU PEOPLE ARE A BUNCHA HYPOCRITES

I heard about your movement to get Mrs. Jones of the Hot 97 morning show fired over the Tsunami song. Although I agree that the song in itself is inexcusable, I want to take a second to address the controversy that is now taking place.

I think that all of you people who are acting so offended by this situation should really take a long hard look at yourselves in the mirror. All this talk of starting a movement against Hot 97 is in my opinion a joke. The same people walking around NYC complaining about Hot 97 are the same ones listening to that bullshit. I saw the same thing happen a few years back when the same morning show with Star and Buc Wild played the "Aaliyah plane crash" skit and everyone wanted to get them fired. I saw petitions and outrage and what happened at the end of the day everyone was right back listening to Hot 97 like tha shit never happened. It was the best free publicity that the station could have gotten, and I know for fact that subsequently, advertising rates for that program went up. Hot 97 suspended their morning show hosts and temporarily changed their playlist to a more conscious one (just like they do anytime they catch heat), and 2 weeks later, the morning show was back in effect doing the same offensive type humor that cats tune in to hear everyday. Also, when the Aaliyah plane crash skit was played on air, Ms. Jones, who was the co-host of the morning show at tha time, got so offended by the skit she walked out on the show. Now, I'm not making excuses for her behavior in this incident, because as a grown woman, she should have known better, but I want to point out that she is not to blame as much as Emmis Communications and Tracey Chlorety who is in charge over at Hot 97 and co-sign this kinda bullshit on a daily basis.

For the last ten years, Emmis communications has reached its slimy tentacles out to dozens of radio affiliates across the united states. The off-color antics of its on air personalities are of legend (Especially in NYC) and this type of behavior is consistent with its practice of playing the most lyrically irresponsible music you've ever heard. In fact, in NYC, most of the on air personalities spend more time talking irresponsibly on air about their private lives and personal opinions than they do playing music. Everyone knows this and it's been cool up until this point, so why have a problem with it now? If they can play songs like "Drop It Like Its Hot" and "Get Low" at 3pm in the afternoon when 13 year old kids come home from school and listen to that and emulate that bullshit, then whass the beef? You didn't have a problem with it then, dont have a problem with it now. Thass Emmis Communications for you. Learn it, live it, love it.

As for Tracey Chlorety, I was backstage at Hot 97's Summer Jam concert a few years ago when a well known "Conscious" hip hop artist took her to task for not playing anything but "Murder-Death-Kill-music." When he asked her about the negative music in heavy rotation on her station and its lack of balance with positive Hip Hop she was dismissive and personally offended. When this artist asked her about her responsibility to the kids in the community that listen to Hot 97, her response was "I dont have any responsibility to the community, the only responsibility I have is to my shareholders." I would not have believed it had I not saw it with my own eyes. (Note: this whole incident was caught on tape by a well known local video show, but i doubt that it will ever see tha light of day since the host of that video show is employed by Hot 97 as an on air personality) I realized that not only does Tracey Chlorety not give a fuck about the community, she doesn't even live in the community or have to deal with the effects of the negativity broadcast over her radio stations airwaves. This is also indicative of the disposition of quite a few of Emmis Communication stations program directors across the country. Most of the P.D.s are either white or reporting to white regional programmers who are not in touch with the realities or needs of the listening audience, most of whom are people of color. And because it is that community of color, nobody gives a damn, because at the end of the day, these same people of color come home and turn that shit on like they do BET or Clearchannel and Radio One stations and listen religiously just like they have been programmed to do. While everyone is calling for Mrs. Jones head, Hot 97 will make her the sacrificial lamb and get another fall guy to do tha show, and Emmis Broadcasting dodge the bullet and have you all listening and waiting for Funk Flex to drop another one of his "Payola-Sponsored" bombs.

So, while I find this little on-line display of outrage quite amusing, I ask that you all bend over and take it without the Vaseline from Emmis Broadcasting just like you are going to end up doing anyway. You people wont write your local Emmis affiliate telling them they got to get their shit right or they got to go. You wont contact the advertisers who run ads on these stations and tell them to pull their ads, You wont research who the shareholders of Emmis Broadcasting are and demand they divest (In fact their stock just went up, check their website if you think I'm kidding.) All y'all are gonna do is get them a buncha free publicity and word of mouth advertising. You might say that thass some for real bullshit, but thass how its gonna go down. Aint nothing revolutionary about posting on a blog and then allowing the same bullshit that you complain about to continue. So when y'all are really ready to go after the Emmis Communications, Viacoms and Clearchannels of the world then let me know, I'll be down front like Ron O-Neal said in "Superfly" with guns blazing, but until that day comes, spare me the theatrics. Y'all Ni@@az iz scared of revolution.

Priest
www.priestforever.net

Also for the person who is on here calling people "black monkey". Do you honestly feel that this comment is effective in getting the issue resolved. The whole ordeal is to stop the racial comments and here you go adding fuel to the fire. Please elevate your mind.

"Chapelle, chris rock, and many other comedians make fun of racist issues all the time on there shows, and there is no public outcry. Sort of a double standard here. I do think they will be given another chance only becuase star and buc were given a chance after the alliyah issue. They were ultimatly fired for comments made about a sponsor. I just cant see hot97 firing them after it took them almost 2 years to find the right morning show personalities".

Dude, Chris Rock and Chapelle makes fun of every race. They make fun of White, Black, and Asians. They dont discriminate in that sense. They are comedians and when u watch their shows you expect them to be edgey. The Tsunami parody is more about human decency. They are making fun of people that have lost EVERYTHING. As many as 1/3 of the victims are CHILDREN. Chris Rock and Dave Chapelle will never make fun of children dying and children losing their parents. And some children are being exploited because of this tragedy. If they would of made some jokes about this...i GURANTEE that it wont be tolerated...
and Ms. Jones is stupid, hasnt she learned anything from Starr and Buck??? and like many readers said, Ms. Jones being black herself should know how it feels to have to go through bigotry and racism in this country...so why go there??? i know she's a shock jock and it's her job to get ratings...there are other means, like their Smack Fest. No one is getting hurt unless you're a WILLING participant in Smack Fest. Victims of the Tsunami are not willing participant in the Tsunami Parody hence the public outcry...Want rating, go to the drawing board and brain storm some ideas and not getting lazy and use tragedy and bigotry as a way.

Post all media to cover the issue!!! I've emailed CNN repeatedly. I emailed the NY Times for their astonishing lack of coverage. I emailed the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times, to include an editorial. I've even emailed the Oprah Network. If there are other news media outlets, who have not acknowledged the situation, it is up to US the public to notify them what we deem newsworthy. It's already been a week since this happened. The media needs to know they are not responding appropriately.

I'm glad some of the sponsors are pulling outta this radios station which means its taking in effect.

The only reason Hot97 is suspending Miss Jones aka The nasty bitch is to applease their sponsors, not because of the complaints from the people. I can't imagine why people would call in defense for Mrs Jones. What can they possibly say to justified playing a song about the deaths of 200000 people!!! I have a feeling the station is only taking in biased callers with no comphresion of the situation. A caller mention slavery into the argument. What the hell does that has to do with anything to this situation!?! Its about the basic human decency and moral conduct, regardless of race. Its about righting the wrongs of this great injustice.

I wanna know what the FCC is doing about this. I don't want to see this just get brush under the rug like it never happen. I continue to get the word out about this. Not until Mrs Jones get fired.

FYI Priest.
Tracey is no longer the PD since January.

Jayson,

Sadly, I see your point. But I'd rather do this, than act like nothing happened. Yes, the probability is that Emmis's success will grow with this controversy. However, your "revolution" has to start somewhere. Also, not need to belittle the people who have voiced their opinions as you have, or their need to act on this issue. It's truly in bad taste.

Mrs Jones needs to get her ass fired. And I'm not just saying that because I'm chinese. Whats wrong is wrong. Pure and simple.

I support priest..exactly my point and more

Priest:


You may have some ill will towards the higher ups or others involved in the industry.


I don't.


I'm going for the throats of the fools who planned, wrote, recorded, and repeatedly played the tsunami song.


Anyone who heard it or read the lyrics should understand why.

heard she's gonna be in Times Sq. on Friday....I wanna go throw some Indian food in her face.

Miss Jones should be fired. What she played on the air was RACIST, she should have known better. and yes its like another country making fun of us about 911, its not right.

If I made a comment half as offensive as the parody song at work I'd be canned immediately. Why the hell should they get break? Fired their asses.

If Miss Jones could get a real record deal, maybe she wouldn't have to do things like this. Oh thats right she cant sign anyway.

Ignore people like Priest and the poster blah who is too afraid to post his real identity here.

People are brave on the internet, naysayers and activist alike. But I'm doing more than just bitching on the internet. I'm trying to inform people in offline through events planned at my University.

The difference between the people who care about this and the people who don't is that the people who care are fighting and uphill battle. Not only do they have to work to get the message out there, they have to fight cowardly naysayers. Those of us trying to spread the message of tolerance aren't afraid to hide our identities. If they wanted to film me on national television voicing my opinions I wouldn't mind. I bet you all the people who are trash talking us and putting us down wouldn't do the same.

The only downside to the internet is that people can hide in anonymity.

If you really support the movement against HOT97, stop using racial slurs. Don't retaliate with the same mentality. You're just making the problem worse.

I meant sing. sorry

I am happy about the suspension, but it should not end there. The producers and higher management should also be held accountable for the distasteful song. Thank you jay for stressing this issue. Please remember that Ignourance does not prosper.

Priest, that was tight.

they're playing jin's song on Hot 97 and taking the same bullshit calls about the controversy because they know people who are pissed off and wouldn't normally listen to Hot 97 anyways are going to tune in, which, in addition to the regular listeners, is going to boost ratings. It's not because they've learned a lesson. This is exactly what they expected and wanted to happen when they first released the song. So turn that shit off. Anything you need to know, you can find online later.

And as priest said, the only way to make these people regret this is if we take away their money, which means taking away their sponsors and advertisers. So fuck Emmis, and keep attacking their sponsors.

And finally, damnit, don't listen to the fucking station when this is over. its contributing to the death of hip hop.

Yo word up, this is my freestyle and it goes to some lil chinks out there, freedom of speech y'all

the yella man be weak the yella man be plenty but nobody be scared of them lil rice eatas cuz all of them cant beat us
Jin my man keep yo mouth shut, you been swinging on black mans cock for too long and now your peeps got bitch slapped and you frontin, go back to bootleging your shits, peace out fucka you aint nobody to be telling shit,
Pickin on a fat ol nigga bitch, yea you big man, we ben running scare of your sensitive flair, well hell no mofo, nobody gives a shit some monkeys in asia drowned, fuck up
Y'all asian bitches are too damn piccy, go back to y'all stores and be quiet, and go back to buying nigga's shit nigga's music and CDs cuz we be coming ova ur girls house be making her dizzy
Dont blame the brothaz cuz you brought it on to yourselves. Cant handle the heat go back to saigon, go back to nippon, this is the real shit, and we dont take false issues, so the bitch is you
A latino (rick delgado, ex-producer of Opie & Anthony, WNEW) wrote the song and produced it too, but you dont be dissin on them spanish finks ya fool. Y'all were wiating for this Face it. trying to take us down, but we are all over ur towns, so face us like a man, go down to Hot 97 and protest ya clowns, see you wouldnt, so sit on y'all computas. shut up. cant be like the black man, so stop frontin my chigga cuz you will never be william hung like a nigga. y'all all jokes you so called model minority folks. dont give me no bullshit cuz you prepared for this and done jones in, now are you happy?
You wont be happy until all niggas go down to ya level's, neva man,
SO Jin, nothing personal my man but this shit i cant stand, i dare you to go BET cuz you cant even make it on TV, so wisen up sucka, ya fool,eat
ur rice. Peace im outz, he-yea

I would like to see an artist or a label with the guts to tell Hot97 not to play their song. Now that would say something. Any artist here that wanna take a stand. Anyone can give money, now do something real.

correct me if I'm wrong but Dave Chappelle is married to an Asian woman and his writing partner in the show is white.
Wayne Brady is married to a Japanese american.
Both funny and talented.

Priest,

It's sad that YOU are missing the point. There IS a revolution taking place and it starts with one battle at a time. If you aren't aware, radio is loosing out to satellite radio, internet radio, mp3 players, and newer forms of mass media.

Don't hate those who are trying to make things right.
Slavery didn't end in one day.

It's really not that deep...Clearchannel gets to pick and choose whats too much...all the black jokes made on this station (I.E. abduhl luima, amadou diablo, etc.) they decide that this Miss Jones song was too much.. but let Howard Stern do something like that and there would be laughter and praise. It's all a lot of B.S. because it's all jokes.. YOu have a choice, you can sit around and be sad about things, or you can try and laugh about it and move on.

Setzer,

When the protest does happen, and it will shortly,
Be sure to come down and acknowledge yourself as the one calming that we are hiding in front of our computers. I will be the 1st online to pound your stupid ass down.

I think everyone is harping on the wrong issue here. Yes, there were racial epithets used in the Tsunami song, and that in and of itself isn't cool. But most people have laughed at or even used racial epithets in some context or another. The major issue here is that they made fun of an incident which left thousands of people dead or suffering, through no fault of their own. I mean, what, I ask, is funny or satirical about a child who sees his dead mother float by? What's comical about children being sold into slavery? When is it appropriate to make light of someone's country being "washed away"? The show has done this sort of thing before- they once made a song about a mentally challenged boy who died when he accidentally fell down a laundry shoot. This Tsunami parody just took the cake, that's all.
The creators of South Park make fun of death and destruction all the time- Kenny dies in almost every episode in some gruesome form or another, along with many other characters. That's not the point- the point is that they are mocking people's SUFFERING. People are suffering seriously over there- nothing humorous about that. No one would ever think to make fun of 9/11, or slavery- hell, Miss Jones walked out on Starr and Buck when they joked about Aaliyah's death. Why on earth would Hot 97 not see how this song or the others like it equates to that?
Well, they wanted the attention, they got it. I personally do think those involved with creating it- Miss Jones, Todd Lyn, and others- and especially, ESPECIALLY the management who allowed it to air on not one but FOUR freaking days, should be replaced. I mean, not only did they air the song, but had a heated argument on the air about it with the one person in the room who had sense enough to speak against it. And then Miss Jones stooped to accusing Miss Info of feeling superior because she's Asian? I mean, come on. There goes that go*damn race insecurity at work again, when will we Black people get off that? I mean, if you ever want to sound ignorant, that is the perfect thing to do- blame someone else for feeling superior because they're not Black, esPEcially when it doesn't have anything to do with the situation at hand. WHAT does racial superiority or inferiority have to do with any of this, ANYWAY?? Eww. Just eww.

Just got an idea...it may sound stupid...but it's an idea...

Why don't we try contacting media personalities. Specifically Oprah, her show reaches an estimated 14 million watchers a day and in over 132 countries.

I've emailed her, but I think if more people do they'll get the idea that it is an issue. People may not respect your or me, they might not respect Oprah. But naysayers will bend to the will of 14 million informed viewers.

www.oprah.com

As of Wednesday, January 26, Sprint updated its public statement on the issue of the Hot 97 tsunami parody song:

STATEMENT FROM SPRINT

* Because the tsunami parody content on the Hot 97 program was in violation of our company standards, Sprint intends to suspend its advertising on the station.

FYI.
Do some research on how ratings are calculated. A company sends out a piece of paper to a VERY SMALL seclection of people and you're supposed to write down on that paper, the station you listen to throughout the day. If this is still going on when those papers go out to the random people you think they're going to write HOT 97 on them?

Most likely not, unless they're part of the brainwashed masses currently swinging off HOT's nuts. Some people will be just mad enough to write Power 105 just for spite.

I'd be suprised if this bumps ratings but who knows.

Why wait until someone else starts going after Emmis, shareholders, blah blah blah? People have such problems with them, go after them yourselves.

To Afro-NYC and your post:
As an African American, I am wary of the "suspension". This incident has drawn so much attention to Hot 97 that we all (Miss Jones, her crew, African American and Asian American listeners) may lose in the end. Miss Jones & crew, as ignorant and misguided as they are, are being played as pawns in this race game- pitting blacks against Asians. How crazy is that?!? The execs/ wealthy station owners may laugh all the way to the bank with this one. I feel we need to get to the sponsors and just take Hot 97 off the dial. Stop tuning in, let Jay & crew report it and keep hitting the sponsors! McDonalds & Popeyes keep cheap and unhealthy food in poor minority communities (and Sprint just sucks!). Keep them from sponsoring these clowns and don't go to their establishments. If we're going to boycott, we have to go all the way.

You're right. We have to go all the way.

KEEP IT UP! It about time we our raise voices.

As someone on the other coast, the perception I've gotten from reading media reports about this, is that the station is both hoping to milk the controversy and weather it at the same time.

I believe they are hoping the outcry from people who deplore racism and hatred will let up so that they will not have to fire those involved.

I have written each of the shows sponsors myself and believe we must keep up the pressure until Miss Jones, Todd Lynn, and the show's producer are fired.

I say heads should roll at the radio station.

They're "professional" radio DJs who made a major mistake at their jobs. If your employees lost multimillion dollar accounts while offending people at the same time, wouldn't you fire them?

MissEMONI, are you for real? How could it not be racial? with phrases like " Chinks, Chinaman', " I am going to shoot some Asians tonight", if that is not racism, what is? Or is it only racism when someone diss your own race?

SUP AJEN

new statement has been issued

Statement from WQHT-FM, HOT 97

New York City - Miss Jones and the HOT 97 Morning team have been indefinitely suspended for the airing of a song that made light of a catastrophic event, as well as comments made at the time the song was aired.

Earlier this week, Miss Jones said on the air "I apologize to all who have been offended by my poor decision to go along with playing that insulting (to say the least) Tsunami song. I should have known better and I didn't. So I'm sorry and hopefully we can move forward from this, or I can move forward from this being a better hostess, because I am better than that, and I know better than that -- and you deserve better radio than that."

While Miss Jones has apologized on the air, in the media and on the HOT 97 website, station management felt that stronger action was necessary to demonstrate the severity of the situation.

Emmis Radio and HOT 97 will not tolerate such derogatory and racially insensitive content. This incident in no way reflects the spirit of HOT 97. The station has a long-time and well-known reputation for community involvement and support.

Emmis Radio President Rick Cummings said, "What happened is morally and socially indefensible. All involved, myself included, are ashamed and deeply sorry. I know the members of the morning show are truly contrite. They know their actions here are inexcusable."
We would like to clarify that no company advertising on our station had any connection to the Tsunami Song and no company advertising on our station endorsed or sponsored the offensive material aired on the "Miss Jones in the Morning" show. We apologize for any misunderstanding that may have caused listeners to believe that anyone, other than the morning show staff, was responsible for the material that should not have been aired.

Yo Setzer, why are u being a playa hater?
If your mom got killed and then called a whore, wouldn't u declare War?
I guess not because u got no class, your just another dumbass!
Fuck u and fuck your freestyle rap, your just a fool who needs to get bitchslap

Word out.

thank goodness she was pulled from the airwaves. i was actively writing letters to the sponsers and emails to pull their support from HOT97 until Miss Jones was removed. There is no apology that can make up for being ignorant to a world wide disaster involving the deaths of almost 200,000 people in addition to making racist remarks. I agree with one of the previous comments that it would NOT sit well with us if another country made a parody of our 9/11. i hope she is gone permanently. good riddance to her

PLEASE KEEP THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROTEST UPDATED!!! I WILL BE THERE FOR SURE! THANKS PEOPLE
LET'S HAVE OUR VOICES HEARD FOR ONCE! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! ASIANS TEND TO JUST LET IT GO EVENTHOUGH WE GET HURT AND OFFENDED, BUT I THINK THIS IS TIME TO SPEAK UP! SO PLEASE! STAND UP!!!

Setzer -

You are a complete babbling bafoon. It's ignorant people like you that give your race a bad representation. You are the "typical" idiot that America is pitted against - that the decent Black America despise as well. Yeah, I'm sure they'd be proud of your racist ass calling all of us out and making the situation worse than it already is. Nice move, dumbass. You're an incoherent mental defect that needs to go back to grade school and get an education.

i am still not pleased w/ their most recent statement. more needs to be done. keep pressuring their sponsors!! and reach out to other media outlets.

for the protest taking place on friday, has the venue been moved? since their broadcast at Caroline's has been postponed, maybe the protest should be taken to the station's HQ.

News agencies all across Asia are now picking up on this story, from Taiwan to China to the Tsunami devastated regions of Thailand and Indonesia.

What irony that this whole incident was caused by an african-american female DJ. She of all people should know what it felt like to be discriminated. Dr. King must be rolling over in his grave right now.

hot 97 posted a new statement on their website. take a look...

Thank you Sheila,

It is unfortunate such apologies and honest reflection on your part make little difference. The radio station and Miss Jones has a lot to learn about the world after making such racially derogatory comments during a crisis, when so many have lost so much, It is unlikely those involved at Hot 97 would enjoy such insults when aimed at them and there families, there race and there country.

Ironically, In the UK a member of the government sent an email, 20 Min after the horror of September 11th, suggesting now was the time to release unfavorable information as the public�s attention was elsewhere, she was fired along with the minister she worked for one day later, that is the type of response that sends a message to the intolerant and the stupid.

In all things a personal sense of shame, responsibility, decency and corporate accountability should avoid such editorial mistakes, the disaster affected many thousands of people, I am British, Black and off Jamaican ancestry, I lost a brother and two cousins.

The UK has approx 50 dead and 400 people missing, Indonesia: at least 95,000 dead; 133,000 missing, presumed dead, Sri Lanka: 31,000 dead; 5,637 missing, India (inc. Andaman and Nicobar islands): 10,744 dead; 5,640 missing, Indonesia: at least 95,000 dead; 133,000 missing, presumed dead, Sri Lanka: 31,000 dead; 5,637 missing, India (inc. Andaman and Nicobar islands): 10,744 dead; 5,640 missing, Thailand: 5,384 dead; 3,130 missing, Somalia: approx. 150 dead, Maldives: 82 dead; 26 missing, Malaysia: 68 dead, Burma: 59 dead, Tanzania: 10 dead, Bangladesh: 2 dead, Kenya: 1 dead, Seychelles: 1 dead, Thailand: 5,384 dead; 3,130 missing, Somalia: approx. 150 dead, Maldives: 82 dead; 26 missing, Malaysia: 68 dead, Burma: 59 dead, Tanzania: 10 dead, Bangladesh: 2 dead, Kenya: 1 dead, Seychelles: 1 dead.

Thanks for responding, I do not believe this can be ignored and I hope it won�t be.

__________________________________________

Regards,
Andrew Brown

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From: Cort, Sheila [mailto:Sheila.Cort@JTax.com]
Sent: 26 January 2005 00:01
To: Andrew brown
Subject: RE: Against all good taste

Dear Sir/Madam:

We respect and share in your concerns regarding the truly insensitive and inappropriate behavior of the show�s hosts and the airing of the offensive song. Please be aware that Jackson Hewitt Tax Service does not endorse or approve of such behavior and had no input or prior knowledge as to the content of the broadcast that aired last week during the �Miss Jones in the Morning� program. In fact, we have already contacted station owners and management to express our concerns and to inform them that we have withdrawn our advertising and support from the �Miss Jones in the Morning� program. We acknowledge that the station has posted an apology, but certainly do not believe that that is enough, considering the serious nature of this matter. Thus we have called upon the station�s owners and management to further review this program and its allowance of such behavior.

We thank you for taking the time to reach out to us on this serious matter.

Respectfully,

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. Management

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From: Andrew brown [mailto:a.r.brown_mail@btinternet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 2:10 PM
To: james.w.fisher@mail.sprint.com; jennifer@stenderhawkins.com; lisa.bartlett@reebok.com; Cort, Sheila
Subject: Against all good taste

Hi,

I am a tourist on holiday from the UK, your radio station and its staff seems to find the death of thousands of men, women and children funny.

I can only say that I hope and earnestly pray that you to suffer the pain felt by those, like me, who have lost family in this disaster, I now truly regret feeling any compassion for the USA and New York after the bombing of the two towers.

To Miss Jones, may all your hopes and dreams fail, May all your family and friends die a painful death as you seem to take joy in such events. I can only voice my disgust and pray your soul finds understanding from your god, who is obviously not the same as mine.

To those who fund these people, please demonstrate that you too do not find such things funny and delight in the pain and suffering of thousands.

Theres asshole and fuckheads everywhere, regardless of race. Mrs Jones is one of them.

For anyone who thinks that this issue is exaggerated or is a "joke", please go HANG urself. Why don't people feel normal when someone call an African American "ngger"??? Because is Racism.Also, how can they make fun of victims of the Tsunami? I don't find anything humurous about it. If these racist slurs are used against another race, then that person would be fired. But now, miss jones is only suspended.What the F*ck does this mean?? We, Asian, have less human rights?? By the way, please do not use excuses like "freedom of Speech" . That's simply Bullshitttttt. Now anout their stupid "cash donation". If Tsunami vitims must be degraded and discriminated against to get their "Cash Donation", Please stick those cash in ur @SS and pinehole.!!!!!!!!!HANG THEM UP!!!!!

WHY OH WHY IS MISS JONES' UGLY FACE STILL ON THEIR WEBSITE???!?!??! She's got the biggest banner there!!!! Right smack on top!

Call/Email/Fax NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and tell him to do something about this type of morning radio trash



Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg

City Hall

New York, NY 10007

PHONE 311 (or 212-NEW-YORK outside NYC)

FAX (212) 788-2460

Click to Send E-Mail:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html

hey, note the blurb in billboard radio trade pub:

An issue this raises is there's no equality in racism. We need to have it. If it's acceptable for this radio show to use the word "chink" and "chinamen" it should also be acceptable to use things like "nigger" and "coon" on the radio and TV by non blacks. It should be acceptable to say "I'm going to go shoot some blacks" in the media. We should be allowed to tell a black coworker "Oh, you think you're special because you're black."

But it's not acceptable to act this way toward African Americans. I bet Miss Jones would be one of the first people to denounce a white person in the media talking about how slavery is funny and using racial slurs there. She feels she has the right to be safe from racism, but yet she feels that she can propagate racism toward other races.

Racism should also be unacceptable PERIOD. Black, White, Asian, Hispanic, whatever. If you want to pull the freedom of speech card, then it should be true freedom of speech. We should be able to spread anti-black, anti-white, anti-arab, anti-asian, anti-hispanic beliefs all over the media. If you want to have a free for all, then it should be a free for all.

And about the caller saying that "now they know how we feel" is the stupidest thing ever. Now Asians know how blacks feel? Asians have been discrimated against for a long time too. It's like a starving kid showing a malnourished kid how it feels to not have food by taking away the malnourished kid's food. Good job.

I want her and her cohost fired and I hope to god she and her cohost never get work in the industry again. I dunno, but I just feel that Miss Jones deserves to be torn apart by an angry mob of Indonesian children and her cohost shot by Asians. That would be karma.

Hey...I got an idea...why don't you guys call the NYPD and file a complaint regarding Todd Lynn making that threat against Asians on the radio? Being associated with public safety for the past ten years...what he committed was an act of ASSUALT. It might even be considered attempted murder and/or a hate crime, as he mentioned a race of people in his tirade.

May Miss Jones rot in hell for this little stunt.

Fight for human dignity. Write all sponsors of Hot 97, and tell them that they should not support this evil.


This is not just an Asian American issue.

Well I sent an interesting letter to ABC regarding their hiring of Todd Lynn to produce their two shows. I'd like to see what they say.

If anyone wants a copy of the email, let me know. I'll be more than happy to send a copy to you.

CNN just added this story to their main page. Our protests are obviously doing something!

How "funny" is it that racist Lizzie Grubman does the PR for Hot 97! This station has to be kidding- I wonder who else works there?

What's going to happen to Miss Info? It would be a shame if her career was affected when she opposed the song in the first place.

Lizzie grubman not only is a racist..she enjoys running over people with her Mercedes SUV when she has a tantrum and can't get her way.

why would ms. info wanna continue her career there anyway?

Not only is this song a disgrace, but the behavior of Miss Jones should not be tolerated, on ANY airwaves of ANY town. She should not only be fired, but banned from working in broadcast anywhere. Her attitude was just disgusting.

for those worried about Miss Info's career, I believe she'll be just fine. You can actually catch her on VH1. Can't say for sure but she's a cast of "Best Week Ever" on VH1.

she was also a journalist for various hip-hop magazines. her integrity should pay off in the end.

holy moly,
I left a message with mr. lynn, and it was his answering machine. this is big as I said before. I used my calling card and a payphone.
however, I didn't say anything stupid. Just said some things that he would say if the tables were turned. (no threats or implications of threats, just repeated what he said)

Another reason why Jones & Staff should be fired. Click here.

Thank you for posting Miss Jones and Todd's contact info!

I've called and there's no answer at Miss Jones but there IS a machine at Todd's picking up.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO FLOOD THEIR LINES WITH CALLS AND MESSAGES!!! THEY NEED TO BE SCARED AND TODD BETTER DAMN WELL KNOW IF HE SAYS HE'LL SHOOT ASIANS ON-AIR AND THAT WE ARE OUT TO GET HIM!!!!!

Attacking Jones and Lynn will only give them ammunition that they can manipulate and use. Don't fall for it.

FYI.
Jones doesn't live in NY. Try Philly.

Watch what you say on anyone's answering machine, etc.

tight rhymes setzer! u ain't nothing but a joke and i'm pretty sure u know that already. u know u can only say it behind your computer. u should stop wasting your time writin whack ass lyrics like that and find a hobby. i'm guessin u is just another hater who got picked on in school all the time. stop embarrassing us black folk and let's get back to talking about the real issue here.

I'm disgusted by what I heard on Miss jones show. I'm glad sponsors have pulled advertising. And, I'm glad the show has been suspended. I also think Miss Jones apology isn't genuine. I think she is "sorry" that she "got caught." I heard the way she treated her asian colleague on the radio. Miss Jones owes her and apology. As far as Jones career,? 6 months of unemployment (without pay) while serving as a tsunami relief volunteer in Asia would be fair in my eyes. P.S. she'd have to be legally bound from writing a book about her experience in Asia or any other means of profit from what she's done. Then I may believe she is truly repentive.

Yo I heard Miss Jones was makin fun of the victims in the tsunami
Saw her picture up on the internet and bitch you will neva be mistaken for a hottie
Damn bitch look at your fat ass body
Tryin to be all controversial and naughty
I heard Gloria Velez was gonnna kick the shit out of Miss info
Plus there's a rumor around that Miss Jones is a fat nympho
You apologize and try to get out of this situation
But you made your bed and now i'm startin Fire Miss Bitch Jones petitions
Don't think I forgot about this nobody named Todd Lynn
You ain't nuttin but a punk ass wannabe comedian
Talkin about shooting asians but Im D Wizzzle from Frisco
and If you shoot at me you'll be the one dead like disco
Never had to make fun of no race or skin color to get my point across
You punk ass haters should be fired if I was the Hot 97 Boss
Making fun of a tragedy where millions of lives were lost
How could you guys continue to work in New York City
Miss Jone, your website was disgusting, what? you thought you pretty?
You got 60 pix and all of them make you look shitty and your arms are jiggy
I don't know who is the King of NY
Is it Fat Joe, Nas, Or Jigga
But I know you're the RACIST SKANK of NY who woulda figured?
How you and Todd get on Hot 97 with your own morning show?
Probably from getting down on your knees and startin to blow
all the top executives from Emmis or Clearchannel
You don't look much like a woman but more like an animal
Someone please fire this racist bitch and end this tsunami song scandal
Jin was right when he said who the fuck is Miss Jones?
Racist disses against asians is what Hot 97 seems to condone
This diss goes out to Miss Jones, Lynn, and the program director John Dimick
Nobody wants to hear the racist jokes and gimmicks
So now everyone is apologizing
Because they scared the sponsors will pull out their advertising
But Hot 97 and its staff need to start recognizing
that due to the tsunami, millions of people were dying
And millions more are homeless or orphans who can't stop crying
FIRE TARSHA NICOLE JONES FIRE TODD LYNN

HOLLA AT YA BOY D WIZZZLE and SIGN THE PETITIONS!

http://www.petitiononline.com/tsunmai7/petition.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/endhate/petition.html

What did the Asian population to do you?

Your Tsunami song shows a total lack of class. The fact that the DJ's aggressively attacked complaints is inexcusable (regardless of what race they were). What kind of lowlife do you employ to have another DJ come out and say something about going out and shooting Asians? Are you crazy or just plain stupid?

Your apology is not only weak, it was an apology made only when their jobs were threatened by complaints. I feel the apology is not sincere and that people of this caliber should not only be fired but should be banished from the industry as well (alongside the poor management that hired them).

You make Howard Stern look like a reputable conservative DJ (I still think he's a lowlife). I never dreamed someone could make him look good!

You wonder why African Americans get such a bad rap?! Duh!

Here's a link to Ms. Info's info:
http://www.hot97.com/airstaff/missInfo.aspx

Did you guys catch this article?

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/274679p-235203c.html

David Hinckley, the misled writer of that article, seems to believe that the majority of the Tsunami Parody was aimed at Michael Jackson. "This, plus its use of a slang term for Asians, fueled a wave of outrage - though much of the song jabs more at Michael Jackson."

He goes on to write, "'The Tsunami Song' was created to get attention - like everything else on radio or any other entertainment medium. Getting people to notice is the whole point.

On morning radio in particular, that often means making the audience wonder just how far these wacky folks will go."

I guess Mr. Hinckley doesn't see the difference between pushing the envelope and straight-up racism?

He writes about the station's response, "A few hours later, the station posted its apology, which the morning team repeated Monday. By yesterday, the team's on-air references to the issue were oblique, like joking they should stay away from gay or homeless jokes because 'we don't want anyone else mobilizing.'" Hey, there's nothing wrong with Asian jokes or gay jokes or homeless jokes. But since when is it a joke to write a song about children dying and calling the victims "chinks" and "chinamen." Is that a joke?

I think Mr. Hinckley should do a bit more research before writing about things he obviously doesn't understand.

I just got off the phone with the FCC...the agent I spoke with said they have received NUMEROUS complaints regarding this whole incident.

I have also sent a letter to ABC regarding their hiring of Todd Lynn to produce two shows, and the fact I will NEVER watch ABC again due to their disgusting choice of hiring Todd Lynn.

If the FCC is smart enough, I think this whole thing will be the end of Miss Jones and her disgusting counterparts.

Keep filing the complaints; keep emailing the sponsors of Hot 97; they WILL get the message that Hot 97 AND Miss Jones are bad news.

"Chinks" and "chinamen" are "slang"? Good lord we got another ignorant idiot on our hands.

one thing that's been lacking is heat that should be directed towards Rick Delgado, ex-producer of Opie & Anthony, WNEW) wrote the song and produced it too. somebody get his contact info and spread his name to other sites so that people will know of another person that was largely responsible and is very clearly racist.

I've been following what's been going on from Los Angeles. I agree that in order to really make an impact, we need to hit the parent company nationally, not just locally w/Hot 97. They have a history of condoning acts like this, waiting it out, and then returning to their former selves.

I thought it could be useful for everyone to see which one of your local media outlets
(radio/tv/magazines/books/interactive) is run by Emmis (can be seen more clearly at http://www.emmis.com/portfolio/radio.aspx):

---taken from their website-----

Emmis (the Hebrew word for "truth") went public in 1994 and now owns and operates radio stations in the nation's largest markets, including:
WRKS-FM (98.7 KISS FM), WQHT-FM (HOT 97) and WQCD-FM (CD 101.9) in New York City; KPWR-FM (Power 106) and KZLA-FM (Country 93.9) in Los Angeles; and WKQX-FM (Q101) in Chicago. Emmis Radio also owns and operates: KTAR-AM (Newsradio 620), KMVP-AM (ESPN Radio 860), KKLT-FM (Lite Rock 98.7) and KKFR-FM in Phoenix; KSHE-FM (KSHE95), KPNT-FM (105.7 The Point), KFTK-FM (Radio 97.1), KIHT-FM (K-Hits 96) and WMLL-FM (104.1 The Mall) in St. Louis; WENS (97.1 FM), WIBC (1070 AM), WNOU (RadioNow93.1), WYXB (105.7 FM), AgriAmerica and Network Indiana in Emmis' hometown of Indianapolis; and WTHI (99.9 FM) and WWVR (105.5 FM) in Terre Haute, IN. The company's International division operates Sl�ger R�d�o, the #1 radio network in Hungary, and FM News (98.3) and Radio 10 (AM 710) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In 1998, EMMIS jumped into the television business with the creation of Emmis Television. Emmis Television's 15 stations include: WKCF-TV, WB 18
in Orlando, FL; KOIN-TV, CBS 6 in Portland, OR; WVUE-TV, FOX 8 in New Orleans; KRQE-TV, CBS 13 in Albuquerque NM; WSAZ-TV, NBC 3 in Huntington/Charleston WV; WALA-TV, FOX 10 in Mobile, AL; KSNW-TV, NBC 3 in Wichita, KS; WLUK-TV, FOX 11 in Green Bay, WI; KGUN-TV, ABC 9 in Tucson, AZ; KGMB-TV, CBS 9 and KHON-TV, FOX 2 in Honolulu; KMTV-TV, CBS 3 in Omaha, NE; WFTX-TV, FOX 4 in Ft. Myers, FL; KSNT-TV, NBC 27 in Topeka, KS; and WTHI-TV, CBS 10 in Terre Haute, IN.

Emmis Publishing, created in 1988 with the purchase of Indianapolis Monthly, produces award-winning regional and specialty magazines:
Indianapolis Monthly, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Texas Monthly, Los Angeles and Country Sampler. In addition, the company operates Emmis Publishing
National Sales, a publisher's representative firm.

Emmis also owns Revenue Development Systems (RDS), the largest and most experienced non-traditional revenue development company in media; and
jobcityusa.com, the premier minority recruitment website in the New York Tri-State area.

I wrote an email to David Hinckley, here's his response:

Subject: RE: your article
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:39:27 -0500
From: "Hinckley, David"
To: "David Eng"

David:

Thanks for your e-mail. I was trying to put the creation of the song into some context for people who never listen to the station or what
the morning show does. It was not my intention, in the process, to suggest its content was insignificant. But I do think, even in an egregious case, that it's worth pointing out that a Hot-97 is going to be delivering different programming than WQXR.

That said, obviously you're not alone in thinking this case went way beyond the pale. Hot-97 itself today seems to be considering that same thought.

Best,
David Hinckley

-----Original Message-----
From: David Eng [mailto:daveng9999@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 12:16 PM
To: Hinckley, David
Subject: your article

As a reader of the Daily News, I have to say that you got it all wrong with the Tsunami song coverage. The song was obviously an anti-asian racist rant (listen to the distinction between "Africans" vs. "Chinks" & "Chinamen" in the song lyrics, plus the notorious "Your think you're better because your asian" & "I wanna shot some asians" commentary that they've made).
This is the ugliest, foulest, and most blantant
example of racism one can find, and it's really a
shame that you, for whatever reason, can't call it
such in your article. The fact that they were so
arrogant and played the garbage for days, as well as the racist pandering to their audience, is even more troubling. I hope she gets fired, and this sends a message to the station that they can't get away with this.

David Eng

I wonder what Al Sharpton has to say about this. Where is he now? Isn't he a minority activist? What a joke.

You think the Black Community leaders want to touch this issue? They were there for the Rush Limbaugh issue about Donovan McNabb in a heartbeat and made their voice heard to get his ignorant ass fired off ESPN, but they were no where to be found when Shaq made his comments about Yao Ming NOR was anyone affected by the "great" Bill Parcels comments about the Japanese. It's all politics, why would you want to touch on an issue that makes your own people look bad (sadly enough it is true that the actions of a few have created the stir that this is the way African Americans feel about the Asian community in general, just like how Miss FFugly or whatever her name is feels about the Asian community by the actions of the few racist asians she's dealt with).

*********

Hearing from a very reliable source- that this IS ONLY TEMPORARY. They WILL BE back on the air. Please keep up the protests and plan accordingly

*********

David Eng: What is Mr. Hinckley's e-mail address? His response was lame. "But I do think, even in an egregious case, that it's worth pointing out that a Hot-97 is going to be delivering different programming than WQXR." Isn't that a given? But is that the point? Isn't the point that racial epithets shouldn't be acceptable in any context?

Miss Jones apparently has a problem with anyone who doesn�t roll with her opinions or beliefs. Recently, she had a on-air telephone interview with Benzino (from the Source magazine). For those of you unaware, Benzino and Eminem had/have beef with each other. The only reason she interviewed him is because of her disdain for Eminem�Not because of his derogatory amateur recording about an ex girlfriend who happened to be black. Her dislike for him stems from the fact that he�s not black.

On countless occasions, I�ve heard her mention how Hip Hop needs to be returned to it�s founding race�That white people and others alike were benefiting off of this genre of music that was allegedly created by blacks.

Since when any genre of music had to be regulated to any ethnicity?

For the record, I don�t think Todd Lynn meant what he said. I think in a weird way, he was trying to be edgy and funny. Nonetheless, he should be made to answer for his comments and for his involvement in the skit.

Envy is just a DJ. The show allows him to tell the weather and play a selection of music. If he was involved in the making of the skit, then he has to pay the price too.

As far as Ms. Info is concerned, I feel terrible for her. Ever since Miss Jones took over the show, Info has been made to take a very far back seat to the show, constantly getting berated by Miss Jones. Ms. Info has extensive experience in journalism as well as her recent experience on VH-1 and on Hot 97, so wherever she lands, it will most surely be on her two feet.

Miss Jones has got to go! She�s not funny, not entertaining and by all signs, extremely selfish. No regard for her co-workers and her audience. Edgy is one thing, but disrespectful is another. The sheer disrespect she exhibited on the show when Info chose to detach herself from the skit is evidence enough. IT�S TIME TO GO!

While everyone is talking about Miss Jones and her ignorance, I think more people should be worried about Todd Lynn and his "I'm going to start shooting all asians" remark that day. This is not only distasteful but its a crime! I would consider this as inciting violence, would it even be considered a terrorist threat against a specific racial group? I have contacted the New York Police Department via email. Calling would be better though. Also, Todd Lynn will be getting 2 TV deals with ABC. Let ABC know whats on your mind.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mailnypd.html

Let ABC know at (818) 460-7477 or write them an email at netaudr@abc.com

Emmis Contact Info:

Jeff Smulyan, CEO, Chairman of the Board and President: jsmulyan@emmis.com
Rick Cummings, President of the Radio Division: rcummings@emmis.com

Unless the parent company feels pressure, its business as usual.

We need to continue this tirade !!! End the HATE !!! Let us band together and show the world that this is not an ethnic issue, but an issue of what is right and wrong.

What Ms. Jones and her crew (Minus Info if in fact she had nothing to do with the song including the recording of it) was irrepairable. No apology will suffice. Especially not "Indefinite Suspension" We need her to be OFFICIALLY TERMINATED along with all responsible parties for this atrocity.

Let continue to be heard !!!!! Keep up the good work !!!!! Everyone has to unite in order to see the end.....

Listen, simply stated...

If someone trivialized 9/11 the way Mrs. Jones did the Tsunami, they would have been found dead in an alley hours later.

So her being suspended is a 'slap on the wrist'...she should be fired altogether, and fined by the FCC...

...and I'd let anyone who lost family or was caught in this tragedy and heard the parody give her a piece of their mind, and show her the back of their hand.

Man, I don't see how people are still getting hung up on race. The racial thing is not the main issue here, in my opinion- Americans are so used to dealing with racism that they only see it when mixed with other problems, be they small or large.

The song made fun of suffering, dying people, orphaned children, and child slavery. I think THAT is a larger problem than racial ignorance; I mean, let's be realistic- how often people throw those stupid racist words around to hurt people? Of course it isn't right, but it's sooo tired and common. Why do people still get angry about it anymore? If I get called "Nigger", that shit rolls right off my back- not cuz I think am one or because I'm accepting it, but because it's a corny, unoriginal, and just plain played out form of trying to put me down. I don't even give it energy.

Miss Jones and Hot 97 chose to insult us and the Tsunami victims on a deeper, humanitarian level- it showed a lack of respect for human life, period. The subject matter of the song is the wound we're all pissed about; the racist words were just salt thrown in that wound. And they knew it, too.

They chose to publicly disrespect the entire incident and its impact. That's what I don't like. I could give two shits about Miss Jones or anyone else being a racist, because that's not the point of THIS song.

Article on CNN.com

Forward this around. This has to reach their top ten most popular.

NY Daily News David Hinckley's email:
dhinckley@edit.nydailynews.com

If you guys haven't already read Davey D's comment, please please check it out:

http://p076.ezboard.com/fpoliticalpalacefrm57.showMessage?topicID=34.topic

I wonder how many of you are reading the comments instead of just posting wildly.

I say this because getting Miss Jones and crew fired will be a satisfying but at the end of the day when it all comes to the end, shouldn't we be trying to teach her a true lesson.

Look at what has really been done.. the fallout will drive up the ratings for the show. The SAME FORMULA WAS USED TO PERFECTION by Star and Bucwild during the Alliyah debacle. How many of you remember the sponsers for that show???

You can't stop racism overnight, but you can make those who are become what they truly fear.. THE MINORITIES. Let them take the time off, hopefully unpaid but not likely and then stop listening to them. Make the sponsers push for a better show by saying to them. *** Your ads arent reaching the adudience you intend it too because they themselves don't listen to that time slot.***
sidenote: any of you how can afford to lose a weeks pay and NOT feel it should be helping ALL charitable organizations, that would screw me up bigtime but then again I'm a honest hard working man trying to surviving.

Is there ANYTHING funny about 225,000 people losing their lives? Of course not...and to humorize this song they use racial slurs...GOD FORBID the tables were turned, the sky would fall and heads would roll rather than these scumbags recieving a 2 week paid vacation becuase of it.

People like this keep racism and hate in our daily lives...protesting the individual is no longer enough, we need to protest the corporations that give them the opportunity to impact our communities and instill this frame of mind in our children.

When do we say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH........? There is no better time than now.

NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!
SHUT THEM DOWN!

This is about those who thought up, wrote, laughed about, recorded and repeatedly broadcast that anthem of hate and evil.


SHAME on ANY company supporting it.

NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!
SHUT THEM DOWN!

NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!
SHUT THEM DOWN!

I have a feeling that Ms. Jones and her crews will get away with this. BUT I hope NOT!!!

What they have done is UNFORGIVEN!

God, it would be fantastic if the Tsunami wipe out Ms. Jones and her crews. I am sure there are some rooms in HELL for them.

anyone out there download the mp3 from 3030.com? it's noted by Davey D on http://p076.ezboard.com/fpoliticalpalacefrm57.showMessage?topicID=34.topic that the site is down.....hmmmm.

it's a scary thought, how can they do this?? but if you've got a copy, pls forward it to me.

CNN Article:
http://p076.ezboard.com/fpoliticalpalacefrm57.showMessage?topicID=34.topic



If Star was fired for calling Jennifer Lopez a "rice-and-bean eater", then this obviously deserve the same feat. Ignorance is NOT bliss.

I agree with you, Belve. I agree that purely placing the blame on Miss Jones and the Morning Show is stupid and short-sighted. It's Emmis we need to hold accountable for allowing bullshit like that to air (if not ENCOURAGING it).

And one week's worth of pay for insulting how many people and trivializing an event that killed how many men, women, children? I don't care how hard it is on them, that's the point. And one week, a few weak and insincere apologies -- they don't come close.

Setzer,

You're the reason why racism still exists in this world. You're a disgrace to your family and the Black Community. Ignorant fools like you shouldn't have the right to freedom of speech, because all you'll end up doing is spread hate towards other races. You think you're the shit by writing that retarded so call freestyle of yours right? Wrong. It just shows how stupid and uneducated you are. I guess you're peanut size brain will never understand how much pain these tsunami victims and their family have to go through. Would you sit there and laugh if someone made a song about your mother who just died in a tsunami? And would you ignore a song about selling your baby sister into prostitution? If you said yes, then you my friend have lost all your consciousness. But considering the way you are defending that whore Miss Jones and posting discriminating messages towards Asians, you didn't have a conscience to begin with. I suggest you get yourself an education and a BRAIN! Imbeciles like you make me sick. You, Miss Jones and her crew are the real scumbags of society!

I'm a Journalism major at the University of Connecticut AKA UConn...and first of all I'm offended to utter disbelief at the actions portrayed by HOT 97. And to think I used to like listening to them when I was in the NYC area. As a journalist, I'm utterly offended at how much Miss Jones and her crew has taken the First Amendment and totally used it WAY out of context. If you're gonna do a radio show, do it with tact and a little bit of respect...PLEASE.

On top of that...I've got flyers being put up on campus as well as my AOL away message noting THIS website. Emails have been sent and work will continue to progress.

Jin's rebuttal definitely put a smackdown on the "Tsunami Song" and I give him props for dat one. So many stereotype Asians as being 'quiet and reserved' well this is NOT the case. We got a voice and know how to use it.

One more thing I wanted to add....Miss Jones and her crew are sittin' here dissin NOT ONLY Asians...but dissin ya'll own people? C'mon now... The lyric goes "There were Africans drowning..." How you gonna diss your own people? Are you of not African descent? And if you say NO, Miss Jones, you ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN are you not???? Get a reality check Miss Thang cuz you shamin your own people. DAMN SHAME

i'm sick of this bullshit of how we shouldn't get hung up on race when this is brought up...so when rodney king got beat down we should have just focused on the fact that it was police brutality and not the fact that he was black? you morons who believe that race has no underlying factor here need to get a reality check..with blacks it's always how they are treated so poorly and disrespected at the slightest thing and it immediately becomes front page news with a huge public outcry..with this issue it's not about being asians being insulted but the "bigger picture" and now the asians are just a bunch of whiners..please...now this thing has boiled over to asians vs. blacks..way to go guys..keep up the good work

Alright, I've been reading these posts for a while now, and I agree that getting the hosts of the show fired probably won't solve much.

I believe the battle against hate is not about eliminating the people who hate and spread ignorance. The battle is about helping the ignorant and hate-filled learn so that they can change to become advocates against hate.

Perspective:
If you met 5 new people per day, it would take 110 years before you could meet 200,000 people. I feel lucky having the few wonderful friends and loved ones I have now. Imagine all of the friends, lovers, parents, children, and potential that was lost. That is a pain few of us know and one that we all should respect.

"Africans" drowning not "niggers" drowning. There's a difference. She wasn't dissing her own race, though she was mocking their suffering.



The thing that makes me the most angry is the fact that not only are they going to get away with it, but they're likely to PROFIT from this. Unless Miss Jones and her crew gets fired and the radio station gets fined, I'm willing to bet that they're actually being secretly congratulated for this and they management will pat themselves on the back for being so smart because they picked the right target to direct their racism at (asians). I'm really sick of people directing their racism at Asians because they know they can get away with it.

Hi! I'm from the Netherlands (that's in Europe). I've been following this issue safely from behind my pc all the way across the other side of the ocean. Big up to Jay and others for bringing this to the world's attention, by the way. From reading some of the comments, i have to say: 'You Americans' are truly something... seems to me that in your zealousness for justice and ending hate (some of) you come very close to committing injustice and hate-acts yourselves (basically, see to it that Miss Jones & Co. get crucified). I'm tempted to say that this is symptomatically American -but it could those media-images messing with my head. I just hope that this tasteless incident will not further divide the Asian- and African-American communities. I hope this deliberate belittling of groups of people (which, judging from some comments, is now taking place on both sides) will stop. We all most work to get that arrogance out of our systems! Whoever we are. If, of course, we still got some sense and (human) dignity left that is.

If you don't think this issue is going to further divide the African-American and Asian communities, you are sadly mistaken. It's not the way it should be, but if you're looking at the comments on this board it's the asians making derogatory statements about the blacks and vice versa. If any of this escalates into violence between the two communities as a result of this little stunt that was pulled by them then Miss Fat Ass Jones and Todd Lynn and the rest of that team should be held directly accountable.

See!!! ... for far too long no one ever wants to hear socially conscious music...everything is party this, party that...u play roots reggae and everyone is like "that's boring", no room for it on any major radio format...everyone makes fun of it...we watched and endorsed hip hop evolve into ganster rap, proudly supporting its commercial success as the new voice of the oppressed, even though the media incited violence that killed it's two biggest stars...our defense is always freedom of speech, not what's wrong or right...award show violence, defamation of women, total disrespect and lack of regard for other human beings...all races who are lovers of hip hop have condoned this....now, see where it leads...moral of the story is, everything has it's rightful place and certain music does not belong in the mainstream and should not be represented by people who have been historically oppressed...it ends up getting out of control...we need to support uplifting and inspirational music always!!!!! Bless, paulwayne1.com

Erwin, please don't let a few comments from idiots hiding behind anonymous names and e-mail addresses lead you to believe we're all as idiotic.

I don't want to simply see Miss Jones and her morning show get crucified. I think this should be about the people who employ her and allow that crap to air for the sake of ratings and money.

Emmis and HOT 97's transparent attempts to turn this into an Asians vs. African-Americans issue in order to divert public attention away from their stinking crap MUST NOT WORK!!!

Let's not give the station the satisfaction - let's turn our dials to another station. There's no need for complaints to Hot97 - they are at the bottle of the barrel. Keep our focus on Emmis, FCC, the sponsors, etc. We are not seeking revenge, just justice. Please, oh please, let's not by hypocrites.

Ignorance is bliss isn't it Julia K? Stop living in this fantasy world of yours in which you believe it's just the few of us who feels as strongly as we do on EACH side. Trust me on that. Open your eyes, this has been brewing for years, now it's just an excuse for and motivating factor to bring everything out on the table. The race card is going to be played on this issue from both sides regardless of your belief that this isn't an Asians vs. Black issue.

ok,
for those of us in the tri-state area who agree that this suspension spectacle is just that -- a show to placate and silence us, as davey d so eloquently wrote, and that we must continue to put the heat on hot97 & their corporate backers in order to really get some REAL results from this whole shameful episode, what is plan B for the protest that was scheduled to happen on friday?
does anyone know if there was one, and if not, i think we gotta come up with one.
solidarity must continue to be strong amongst us, and we need to show it.
blackasianwhitelatino. let's do this

and no more energy needs to go out to these playa haters, blacks & asians alike. all this divisive bullshit is just playing into the hands of the people with the power and the money. and that's how they want it. media is a powerful tool and they're using it every way they can.
FUCK THEM.
let's keep focusing on elevating our minds and raising our voices!!!! peace.

If you wanna start with hot 97 then do it to power 105 too they employ star and buc who also dissed n indian woman calling her a dot head rat eating bitch..and they are also based in NYC.that is RACIST as well...cmon now dont just let it be hot 97 ..get all the giant media corporations..I think people also get riled up cuz they hate Hot 97 anyways so this is their chance to jump on the train and see hey here is my chance fuck them..so dont act like u are for a cause when you really are not on..Most sites i have been on "artists" who have never gotten shine are like good for them blah blah fuck sunny angie etc etc..so they arent even seeing the point..Like i said be for a real cause..if ur gonna do one..do the ALL..

Um, did I say it's not a race issue? I think I said it shouldn't be. Am I ignorant because I'd rather things weren't the way they were? That I want to push people to be a different way? People like you are a problem in and of itself.

HELLLOOOOO?!?!!?!?!?

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Julia, i know what you mean. I too was generalizing, because i know full well that not all Americans are, act, or think the same. Thank goodness! I just so hope that the Asian-Americans who (rightly) feel offended, wont make the mistake that this wo/man Setzer is making right now. It's sad to see how the mentality of 'The Master' got in his head...

UM, Does anyone here speak English?
so the truth comes out now huh, setzer.
hey hey hey, la la la
gonna have a good time
and maybe even learn something.

*Sigh* I love how people completely miss the point, I swear...

I'm responding to you, angrywhiteman, because I am a part of the people you addressed in your last rant. That you should liken this whole thing to the Rodney King incident is quite silly to me, but I'll bite...

Yes, it WAS DESPICABLE that 5-6 men who are supposed to be protecting our citizens decided to use clubs to beat one half-to-death. The fact that he was Black just added insult to injury. You see, police brutality is a big, big problem, particularly for Black people because they happen to get it more often. THAT is why people were up in arms over race. But yes, I agree, police shouldn't be brutalizing people like that at all. But Rodney's alive and back to his drug habit- everything's A-OK.

THIS, on the other hand, is different. Now let's compare apples to apples- most people are familiar with the footage of Palestinians dancing in the streets after they heard what happened to the Twin Towers. The Palestinians "Good for America, now they see how it feels." I don't recall getting upset about them being prejudiced against Americans. I was upset because they could smile at such a horrific act, many people died, and they said, "meh. Now they see how it feels." It shows a disregard for human life.

I'm not saying that racism isn't an issue with this Tsunami parody, I'm saying it isn't the MAIN one. To make it the main one is to diminish the significance of the fact that they made a joke of child slavery, a joke of losing everything you know in a matter of minutes, a joke of the fact that those victims couldn't save their own lives. And I'm sorry, I don't give a shit what anyone says, racism takes a backseat to children suffering.

The slurs were a tool to piss you off further. We're taking the bait and missing the point. I think you're the one dividing Asians and Blacks, angrywhiteman. To me, there is no difference in any of that here, because it isn't the main issue. I see a lot more comments about how they used racist epithets than about how they laughed at other people's severe misfortunes, and that shouldn't be...

I too would like to know what's going on with the protest Friday. Is it really happening??? and what's Plan B??

Let's put something actionable together instead of just sitting and typing - that only does so much!

Are you on crack setzer? Way to fall for the stereotypes that we have created and then just assume that all Asians and African-Americans are all the same. Piccy?? What does that mean? Learn how to spell before you start blaming Asians for all your problems. I guess you were just about a heartless fuck as you are now when 9/11 occurred since it didn't directly affect you. Good Lord. And to all the Asians who are firing back with negativity back at African Americans, you do realize that you are a part of the problem too right?

Hummmmm think about it.
Is this a ploy of EMMIS to have the Black population V.s The Asian population?

And those dumb DJ'S played into it?
HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

It's so obvious that Setzer is just a troll trying to get attention. Probably mommy and daddy didn't hug him enough as a kid, and now he's desperately seeking attention from someone, ANYONE, and he'll stoop to the easiest way to get it, i.e. through negative action/words.

Posted too soon. Instead of dropping to Setzer's level and insulting him back, let's keep the focus on the letter writing campaigns/phone calls in regards to the corporate backers. They should be our primary target.

Point well taken Uduak, but don't have the misconception that I am the one who wants to see divided communities. My post was to address the fact that a lot of people seem to blow over the race issue. Let me give you a hypothetical situation. Let's say that an isolated incident in which a whole bunch of blacks INCLUDING children were in an unfortunate incident such as the tsunami and some retarded radio station made a song with racial epithets directed primarily towards blacks. Now you tell me which issue would be the bigger one, race or the incident? I know one thing, that radio station would be shut down. But the asians gripe one time and they can't even made their voices heard on even on newspapers that the song was blatantly racist. I respect your reply to my post and you had great arguments, but I'd like to get your perspective on what that hypothetical question I asked you.

AngryWhiteMan, why are you so obsessed with the "if it were blacks" mantra??? Yes, you made your point: supposedly Asian-Americans are less vocal. I get the feeling you want (your) revenge a little too swift... stop exploiting the situation. It's bad enough already.

....I hope a plane lands on miss jones face. Id rather listen to a Macy Grey maraton than this shit, its sick.

Let's not go overboard here with this so-called black vs asian fight. From what I can tell these past couple days, the vast majority of the folks on this board have reacted the same way - with disgust and anger and a resolve to try to correct the problem. Don't let a few idiots ruin everything, especially since it could be the same moron pretending to be black or pretending to be asian and trying to fan the flames. The best way to shut them up is simply to ignore them, considering these stupid unloved virgin retards are probably used to being ignored by everyone else around them (okay sorry, I couldn't resist, uhh, please do as I say not do as I do)

If anybody thinks we're letting up on Hot97, you're terribly wrong.

The whole culture needs to change, from the top to the bottom.

Emmis, I know you're listening.

what culture?This should be people in general yes it happened on a hip hop station but it should be everyone..if people are going this hard over this ..the same energy should be applied to every injustice that happens everyday..people let bush in office and noone made this much of a fuss..The goverment makes us take it up the ass daily..call me when we do something that affects us here..

ATTN: Setzer, by far the dumbest racist on this board:

i'll be serious now. i aint representin nobody but mahself yo, so leave the community outta this mofo.

Great disclaimer! You represent yourself, which I assume = belligerent, ignorant, pig-headed, selfish, etc., etc., etc.

and i hafta be honest too, i felt for all those innocent people suffering for a lil while, but this is the real world man and if it didnt happen to me, i dont feel it, you know what im saying.

There is something called human decency and compassion, both of which you clearly lack.

so too bad but i still dont give a shiet about those fuckkin monkeys, not all of them make nikes, they are just taking up space wit dey dirty azzes praying to allah and gettin sex changes.

You are your stereotypes and prejudices really give meaning to "one step forward, two step backward." While so many of us civilized human beings are trying to do something positive, you with your ignorant rapping mouth negates it all away. Again, you are a complete baffoon!

you gotta keep it real man and deez asians they not good people's man, they r all a bunch ofz hypocrites

Ain't no one crying. And didn't your people cry when you had to sit at the back of the bus? When you weren't allowed to go to the same schools as White America? When Rodney King got beat? When Williams sisters was suggested to covet the cover of National Geographics? Did you not cry FOUL? Yes, you did, so shut the fuck up with your hypocrisy, asshole.

they be crying now about what jones said but who cares they aint say shit when worse things happen to dem on tha street. they r all so fukkin pussy


Fucking pussy? Hah, you are the only pussy here trying to justify your primate opinions. And you know what, you think we're "pussy" now, but at least we're not shutting up about it nor are we gonna sit here and allow you to run your stupid mouth. Hey, it starts somewhere, and if this somewhere is viewed as "pussy" right now, but don't look back when this "pussy" comes back and kick you in the ass.

and i cant stand that yo you gotta be thoroug everywhere so those fukkin asian pussys like Jin, shut the hell up man, we niiggas took yah under our wings and u be disrespecting us like that, fuck no nigga


God, learn how to spell. You didn't take Jin under your wings. So, don't take credit for every goddamn thing.

nobody says shit when those chink niggas talk shit about us behind our back saying ching chong chang when we go to a store callin us mad names. nobody says anything bout that, fuck up.


Incoherent bastard. That's a great point you make there if I am understanding you correctly, unlike you we don't go around calling blacks "niggers" just for fun or just to provoke confrontation. It's so damn funny to you, but you are pathetic and you cannot for the life of you ever stimulate an intelligent conversation - that is why you resort to belittling, racist tactics.
And you know what, as inferior as you may think you are, you're not. I pity low lives like you.

look wut you just did, yah ruined some peoples lives by taking them off work, i would be mad like hell if someone did that to me, look wut you did to their fans. i didnt like her fukkin show but you niggas are mad piccy

For every action, there will be a reaction. Ruined her life? Please, I'm sure we did. (Sarcasm) At least they are still alive, and buried in a mass grave. But hey, you don't have a clue what human compassion is now do you?

so dont call me racist


You're a dumb RACIST.

Oh Setzer, I forgot to add,

oh the hell up yah be suckin black cock yah gook fagget

Like I said, you're a dumbass racist, and please go back to grammar school. I hope you choke on your own "black cock", roll over, die, and burn in hell.

some messages indicated that the responses from the main stream medias are Very Slow. It is understandable because it is the Asian, a second class citizens of this country, get discriminated, offened. Isn't it time for us to standup for a change?

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i got this email and i feel the need to share:

-----Original Message-----
From: Public Allies NY [mailto:tspaids@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 2:56 PM
To: richardd626@charter.net
Subject: In Todd Lynn's Defense

Hello,

I see that you have been busy these last few days. I always admire
someone who stays politically active. I visited the hip hop music
website to get more info about the Hot 97 situation as I was very
offended by the tsunami song as well. On the website, Todd's personal
information is posted so I took a gamble and called him. He actually
picked up and we had a long discussion about the topic. We must
remember that there are always to sides to every story.
Todd contends that he is not a racist and after a 45 minute
conversation with him I believe him. He said that the Tsunami song was
given to him and the rest of the morning crew one day after the show
and they were told to record it by producers (see,there were many
involved). Ms. Jones is not singing the song and she is not even
physically in the studio, she has been working from her home through a
cable ISBN. Allegdly, the only reason Miss Info had nothing to do with
the song is cause she doesn't like her singing voice. Also, allegdly
the members of the station had not heard the song until it was aired.
They are extremely remoreseful, they are not being paid, the week's
salary is definitely going to the victims so on and so forth. If you
would like, you can call Todd LYnn as well at 718-398-3338 as he is
willing to explain the situation to all who call.
He has been getting death threats and such, so you can believe
that they are suffering. I know a lot of people were angered by the
song, including myself, but we must remember that we are all human,
and humans make mistakes. No one is in a position to damage anyone. I
believe that you all have made your point (good strategy going thru
advertisers) and the damage has been done. Now see if you can get the
whole story before taking further action.

Think about it,
Henny

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keep going at the sponsors and advertisers that should get the crew fired but don't go attack them personally. don't stoop down to such a low level

Ask Coca-Cola if they believe the tsunami song is funny.


Quote them song, point out that their ads support this type of evil. Other companies that have pulled their ads from this radio show include Jackson Hewitt, McDonalds and Sprint.


Express your outrage here:


http://www2.coca-cola.com/mail/eQuery_advertising.html

Do you guys remember the time when Ice Cube came out with that song "Black Korea" in which he advocated burning down Korean owned stores and making the Koreans pay? Yeah that's what i thought.How about Shaquille O'Neal with his racist rants towards Yao Ming? Very frontpage worthy material but it was all shoved aside. It's all backpage news. I just heard about this story now and it's 4 days after the fact. Whites, Blacks, Latinos all get their media coverage, but we didn't hear about the numerous beatings assaults (many at my own college) directed towards Arab-Americans were hardly covered at all. The media is the most powerful tool and not even something as horrific act as this song and what was said before leading up to the song could hardly garner up any stir throughout the US. So if you're white, black, or latino, retribution through the media is swift and fast, but face it if you're of Middle Eastern descent, or from an Asian community you better just be willing to take it up the ass because nothing is going to get done except a suspension of the radio team. Wow that's really fair. What a fucking joke.

Miss Jones apologizing is like Hitler saying "ohh i don't hate Jews and I'm sorry for what I have done." Blahh. Just can't believe someone so low in society talks on the radio everyday. Did she even grad. from high school?

How fucking convenient that Todd Lynn is remorseful now. You make death threats and then you receive them and then you start to bitch and whine? Now there is a real man. Don't believe the hype that they had no knowledge of the song. It's a convenient excuse and you're gonna see the wrong people get burned for this one while these guys get to make it back on air.

If TODD LYNN is so innocent....why was he arguing with Miss Info? Why did he make comments he made?

The e-mail Richard posted was sent to me as well, but I would be very skeptical about the claims made there.

It is true that Miss Jones broadcasts remotely from Philadelphia, but the rest of that is highly suspect.

Fuck Setzer

Hey KC: you used too many big words man. He won't understand you.

Don't even waste your time with Setzer. Every society, just like every house, has its cockroaches. Just leave him alone to fester in his own waste, and eventually, one of us is bound to step on him. So don't sweat it.

continue getting the sponsors who still haven't pulled out of their deal yet.

here's the message you could send.
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During the week of January 16th- January 21st, WQHT, (also known as Hot 97), a local radio station in New York City, has willfully and repeatedly aired a highly offensive parody mocking the victims of the tsunami tragedy while using racial epithets.

The following is an excerpt of the lyrical contents, which aired between the hours of 6am-10am:

"...all at once you could hear the screaming chinks and no one is safe from the wave. There were Africans drowning, little chinamen swept away. You could hear God laughing "swim you bitches swim..."

The following link is an actual recorded segment from the broadcast:
http://www.3030radio.com/longer_hot97_tsunami.mp3

In the middle of the segment one of the DJs can be heard saying "I'm gonna start shooting Asians."

By support the station and its parent company, Emmis, your company is endorsing and accepting the racism and bigotry promoted by this indecent song.

McDonalds, Sprint, and Jackson Hewitt have realized this and have pulled their ads, why doesn't _____COMPANY NAME____ follow suit?

NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE
Listen to the tape, why would they be argueing about it if they didn't know what the song was about?
They knew it would cause a stir but they just kept putting their foot in their mouths.
I don't know if I should give them the benefit of the doubt because it sounds like they didn't want to sing it or their singing is so bad that it sounds like they are remorseful.
To quote A. Cooper, NO more Mr. Nice Guy.

i agree about the todd lynn thing. i can absolve him from the song since i'm pretty sure the producers of the show have A LOT to do with the song.

but "i'm going to shoot Asians"? What's up with that? Did he or did he not say that? Was he told to say that?

The lesson of the story is that Miss Jones, Todd Lynn, and whoever else involved need to see the magnitude of devastation for themselves, in order to really see why we are so offended.

The question is, how do we teach them this lesson?

My thoughts is, perhaps we should tell them to remedy the situation by volunteering their time to the cause. Send them over to South Asia and help rebuild homes for the orphans, just so they can see who utterly wrong it was to mock such a tragedy.

Would that be a better form of apology from them?

if it was the 9/11 tradgey they were making fun of merely a few weeks after the towers came crashing they would of instantly be fired, but becuz this is dealing with asian's it's cool. Even when over 210,000+ peeps lost their lives, and for them to act ignint like that towards miss Info like she should quit cuz she opted to be a part of this, and just cuz she's asian she think she's supieror, or how dude is gonna go shoot all asians, man they all should get fired minus ms info but it aint gonna happen becuz nobody gives a fucc bout asians

Now, I'm gonna go get a bic mac

rock on Mc'D's

The bottom line is, this should not be viewed simply as a conflict between races.


Unfortunately, that was what those DJs were hoping for. However, IF THIS WAS JUST ABOUT RACE, THEY WOULD 'WIN'.


They would have gotten the publicity that they wanted. Why do you think these DJs threw in the words chink and chinaman? Just to upset Asians and elicit a response - so that they could sit back and laugh. With their 'audience'.


But guess what. Some of us ain't dumb. ;)


We won't give you the response that you were hoping for.


Instead, we'll contact each and every sponsor that you have. The media picked up the story, locally, nationally, and internationally. So now, the WORLD knows how ignorant those DJs are.


The tsunami hit one month ago. Sickening.


So. Ask Coca-Cola if they believe the tsunami song is funny.


Quote them song, point out that their ads support this type of evil. Other companies that have pulled their ads from this radio show include Jackson Hewitt, McDonalds and Sprint.


Express yourself here:


http://www2.coca-cola.com/mail/eQuery_advertising.html

Yes, we must all email Coca Cola as well. They need to excercise their social responsibility. Coca Cola is a company with huge revenues from overseas, so they should definitely be held accountable for continued sponsorship on HOT97.
http://www2.coca-cola.com/mail/eQuery_advertising.html

FYI

That Todd Lynn shit is all party line BS and PR spin. They've all been told exactly what to say. You REALLY think Miss Info was against it because of her singing voice? GET FUCKING REAL.

The show has consistently targeted Asians in skits and regularly in the celebrity dram intro where, when introducing Miss Info, they play 'kung fu fighting' and all yell HIIII YAH! She's become the punching bag to Miss Jones' racist sparring.

Miss Jones conveniently now says she's out of it.. she didn't have any part of it... what about when the caller from Florida called in and she said.. "you aren't the boss of me. I'll play the song as many times as I want." Then played it again.

How about when something positive happens on the show it's "MISS JONES IN THE MORNING" but now she's got amnesia.

It's "her" show, as she repeatidly reminds everyone, and if deep down she wasn't a racist pig who feels hip hop should be returned to the black people, she'd have shut the song down on day 1.

These people have been briefed on what to say and to whom.

Why hasn't anyone heard from Miss Info? Ask yourself that. They are keeping her quiet. Keeping the calls supporting her off the air. They are in a campaign to stem the loss of millions of dollars in advertising revenue they've already lost.

Where's Miss Info in all this? She's being told to be quiet. Once this all blows over she'll be working in the same hostile environment she's been enduring since Miss Jones came on the scene. Did Miss Info's actions warrant the same punishment as those who fully participated in this idiotic display of ignorance?

Believe nothing you are hearing from Emmis and HOT 97 on this until you hear Miss Jones, her producer, Todd Lynn and maybe the rest of them (yes.. including Miss Info unfortunately) has been fired from the station.

It's all part of the media spin machine that has shifted into high gear. Lizzy Grubman wasn't called to come and hang out. She's here for cleanup. Plain and simple. Stop the loss of corporate dollars caused by the ignorance of staff members.

They're expecting this to die out. It will only if YOU let it. Stand up for the 200,000 people who can no longer stand up for themselves.

Forget asian, black, white, pink or blue. This was fundamentally wrong on many levels and they should be held accountable and punished accordingly. Which to this day, regardless of what you've heard, they have not.

There is a non-profit organization called United Volunteers. (http://www.unitedvolunteers.org)

I think two weeks of volunteer work in South Asia rebuilding homes for the victims will help. It can at least provide some sort of justice to those offended.

Phew. Amen.

Hey guys,

I've been working just as hard as you guys the last few days trying to rally awareness and support. But I just wanted to say that we should all take time to recognize that today was full of other tragedies.

The Train wreck that killed 8 in CA and the Marine Helicopter that went down killing 36 in Iraq. Tragedy is tragedy no matter whos involved, just remember.

Don't be guilty of only being concerned with the HOT97 incident. That said, don't stop, keep pressuring the sponsors, media, FCC, and even Oprah! :)

i think we should forward it to those ambassies of the country they made fun of and have them to protest to our goverment until then it won't get the attenion we want.

are people contacting the relief agencies? im sure the likes of the redcross, unicef would like to hear about this situation.

Setzer = Miss Jones? maybe
Setzer = Miss Jones' man? maybe

Animals like Setzer will never get the point. Lets just hope there are not that many animals out there like "it".

A simple act of volunteer might have been nice BEFORE the song was created AND sang by the 97 morning crew. BUT, the song was indeed sung and damage is done.

One week pay and several months volunteer to build homes WILL NOT make up for the mockery that they made of it. Would it have been good enough if it was on the other foot???

wow your stupidity amazes me setzer

So what do you suggest as real justice?

We are all protesting for a reason, but what do you suggest as the final outcome? Just get them fired? I don't think they'll learn anything from it. If anything they'll just be more hateful without really understanding why we were so upset to begin with.

My point is that a lesson needs to be learned.

Once the international media gets a hold of this, the thing that will be highlighted will be the fact that it was an AMERICAN radio station that aired such a song.

My suggestion to get the guilty parties to volunteer will at least show the rest of the world that we too wish to help in the efforts of rebuilding.

Just getting them fired is easy. Getting them to learn is harder.

A sports announcer in England was fired because he jokingly made a play on words 'toon army'. People felt that it was too similar to the word 'tsunami'.

Here? We got Miss Jones and crew.

If you want, ask the BBC what they think.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid_4030000/newsid_4032600/4032695.stm

I wrote:

WQHT (NY)'s morning radio hosts wrote, recorded and proudly broadcast the song on multiple occasions, with lyrics including:

"Go find your mommy. I just saw her float by, a tree went through her head. And now your children will be sold into child slavery."

"a wave 20 feet high came and washed your whole
country away. And all at once, you can hear the
screaming chinks. And no one was saved from the
wave."

"There were Africans drowning, little Chinamen swept away. You can hear God laughing, 'Swim you bitches swim.'"

This after the tsunami struck one month ago.

It makes me physically ill.

appreciate all the updates and links. thank u.

Miss Jones and her suspension is a joke. This is probably a game their playing to whore themselves for more ratings. She probably going on a 2 week vocation until this shit blows over. I don't really believe their sincere in their apology. They are just pulling this act just keep their sponsors happy. Ever since the sponsors pull there ads out, they all of the sudden decide to be sorry. Fuck that. These bitches needs to be crufied. She won't be fired because her management probably has the same lack intregity as her. The only way punishment can be done is if the FCC gets involve.

Miss Jones and her suspension is a joke. This is probably a game their playing to whore themselves for more ratings. She probably going on a 2 week vocation until this shit blows over. I don't really believe their sincere in their apology. They are just pulling this act just keep their sponsors happy. Ever since the sponsors pull there ads out, they all of the sudden decide to be sorry. Fuck that. These bitches needs to be crufied. She won't be fired because her management probably has the same lack intregity as her. The only way punishment can be done is if the FCC gets involve.

Miss Jones and her suspension is a joke. This is probably a game their playing to whore themselves for more ratings. She probably going on a 2 week vocation until this shit blows over. I don't really believe their sincere in their apology. They are just pulling this act just keep their sponsors happy. Ever since the sponsors pull there ads out, they all of the sudden decide to be sorry. Fuck that. These bitches needs to be crufied. She won't be fired because her management probably has the same lack intregity as her. The only way punishment can be done is if the FCC gets involve.

wow if people got this worked up with bush being re elected i would be a happy camper ..Let's not stop here lets get everyone and their momma..
What would be the exact just punishment..

I agree with MING
we should get people lke Oprah and Ellen Degeneres involved!

http://ellen.warnerbros.com/funstuff/onyourmind/index.html

To all the black community... I'm a Mexican and just as most of you have always fight for the Black Proud, we Latins have tried to always stick together and defend our race... as well as Asians. I have always respectfully noticed your sensibility about racism and I see how people in general is careful in the words selection so the black community is not offended in some way. If you are so jealous about not being offended that way, how come two black people dare to say what they said ? Just wondering... any thoughts ? Peace...

Again, 48 percent did not vote for Bush, ok?
people are worked up, did you vote?

We should not stop harrassing Hot 97 until Miss Jones is fire! Keep up the pressure!

TO whuteva: Hell yeah I voted, I don't want to lose this fight.

Yes I voted I told and encouraged as many people as I could to vote...Seriously let's see everyone come together like this ANYTIME anything happnens..no unless YOU get offended then it becomes an issue when before it wasn't ..what if it was a white people joke, etc..these people ARE DEAD..what are you really doing? So what we should be barbaric and hang them and do the "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS" routine..like someone said above a LESSON needs to be learned..They are gonna get off TRUST..I honestly don't think they will come back at all..but after this blows over 2-3 mnths down the line ..shit wil be lovely again..So HOW COMMITED ARE YOU TO THIS?

dey be wilin up in hea man, they dont know wut freedom of speech is all about. ya people are some piccy mofos. word i try to make peace wit da yella man but dey erase mah writins man, y'all a bunch of hypocrites. its ova yo. jones is fired, and she aint cummin back. but yah mofos still at it cuz you aint got nauthin betta to do. so shut it already we know yus jelous of the black community, cuz we stick togetha and shit but yah niggas just act so pussy and think yah are better than us. dats wut jones said and she was right man that ugly fat piace o shiet was correct. but u peeps dont gives us black enuuf props, fo all we did for civil rights, helpin yah chinks out man on the railroads wile the white man spit at yah, and king jr doing his thing in the name of all us oppresses people, yah gotta be kiddin man, stop acting like lil bitches man. i might get me sum korean message hoes though i heard they are mad tight to. so its all good man. peace

Just in case anyone forgot ..



"..Go find your mommy. I just saw her float by, a tree went through her head. And now your children will be sold into child slavery."


"a wave 20 feet high came and washed your whole
country away. And all at once, you can hear the
screaming ... And no one was saved from the
wave."


"You can hear God laughing, 'Swim you b*tches
swim.'"



Even when you take out the chink, chinaman, bitches, etc. The disregard for these people's suffering is unacceptable.


The tsunami relief effort is still going on right now, at this very moment. It struck one month ago.


If that doesn't upset you, you have some serious issues.


"Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective."
- M.L. King, Jr.


This issue is about basic human dignity.

If anyone got some hacking skills, you should go in her website post the lyrics to the song for all her fans to read ;)

I was listening to the show this morning, while jin spoke and his song was played. I am sure that they only played the calls that supported Miss jones. I know alot of people called to complain against miss jones, but where were they? Listen, to the people that say "welcome to our world" about asians, how can you say asians dont know how you feel. We're all "minorities". We've been hated against, and we still are. We built the trains, digged in mines, and have been forced to work. So dont say we dont know how you feel. We should learn to love each other, not hate. I remember one caller this morning, saying that Jin was only rapping about this for publicity, to be an emerging artist. Jin HAS been up to the morning show, and has recored songs before. He is the person that speaks for the asians, because he is in the hip hop community. If an asian went up and had a voice, he or she would be quickly shut down. Props to Jin for his song and for standing up. How can Todd Lynn say they never heard it? They were arguing against miss info to play it. And where IS miss info? Keeping her quite until this passes by. BUT DONT LET IT SLIDE !! KEEP FIGHTING !

I see what is no need to spell it out im just mad it took this to rile people up..and wake up and all of a sudden want world peace and justice..u want to demand all this shit from A RADIO STATION @ that..what the hell is that gonna do?..sure she gets fired and then what? I don't see people commited to people educating others and taking preventive steps so this type of mindset doesnt spread..thats my beef...to me its like lets just bash hot 97 fuck all of it..THIS SO MUCH MORE THAN MISS JONES AND COMPANY..thats what im saying..if you wanna "HEAL THE WORLD" do it on a daily basis and not when a radio station decided to air some shit that offended you or others..be about it all the time..she could be one of many that shares these views..go after one go AFTER THEM ALL..i dont see people riled up over STAR now in NYC on POWER 105 owned by clear channel calling an indian woman a dot head rat eating bitch..WHERE ARE THE TROOPS THEN? So its not the number of people that counts here..If you wanna really make a difference be about it..what i see here is a blog site trying to get their 2 minutes of fame..etc why cuz its hot 97 and its too "commercial" so fuck them and anything that goes down..I suspect hidden agendas..Like I said call me up when it's shit that happens to me on a daily and issues that affect me as well

PS - God Bless the people that have lost a loved one in the tragedy.

Has anyone noticed that Sprint said it "intends to" suspend advertising?

Contrast that with McDonald's, which states that "starting immediately, McDonald's will indefinitely suspend advertising" and Jackson Hewitt, which quickly "contacted station owners and management to express our concerns and to inform them that we have withdrawn our advertising and support."

Can someone confirm when Sprint begins suspending advertising? Maybe I'm overly paranoid, but considering Sprint's prior lukewarm response, I'm a bit skeptical.

I wonder how the employees of the company feel?

Blah i think it's better than no one stand up and do nothing about it! and i don't see the point that why u bitch about people are doing something it, then complain people not standing up on daily bases? so u want people stand up for themself or not?

When I first knew about dis incident I thought it was just a goofy parody that should of never been made. After listenin audio excerpt of the show, I thought Miss Jones deserves to have a 10 inch stick forced up her ass. On the other hand, I gotta give Miss Info a pat on the back for making herself clear on her attitude towards the "Tsunami Song". I feel sorry for her for bein bitched at by Miss Jones and that other fag. *Sign* Two idiots' ignorant and insensitive actions leads to thousands and possibly millions of ad revenue lost. Man, after this incident, who da fuck would ever wanna hire some idiot like Miss Jones???

I am amazed at the hypocrisy i am reading on this board. For many that dont live in the area and listen to the show, this is really nothing new. Like was posted earlier when Info does celibrity drama they play kung fu fighting, and yell HIII YAHHHHH. Just before jonsey had her baby they did a story on retarded kids and todd lynn took it really far and someone called in and said it wasnt funny and he said hes a comedian and he can maake fun of handicapped retarded people all he wants. There was no outcry about that.

Star and buc called the indian women a red dot rat eating bitch, made fun of alliyah, and many other tasteless acts, and everyone bitched and complained. So what happens, they ultimatly get fired. We won right? No! now theyre on "the other" nyc station, with a new twist of playin some gay music and talking very flamboyant when they deem someone says something that sounds gay implying that they are in fact gay. Where's the outcry about that? Why arent all you bitching about them being on "the other" nyc station in the first place. I mean your goal was to get them fired and they did, but now its been a year and half and its ok.

And I still dont see how this is different than chapelle or rock or any other comedian making racist comments. Rock in his first HBO special did a whole skit on columbine. No outcry there? Same skit talked about the retareded kids and how they ride short yellow buses, special part of school , got out early etc, you know the typical retarted kids stuff, no outcry there? Chapelle is constantly pushing the envelope in his tv show and standup. The race draft, the niggar skit, etc. But its ok becuase they are black and can degrade the black race even more right? GIMMIE A F'n BREAK

If your watch chapelle and rock, and laugh at racist jokes, and listen to hot 97 and power 105 you are truly hypocritical. Your focus shouldnt be on just getting mrs jones show off the air, it should be making racism unacceptable globally.

While I do think the skit was tasteless, I DONT SEE IT ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF THE THINGS I HAVE COMPARED IT TOO.

This just isn't about race. It's about human diginity. Anyone who opposes racism and injustice should be against this.

G money r u saying that we shouldn't stand up for our people? we 'chinks' should just shut up and take it as it is nothing? Because if we DARE to say something it'll make us hypocritical?

the difference is.. chapelle and rock are funny. they are comedians. they can get away with it.

these morons at hot 97 were not funny at all. besides the whole racist thing, they made fun of a tragedy that killed almost 300,000 people.

get your head outta your ass and stop thinking that this is all about racism.

I don't recall Chapelle using the words "chink" or "chinaman" , again, he's married to an Asian woman.
like wayne brady and tiki barbar.
yes, while we may not be talking about race, we sure are talking about lifelong ignorance, How many citizens of an urban area would known the difference between Japan, China, Thailand, and Vietnam?
How bout Jamaicans calling the chinese there, "mr. chin"?

No, I applaud those who genuinly are disgusted with this and take action, but take action all the time. My problem is with those like john above who says the difference between racism jokes from rock, chapelle and other comedians is thats its funny and is therefore OK? Does that really make any sense john??? Get YOUR head out YOUR ass.

first lemme say that this whole deal is fucked. i usually dont bother with this kinda shit cause its generally pointless but i found this whole thing quite surprising. I didnt even hear about this till today. Miss Jones and those actively involved were wrong and should be delt with accordingly. but simply firing them is like putting a bandaid on a shotgun wound.
Out of all the postings i think priests was the most insightful and for those who heard jins response as well as his phone call to hot 97 he said much of the same. This aint just about Miss Jones its much bigger. Yeah shes ignorant and as a black person im personnally ashamed but at the end of the day shes harmless. She doesnt even know shes ignorant. But the people who pay her are wrong on a WHOLE different level. They are truly what i hesitate to call evil. They're just gonna scape goat jones. Shes nothin but a fall guy. But the menatlity and behavior behind this incedent will live on. Priest is right all of this bikiering wont really accomplish anything.
The reason i didnt even know this was goin on was because i dont listen to radio. its trash!!! hip hop is in my blood god knows i used to listen to hot 97 when it was good and kiss still played hip hop as well. But now the station has fallen to complete corporate persuasion. What your dealing with here is a mindstate; NOT an individual.
the funny thing is that the backlash of this is bringing out the bad side of everyone. I cracked my sides reading all these posts."if the tables were truned... blah blah blah". Black people get shot up and abused all the time and it never gets press or justice. I live in NYC so i know. Cops just shot a kid and nothings being done. A white guy ran over 2 kids one black one hispanic . killed the black kid. Nothin was done. and this was ALL over the news. a fact which makes the whole hysterically insane. As a race we have accquried one of the worst reps records of abuse on the planet. Only race i can think of off hand any more screwed is the natvie americans, those motherfuckers meet the criteria for the endangered species list. I think its funny to see people tryin to use us as the poster child for people who get justice. the only folk who generally get justice are white folk. and the only folk who ALAWAYS get justice are the rich. Thats it!!!! EVERYONE esle gets screwed in varying degrees!!! Its all economics(or mathmatics as mos put it). Then u have some fool talking about al sharpton. needless to say im sure they never actually listened to the man. and by that i mean go to brooklyn and listen to him at one of his sermons. But that being said what the hell does he have to do with this! The black community is a freakin mess. You wanna talk about races who have gotten fucked up well THATS HOW BAD it is on this end. Black people have NO COMMUNITY. we r a shadow of our former selves. The Asian community is exponentially stronger. Any one who has asian friends and has spent time with their famlies sees and knows this. Just look at this situation every other post a new news network has picked up the story, not bad.

Bottom line if people wanna really make a difference they gotta go further then getting misses jones fired. WAY FURTHER and that would require a WHOLE lot of radical changes that im not sure people would bother making. I stopped listning to radio because as a true fan of hip hop I decided that even if it never mattered at least id know for myself that i wasn't supportin it. But what you people r apparently so angry about goes so far beyond that. It means boycotting numerous products; many of which id guess are corner stones of everyday life, all types of various entertainment and god knows it might even come to violence. I quite frankly dont see that happeneing. The systems made it so hard just to survive that who has the time. Like priest said, when the shootin starts ill b there. Till then. .

BET.com sources stated under the condition of anonymity, that many of the morning show team members were not informed that they were going to donate their salaries.

full story:
http://www.bet.com/Music/Rapper+Jin+Fires+Back+At+Hot+97+For+Tsunami+Song+Boycotts+Mount.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished&mb=1#articlecomments

If Howard Stern were to air this "song" (which I haven't heard nor do I have interest in hearing) would he have been suspended? I'm not bringing the subject of race into the discussion, but because he has a history of off color remarks and content would this just have been brushed off as another Stern prank or would it have sparked this media onslaught?

this is way beyond a racist issue. this is an issue about total disregard for human life and human suffering.

Re: Henny's Comment Posted: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 2:56 PM

Henny, don't expect me to believe this bull- Ms Jones voiced her opinion clearly on the air. She also expressed her displeasure on the air quite loudly, I might add! Her microphone was upped quite a few levels above Miss Info giving her true"1MC". I don't give a damn if Ms Jones is working from her home, trailer or a coffee shop-what's the difference anyway Henny? She said her piece- "You feel superior, probably because you're Asian." Mind you, the song aired for more than a day, yes? Ms Jones played the song again in defiance to the protest, correct? So, what side of the story do you stand for? Okay, now lets look at Mr Todd Lynn. After Miss Info said the song is offensive to Asians, co-host Todd Lynn says: "I'm gonna start shooting Asians. Now, what did he mean by that Henny? Did Todd tell you what he meant by that? Todd contends that he is not a racist and after 45 minutes, you say? That must have been quite a conversation. You say that no one is in the position to damage anyone? I'm not sure what you are thinking or what you're smoking but, this comment can cause alot of damage. It promotes violence Henny. The more I read your letter the more I feel this is the work of Todd himself trying to spindoctor the incident.

Allegedly doesn't count. Get the facts!

Nice try Todd but, you suck.

By the way, learn to spell. You too Setzer!

Andy

first lemme say that this whole deal is fucked. i usually dont bother with this kinda shit cause its generally pointless but i found this whole thing quite surprising. I didnt even hear about this till today. Miss Jones and those actively involved were wrong and should be delt with accordingly. but simply firing them is like putting a bandaid on a shotgun wound.
Out of all the postings i think priests was the most insightful and for those who heard jins response as well as his phone call to hot 97 he said much of the same. This aint just about Miss Jones its much bigger. Yeah shes ignorant and as a black person im personnally ashamed but at the end of the day shes harmless. She doesnt even know shes ignorant. But the people who pay her are wrong on a WHOLE different level. They are truly what i hesitate to call evil. They're just gonna scape goat jones. Shes nothin but a fall guy. But the menatlity and behavior behind this incedent will live on. Priest is right all of this bikering wont really accomplish anything.
The reason i didnt even know this was goin on was because i dont listen to radio. its trash!!! hip hop is in my blood. god knows i used to listen to hot 97 when it was good and kiss still played hip hop as well. But now the station has fallen to complete corporate persuasion. What your dealing with here is a mindstate; NOT an individual.
the funny thing is that the backlash of this is bringing out the bad side of everyone. I cracked my sides reading some of these posts."if the tables were truned... blah blah blah". Some fool was talking about how if people had truned a blind eye to the rodney king incedent. I assume they never saw the ending to that story. The part where all the cops are aquitted and lay tunred into a gia t matchstick. Black people get shot up and abused all the time and it never gets press or justice. It happens so much we've become numb to it. I myself find it morbidlly funny. I live in NYC c it all the time. Cops just shot a kid and nothings being done. A white guy ran over 2 kids one black one hispanic . killed the black kid. Nothin was done. and this was ALL over the news. a fact which makes the whole thing hysterically insane. As a race we have accquried one of the worst reps on the planet. Only race i can think of off hand any more screwed is the natvie americans, those motherfuckers meet the criteria for the endangered species list. I think its funny to see people tryin to use us as the poster child for people who get justice. the only folk who generally get justice are white folk. and the only folk who ALAWAYS get justice are the rich. Thats it!!!! EVERYONE esle gets screwed in varying degrees!!! Its all economics(or mathmatics as mos put it). Then u have some fool talking about al sharpton. needless to say im sure they never actually listened to the man. and by that i mean go to brooklyn and listen to him at one of his sermons(and no im not religious). But that being said what the hell does he have to do with this! The black community is a freakin mess. You wanna talk about races who have gotten fucked up well THATS HOW BAD it is on this end. Black people have NO COMMUNITY. we r a shadow of our former selves. The Asian community is exponentially stronger. Any one who has asian friends and has spent time with their famlies sees and knows this. Just look at this situation every other post, a new news network has picked up the story, not bad.

Bottom line what was done was in the poorest taste but if people wanna really make a difference they gotta go further then getting misses jones fired. WAY FURTHER and that would require a WHOLE lot of radical changes that im not sure people would want to make. I stopped listening to radio because as a true fan of hip hop(and music in general) I decided that even if it never mattered at least id know for myself that i wasn't supportin it. But what you people r apparently so angry about goes so far beyond that. It means boycotting numerous products; many of which id guess are corner stones of everyday life, all types of various entertainment and god knows it might even come to violence and quite frankly I dont see that happeneing. The systems made it so hard just to survive that who has the time. Like priest said, when the shootin starts ill b there. Till then. .

when? and how long shall we be at the sidelines?
let me list from my recollection,
vincent chin
wen ho lee
The Chinese guy in the Upstate Jail held for a murder he didn't do, I don't recall his name but he finally got a trial. He was framed.
Those 4 immigrants from Boston who were terrorist but was tipped by the guy smuggling them in.
Yahoo finally picked up the story on their front page and posted it correctly saying it was a slur.

anyone who wants to hear the song so you can hear it for yourself can email me, i'll send you the song.

when? and how long shall we be at the sidelines?
let me list from my recollection,
vincent chin
wen ho lee
The Chinese guy in the Upstate Jail held for a murder he didn't do, I don't recall his name but he finally got a trial. He was framed.
Those 4 immigrants from Boston who were terrorist but was tipped by the guy smuggling them in.
Yahoo finally picked up the story on their front page and posted it correctly saying it was a slur.

only as long as you stand on the sidelines and let this happen. once the parent company loses enough money through advertisers pulling out, they'll cut the losses and remove the liability. it's business 101. risk vs reward. in this gamble they lost. drop the extra baggage and keep it moving.

The WORLD knows how ignorant those DJs are.


The tsunami hit one month ago. Sickening.


So. Ask Coca-Cola if they believe the tsunami song is funny.


Quote them parts of the song, point out that their ads support this type of evil. Other companies that have pulled their ads from this radio show include Jackson Hewitt, McDonalds and Sprint.


Express yourself here:


http://www2.coca-cola.com/mail/eQuery_advertising.html

Even if we overlook the racial slurs, the song is just plain despicable.

Just what kind of human being thinks over 200,000 people getting killed is funny and children losing their parents and potentially getting kidnapped funny... that person is not a human being, they are animals.

Miss Jones and her two cohorts (bravo to Miss Info) should be banned from ever airing over the public airwaves, to include the station manager for allowing the song to be repeated over the course of four days.

I'm from Thailand. I haven't heard the song but I read the lyrics that posted on the website. I'm very angry!!! How could they make such a mean song? Don't they have anything better to do?

Honestly, I think that we should NOT make fun of all races. I even have very good black friends and white friends. I don't see any different between us. We are all equal!!! When will we make this world a better place to live?

Peace to all.

WHAT THE FUCK..ITS NOT GOING TO BRING BACK THOSE PEOPLE NO MATTER HOW MUCH U BITCH AND MOAN..DONATE TO A CHARITY AND DO YOUR PART IN SOCIETY SO THIS MINDSET DOESNT SPREAD..THE RADIO STATION WILL CONTINUE ON..THIS AINT GONNA DO SHIT CUZ IT STARTS WITH US

We can't bring them back, but we can stop people from making fun of orphans, those suffering now, and give those who died one month ago, some dignity.

Okay, I've written CNN, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Oprah. This campaign has to continue and we need to continue this campaign worldwide. I'm willing to bet we can put pressure on other news media outside of this country to carry the news about the "Tsunami Song". What level headed person would not feel some sense of outrage that someone actually wrote a song denigrating the deaths of over 230,000+ people and the loved ones they left behind. Imagine how much more pressure will be placed on Emmis Communication and HATE97, if this got global attention.

So let's start brainstorming.... Let's list some major news media outlets overseas and start pressuring them to carry the news. Just do the same thing we've been doing w/ US organizations. Find the people in charge and email them our story. Also enlist your overseas friends/relatives/co-workers to pressure sponsors/media outlets. The power of the people is growing. March forward and let justice be served.

A sports announcer in England was just fired because he jokingly made a play on words 'toon army'. People felt that it was too similar to the word 'tsunami'.

If you want, ask the BBC what they think.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid_4030000/newsid_4032600/4032695.stm

it starts with a radio station taking responsibility for their programming.

this is not a late night show or open forum where people do what they want.

the stations has a responsibility to it's listeners.

all it takes is to have listened this morning to some of these prescreen callers supporting the show.

'i'm 13 years old and i think smackfest if funny. i like miss jones. she shouldn't get fired'.

that call alone sums up this entire arguement. here is one of the most influential stations in the country getting ready to send a message that treating another race like they are inferior to you is acceptable.

mocking a tradgedy on a scale no one can fathom is ok.

there are VERY impressionable young people out there. emmis wants their ears so the advertisers can get their dollars. but at what ultimate cost.

say what you want. that station has a responsibility to uphold and they failed. from the producer to the management. they failed.

now. someone needs to lose their job. that's the way it is.

To Worldwide,

I'm gonna pass this "Tsunami Song" to some Thai newspapers website. And we will see.

haha. Hot 97 changed the main banner on their website. the big ass banner advertising "Miss Jones' morning show" isn't up anymore. shit..its about time.

im tried of hearing about a tsunami it happen and all my prayers go out to the people that lost their lives but what about the homeless people in america i have seen my share of homeless people take every major city or small city in america and you will find millions of homeless people still their do nothing about it but the u.s. gives millions of dollars to the tsunami victims take all that money and help the homeless over here how are you going to help someone if your having problems in your own back yard someone please help me understand!!!!!!!!!! i guess thats the kind of society we live in

please spread this link around. www.xanga.com/justanexample its a chunk of all the important things on the tsunami song controversy. it will be updated daily, many thanks

Let's think this through. First we need to find which countries were most affected by this tragedy. That would be:

Indonesia
Thailand
India
Sri Lanka
Australia
Germany
Sweden
Finland
UK
Switzerland

Than we need to find the various media outlets and where we may know people and ask them to pressure sponsors, Emmis Communications and the FCC as well. So we need to find editors of print media, station managers for video and radio media.

Next we do the same thing we've been doing here. Email them to carry the news and voice the public outrage here in the US. We've already got major news media here carrying it. CNN, Reuters, Yahoo. etc. It will probably happen anyway, but we need to accelerate the process. Time is of the essence. Everyone pick an area and focus.

I've seen results. I've emailed CNN, now I may not have personally got them to carry the news, but I did let them know about it numerous times. I also sent to the NY Times, because their lack of coverage was apparent. I got an editor to respond to me and he agreed to raise it in a discussion with other editors. They are now carrying the story on their website, but I'm still looking for a print in the national section of their print media.

Not only should the dj's in question be fired, but Emmis Communication and HATE97 need to bear the responsiblity for their promotion of hateful material. Hit them where it hurts. Give them bad publicity and watch the sponsors leave. It's a house of cards. It all depends how much you want it to come down. I'll push further. What are you doing?

FUCK miss jones

ayo Setzer it's tha same shiet when u hear white supremist talkin bout fuck u niggers and all that shiet, wat u gonna just take it like a lil punk and say well its freedom of speech so it's coo fuck dat u hoe azz trick. if u gonna just stand there and let them piss all over u then it iz u who is the bitch u groupie azz hoe wit ur lil wack azz keystyle

yeah u can follow tha script and swallow a dicc but i aint gonna switch up, put a spotlight on his azz and Setzer will bitch up, see u don't get tha piccha, code of da streetz its all bout respect so shut ur reject azz up bout dat freedom and speech shiet

and Jin's debut was on BET's 106 & park, 7 muthaphukken weeks straight so fucc outta here like Jin can't post BET do we look like EMPD this LBC and CPT connected and affliated boi, im talkin Long Beach compton Watts and west south central nigga. quit tryna make this into a racial war, like all asians act a certain way and we talkin behind yo backs and shiet. it's all bout decency princibles & morals here and any idiot can see what they did was fucked up and they deserved to get smashed on and trashed on. ONly a bitch ass hoe will dust it all under the rug and let it slide like a trick and ignore it like a lil whore. so fucc you u pussy azz trick azz groupie

Tyrone:
why not ask your leader speading 40 mil on party? and Billion to wage war? And HELP ME understand why this has to do with homeless people in america? i'm sure if it happen in US, other nation will give us money to help out too! u forgot about 9/11 we have help from all around the world, if they ask question like u did what'd U think of them now? Being a super power in the world comes with price, but this topic doesn't belong in here at the first place

Worldwide,

I just sent emails to the editors of some Thai newspapers websites. Now I'm waiting to hear from them.

By the way, the countries that have most effected from Tsunami are:
#1 Indonesia
#2 Sri Lanka
#3 and India.

I just hope everyone one is this energized a week, a month or a year from now when these fools resurface. It's easy to get worked up when something first happens, but we Americans have a very short memory. I wonder how many of us will be listening to Hot 97 next week or Miss Jones when she makes the comeback. I stopped listening to Hot 97 years ago, for something not nearly as disgusting as this incident, and I swore I'd never listen to them, and I don't, not even in these last few days. I'll be sure to be back here in a month to see what's going on. Jay, please don't stop giving us updates. I will definitely be listening to your station and will even have it on when I'm not home!

As an African American, I'm embarrassed that the NAACP, Urban League and many African American politicians are silent on this issue and have not made a public statement denouncing the stations actions. I've emailed as many as I can think to email. I suggest you all do the same if you have not yet done so!

Actually I was just rattling countries off the top of my head, not in any particular order.

I sure you know that, worldwide. Wish I could speak Indonesian or Indain language. I want to pass this message to the editors over there too.

I am sure you know that, worldwide. Wish I could speak Indonesian or Indain language. I want to pass this message to the editors over there too.

Yes. NAACP. I tried finding the email contacts for the local Manhattan Branch, but couldn't find anything. I was thinking about sending to the executive directors of the NAACP, but wasn't sure about going that high. Maybe I'll just swing for the fences. They have the email addresses set up as first initial + last name@naacp.org.

I've stopped listening to HATE97 too a while ago. I didn't even find out about this until receiving an email from my friend yesterday morning. I've been emailing feverishly since. I no longer refer to them as "HOT", they are forever known to me as HATE97. It is a double entendre. One I hate it. Two they spread hate.

Actually that was posted by me. Wanted to address it to AFRO-NYC... :P

I even passed this news story to Oprah.com. I hpoe that Oprah or her staffs could take a look.

I am sure you know that, worldwide. Wish I could speak Indonesian or Indain language. I want to pass this message to the editors over there too.

damn, always been a Jin fan
listening to him handle himself in his interview; speaking on behalf of thousands of people. im glad he did it, cuz thinkin of that kinda pressure would make alotta people choke...
mad propz to Jin
and bring info back, she did nothing wrong

I went straight to the top:

washingtonbureau@naacpnet.org
info@nul.org

If you are in NYC, you can locate your city council leader at:
http://www.nyccouncil.info/constituent/member_list.cfm

damn, always been a Jin fan
listening to him handle himself in his interview; speaking on behalf of thousands of people. im glad he did it, cuz thinkin of that kinda pressure would make alotta people choke...
mad propz to Jin
and bring info back, she did nothing wrong

info@nul.org is the National Urban League

The more I think about this and read about this issue, the more interesting it becomes. This is much larger than Miss Jones her morning crew. Miss Jones probably had no idea that she was party to such an awful plot to bring the morning show's ratings up. This in no way excuses her from her actions, but she has become the scapegoat of something much bigger than she is. She's the face for all of this, so she is the easiest person to lash out at. She was probably promised a lot by Emmis to take the heat for this. In my opinion, if they fire her, she deserves it, but Emmis deserves a heck of a lot more. My instinct is that they will make a huge profit from this. I only wish there was a way to stop the inevitable from happening.

I agreed, Afro. I wish FCC will shut down this damn Emmis company. They just want cheap win.

PS: sorry for my language.

I have to agree that this has become much more larger than just miss jones but that song having aired more than once and listening to the argument with miss info before the song was aired, i'm not sure if she can be labelled as a scapegoat. She had enough sense to walk out of the studio (i did not listen to that broadcast myself but have read that she walked out in protest) when they were playing the tape of aaliyah's plane crash but she finds nothing wrong with making light of lives that were lost in the tsunami?

and Lizzy Grubman is the publicist? This will definitely be a TV movie.

don't forget to visit:





http://www.hot97sucks.com

AFRO-NYC,

The fact that in the past when I did listen to HATE97 I would always come across DJ's that were "controversial", but always in a negative light. Let's give Emmis what they want. That is publicity. Give them all the publicity they can handle. They'll have this Tsunami song shoved so far up their azz that they'll be begging to have it removed.

I wholeheartedly agree with you that this issue will be bigger than they had imagined. The reason I believe that to be the case is that the disaster touched people on a deeply emotional level. I honeymooned in Thailand on one of the beaches that got flooded and saddened to know that if I go back it will not be the same. 230,000 were killed in one fell swoop. That type of disaster is not something to make light of.

I however do not think they will profit off of this tragedy. They picked the wrong event to mock. The fact that a lot of people are emotionally tied to this event will turn many people's stomach as it did mine. The whole reaction to this event has been an engineered grassroots campaign. I have not seen one person who I've told that has not been outraged either, black, white, yellow, brown or other color.

Let's press on and make the culprits responsible.

says a lot about a company that has lizzie grubman as the publicist, doesnt it? the whole thing is just a damn shame.

Props to Jin for his response and action towards this whole mess!

Props to everyone on here and on other sites who are continuing to contact all the sponsors and other officials about this whole mess!

Keep it Going Guys!!! Great Work!!!

i also emailed toyota. instead of emailing them to the email listed above in one of the comments, i emailed the diversity board. they seem like the place to go since they didnt have contact info for the marketing department. diversity_team@tma.toyota.com

I agree that Miss Jones could have walked out, which is why I don't fell sorry about all this press she's getting. I guess my concern is that because she is the only visible person in this situation (her photo is everywhere, where are the producers and station exec's photos) she's going to take most of the heat. You know they saying, "don't kill the messenger", I believe in "don't just kill the messenger (not in the literal sense), but the one who gave her the message and the one who said it was okay to deliver it".

I hope you are right Worldwide, but someone always finds a way spin to things, and if it isn't Lizzie Grubman who can do it, I don't know who can.

I hope that Emmis and the crew will not get away with this (I have a feeling that the company would bribe someone).

Where is FCC when we need? *sigh*

By the way, please continue to post links on here. For example, it's a great idea that someone posted the ABC network's contact information. And NYC councilman's info., etc.,. Basically the information that is not listed on the main page, keep it going!

Obviously, no one reads my posts.

1. This was not a planned stunt. The song was created by the show staff with the exception of Jones and most likely ONLY because she's not physically in the studio. The song was HEAVILY co-signed by Jones (who displays a flagrant hatred toward non-blacks) and the crew EXCEPT for Info who, to this minute, stands against it no matter what you're hearing.

2. Right now all you are seeing is damage control from Emmis. How would you explain a complete 180 degree turn from the statement they made on the news saying they completely stand by the station's apology. Obviously the apology didn't work as intended because they underestimated the implications of this whole thing. Now they are in overdrive trying to stop the loss of advertising dollars. There's no profitting off the mess that this morning show producer and his staff created. They can only hope to contain it at this point.

Once again, this producer has managed to destroy another show which seemed to have so much potential to truly be #1 under the right direction. It's truly sad.

"Bribe" is definitely a word that comes to mind. Think Miss Jones has some "hush money" to keep her happy thoughout her "suspension"? My goodness, how does she sleep at night? I feel badly about some of the things I just think about, with the presence of mind not to say them out loud. I wonder what was going through her mind??? It's times like these I'm glad we're all mortal and that it all ends some day.

hush money = paid suspension.

not hard to see that.

Didn't she (Ms. Jones) just give a birth to her new born son? I hope he won't pick up the bad attitude from his mom.

Anyway, here are some links to newspapers websites:

Sri Lanka

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/srilanka.htm

India

http://www.indiaserver.com/news/thehindu/thehindu.html

Indonesia

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/indonesi.htm
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I just sent an email to the editor of one of Sri Lanka's newspapers

Sponsors on Hot 97.

Wendy's

marsha_gordon@wendys.com, john_barker@wendys.com,
david_poplar@wendys.com

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H&R Block

mediadesk@hrblock.com

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Emmis Communications, Hot 97

jdimick@hot97.emmis.com
kate@emmis.com

http://www2.coca-cola.com/mail/eQuery_advertising.html

Technology is wonderful! hot97sucks.com! Brilliant.

The weakest argument against people who are upset by the Tsunami song:

"Where were you when XYZ happened?!" How the hell do you know?! Does it matter? Today is today and the past is the past, I cannot make for yesterday but I can change today and tomorrow. Why are you hating on me for taking a stand? If everyone was like you should have stayed in the Dark Ages. You have the freedom speak your mind now because hundreds before you gave their lives so you could live in freedom. How dare you insult their memory and their efforts by spouting hate at those who would continue with their legacy.

You can't change the past, but you can change the future. Don't hate us because you're afraid of change.

That being said. Just letting everyone know this is from John Liu's yahoo group.

Dear friends,

In response to the immense outpouring of anger and disgust, Council Member John C. Liu is organizing a rally this Friday at 11AM in front of Hot 97's studio in Manhattan (see advisory below). Please forward this message and let me know if you would like to participate. Thanks.

John Choe
Legislative Director
Office of Council Member Liu
646-296-1455

PS. For more information on this controversy, go to:
http://www.asianmediawatch.net/missjones
http://www.hiphopmusic.com

Look at that! John Liu recognizes this site as one of nerve centers for the movement. Keep up the work, those with influence are watching.

Oh and Email Oprah dammit! You know if enough people do, she'll probably pick up the story. :)

I did email to Oprah yesterday. I hope she will read my message. :-)

Oprah knows all about this. The only way Oprah will do a show on it is if she can get Miss Jones as a guest. Better yet, Ms. Info should be a guest, that way, Miss Jones can't get any "good press" and Ms Info can break out from those has-beens

I'd like a bit of info here:

Who wrote the song? Who approved the song? Who is singing on the song? Who is the engineer? Who is the producer? Who gives the orders? Who are these "name-less" people? We need to bring all of this to the light? Yes, Miss Jones is the front person, but who is behind the scenes? That needs to come out!

i emailed oprah and ellen. hope they do a piece on it

I'm outraged that ABC signed Todd Lynn to 2 TV shows. ABC is owned by Disney. I'm wondering if ABC and Disney supports racism and child slavery. If you're going to contact ABC, contact Disney too.

I'm outraged that ABC signed Todd Lynn to 2 TV shows. ABC is owned by Disney. I'm wondering if ABC and Disney supports racism and child slavery. If you're going to contact ABC, contact Disney too.

shit like this needs to stop. erase the color lines. This hurts not only the asian community, all all minorities and ethnic communities in the United States and around the World. One Love.

Just in case anyone forgot ..



"..Go find your mommy. I just saw her float by, a tree went through her head. And now your children will be sold into child slavery."


"a wave 20 feet high came and washed your whole
country away. And all at once, you can hear the
screaming ... And no one was saved from the
wave."


"You can hear God laughing, 'Swim you b*tches
swim.'"



Even when you take out the chink, chinaman, bitches, etc. The disregard for these people's suffering is unacceptable.


The tsunami relief effort is still going on right now, at this very moment. It struck one month ago.


If that doesn't upset you, you have some serious issues.


"Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective."
- M.L. King, Jr.


This issue is about basic human dignity.

new article lashing out at the weak apologies

http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2005/jan05/20050127_missjones.html

let Emmis' stockholders know that they are supporting racism and blatant disregard for human life:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/mb?s=EMMS
(message board)

In the aforementioned article:

"What makes matters even worse is that the Fox News barbie doll from Fox and Friends E.D. Hill has sided with the offenders. She had the audacity to stick up for them in the name of "free speech". Is she serious?"

Free Speech? Even if she didn't get a chance to listen to the song, read the 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 washed your whole country away
And all at once you could hear all the screaming Chinks
And no one was safe from the wave
There were Africans drowning
Little Chinamen swept way
You could hear God laughing "Swim You bitches, swim"
[Chorus]
So now you're screwed, it's a tsunami
You better run and better kiss your ass away
Go find your mommy
I just saw her float by, a tree right through her head, and now your children will be sold child slavery

Maybe Fox feels that they're doing enough by donating money to the Tsunami victims. Or better yet, a week's salary from the morning crew at Hot 97 will lessen the victim's pain and suffering.

http://finance.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?.mm=FN&action=m&board=7081768&tid=emms&sid=7081768&mid=657

even in texas...

Let me first say, as a New Yorker I am disgusted with Hot 97 and their willingness to go to any lengths for a cheap joke... and in the end, another dime.

Many have said "it was wrong, but we should forgive and forget". Here are my thoughts... The morning show of Miss Jones knowingly produced a song that mocked the horrors of the tsunami related deaths and despaired. In between, they self righteously played on the controversy and were obviously pleased with the outrage it produced.

When her hand was forced to finally apologize, she said it was a �poor decision and that she didn�t know better�. That is an obvious lie. Of course she knew better, she just didn�t care.

Miss Jones and her team essentially spat in the faces of all those died, are injured and now homeless from the tragedy of the tsunami� all for a sick laugh, power trip and some change in their pockets.

Think about it� if someone you cared for died� a stranger came up to you afterwards, spat in your face, blamed the tragedy on the victim and laughed� then came back a week later and said �oopss, sorry, I guess I should have known better� � WHAT would YOUR response be?

i just have one thing to say!

screw miss jones and hot97!

THANK YOU MISS JONES, TODD LYNN, and HOT 97,

Ladies & Gentlemen,

Welcome to The Asian Revolution:

JIN's response to HOT 97's Racist DJs, Miss Jones and Todd Lynn.

He DESTROYS HOT 97

Here you go PK,

www.alljin.com/Audio/Exclusives/jin-tsunami_response.mp3

Member of DST,Inc. since 04/01/95
#1 ACE "The Rock!"

100.3 THE BEAT***Ms. K~Sly

HOT 97 TSUNAMI SONG RESPONSE: MC JIN

"Home of Hip Hop and R&B" (yeah right)
What a joke
Since when was Hip Hop about being racist and being ignorant, huh?
Tell me that

I'm only gonna say this once (once)
Somebody gotta say it (word)
Check it (talk to em)

You got it twisted
If you think I'm here to cock block on a bunch of
No talent wannabe, shock jocks (nah)
And they say it's all freedom of speech
Well you just lost yours
Read 'em and weep

We won't be happy till you fired
My peoples is pissed homes
And I bet you not a soul would miss Jones (Miss who?)
My point exact
And tell the rest of your staff
That they need to clean up they act

Fuck the tsunami song
And whoever thought of it
Matter of fact, fuck the engineer that recorded it
And the brains behind the scenes that applauded it
Anything for ratings (huh)
This shit is corporate
That little bullshit statement has got to be
The world's most half assed apology

Yet thousands are still getting discovered each day
How dare you compare a life to a week's pay
Interested, y'all quick to have smack fests
But those who really need to ain't get slapped yet

And it's rare that I'm even rapping pissed
Jin is far from a human rights activist
So don't take this in a political fashion
Nope, it's just a good old lyrical bashing

In fact I'm making it a mission of mine
I won't stop till every last petition is signed
Hip Hop is designed to unify the masses
And we demand that you be denied the access (gimme that)

Radio is whack yo, somebody got to say this (say it)
Same five songs on every single play list
And bad karma is the worst way to go
So I pray that God has mercy on your soul (yeah)

I mean you knew I was going to have something to say about this whole situation
Cause for some odd reason, whenever some shit like this happens in
regard my peoples
in this society, in the media
It always manages to get swept under the rug or end up right below the
radar for some reason
Like it never happened

But let it be any other race and this shit would've been hit the fan

All my soldiers out there
It's time for our voices to be heard, yo
No more of that shit (uh huh)
But you know I got love for everybody
Whether you black, white, Hispanic
That's why I love Hip Hop cause it brings us all together
I'm just saying don't let it your peoples that they dissing next time
Making fun of they tragedies just for a cheap laugh

You sitting there like "What the fuck?"
Know what I'm saying
So yo, keep them emails going through man
Keep those complaint letters going out
Keep them phone calls going in to the radio station and the sponsors
Telling them how you feel
And what a fucked up move they made

Let them know, let them know it's about the people
And shout out to Miss Info too
Keep your head up ma (yeah)

Oh yeah and if all else fails just turn that bullshit off

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Ten years ago, you would NEVER, EVER have seen this response...

Hot 97 Announces Suspension, Sprint and McDonalds Pulling Ads
At 6 AM this morning, Hot 97 announced the Miss Jones morning show is "suspended indefinitely". I posted the announcement here as an mp3.

This morning from 6 to 10 is being hosted by someone named "E-Bro" who says he will be taking calls on-air about the controversy, at 1-800-223-9797. They are also playing Jin's dis track. EDIT: They also nterviewed Jin, the audio is here courtesy of holla-front.com

Most calls so far are in support of Miss Jones and bringing back her program. They're not saying whether the suspension is permanent or temporary, or whether it is a paid suspension. Or whether the suspension includes Miss Info.

An ad for Miss Jones' special "smackfest finals" on Friday morning at Caroline's comedy club aired minutes before the announcement, but now they have said that event is "postponed."

Meanwhile, both Sprint and Mcdonalds have announced they will suspend their advertising:

New STATEMENT FROM SPRINT

* Because the tsunami parody content on the Hot 97 program was in violation of our company standards, Sprint intends to suspend its advertising on the station.

The following information was issued previously:

* Sprint does NOT have any connection to the Tsunami Song aired on Hot 97 FM.

* Sprint strongly objects to any communication or other effort making light of the devastation of the tsunami disaster. The content of the "Tsunami song" clearly runs contrary to Sprint's commitment to diversity and inclusion, and is not in any way supported or condoned by Sprint. Needless to say, our hearts go out to the tsunami victims and their families -- for this and other reasons, the Sprint Foundation and our associates have worked together since the tsunami tragedy to raise funds for disaster relief efforts and will continue to do so.

*Sprint has purchased advertising time on Hot 97 but was incorrectly identified as a sponsor of the segment of the show in which the song was referenced. In any case, Sprint was unaware and had no connection to the content of the "Tsunami Song."

*Sprint has expressed our strong concern about this content to the radio station. The station has issued a public apology and appears to have disciplined the responsible parties. Sprint continually evaluates acceptable content against our own guidelines and we will continue to monitor the process with all outlets in which we advertise.

and from Mcdonalds:

Thank you for taking the time contact McDonald's. We appreciate the opportunity to respond to you regarding the recent events involving hosts from the Hot 97 morning radio program in New York.

First, McDonald's does not support programs that discriminate or are
insensitive to the plight of people suffering from devastating events.
Starting immediately, McDonald's will indefinitely suspend advertising
on the Hot 97 morning show.

It's also important to know that Ronald McDonald House Charities,
McDonald's Corporation and the McDonald's family around the world have
donated more than two million dollars to the Tsunami relief efforts.

We take these matters very seriously and will continue to work together to help victims of this devastating disaster.

Again, thank you for giving us the opportunity to respond to your
concerns.

Nancy
McDonald's Customer Response Center

And in today's other big news, one of Hot 97's sponsors, the Jackson Hewitt tax service, reports they are pulling their advertising and support from hot 97's morning show, im response to the outcry over their Tsunami song:

Dear Sir/Madam:

We respect and share in your concerns regarding the truly insensitive
and inappropriate behavior of the show's hosts and the airing of the
offensive song. Please be aware that Jackson Hewitt Tax Service does
not endorse or approve of such behavior and had no input or prior knowledge as to the content of the broadcast that aired last week
during the "Miss Jones in the Morning" program.

In fact, we have already contacted station owners and management to express our concerns and to inform them that we have withdrawn our advertising and support from the "Miss Jones in the Morning" program.

We acknowledge that the station has posted an apology, but certainly do not believe that that is enough, considering the serious nature of this matter. Thus we have called upon the station's owners and management to further review this program and its allowance of such behavior.

We thank you for taking the time to reach out to us on this serious matter.

Respectfully,
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. Management

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KEEP THE EMAILS, CALLS, AND PETITION GOING STRONG!

http://www.3030radio.com/longer_hot97_tsunami.mp3

Friends,

HOT 97FM in New York repeatedly played a song making fun of the
tsunami victims, calling them "chinks" and "chinamen". then on a later
show one host accuses an Asian-American co-host of "feeling superior",
followed by another host saying that he's going to go shoot Asians.

CONTACT HOT 97 and their SPONSORS letting them know what is wrong with
this.

If you do not feel this is wrong, then wait for the next incident.

Spread the WORD

lyrics of the song is like..

"...All at once you could hear the screaming chinks and no one was safe
from
the wave there were africans drowning, little chinamen swept away you
could
hear god laughing, "swim you b*tches swim

So now you're screwed, it's the Tsunami, you better run or kiss your
ass away, go find your
mommy, I just saw her float by, a tree went through her head
and now the children will be sold to child slavery..."

www.hiphopmusic.com/index.html

What to do:

1) FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH THE FCC:

www.fcc.gov/parents/content.html

2) HOT 97 SPONSORS to EMAIL:

jsmulyan@emmis.com, rcummings@emmis.com, jsteele@emmis.com,
khealey@emmis.com, james.w.fisher@mail.sprint.com,
lisa.bartlett@reebok.com, jennifer@stenderhawkins.com,
Sheila.cort@jtax.com, mconlon@afce.com

3) SIGN BOTH PETITIONS:

www.petitiononline.com/tsunmai7/petition.html
www.petitiononline.com/endhate/petition.html

4) FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO YOUR FRIENDS. |
www.hiphopmusic.com/index.html

Please do one or all of these things to stuck the phereotype that
Asians are quiet, submissive pushovers.

Compiled by HIP HOP MUSIC.Com, MIWA LYRIC, and Duane Ko, KAC.

Harkening back to an earlier post, the folks in Texas are just as racist as Miss Jones was.

For example:

Some blacks need to behave like all civilized human beings, not just monkeying around.
http://finance.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?.mm=FN&action=m&board=7081768&tid=emms&sid=7081768&mid=661

blacks have taken advantage of the perception of discrimination to the extreme and are ruining the future of america.
http://finance.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?.mm=FN&action=m&board=7081768&tid=emms&sid=7081768&mid=662

I guess this is nothing new, sadly.

in the U.S. call 1-800-GET-COKE

(maybe the "chinks" at Coke just haven't heard the mp3 yet)

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Tel: + 44 1753 626 969

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T - 44 208 237 3172

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T - 852 2599 1284

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Kari Bjorhus - Dir, Health & Nutrition Comm.

Ben Deutsch - Director, Financial Communications

Lori George Billingsley - Issues Director

Kelly Brooks - Dir, Marketing Communications

Dan A. Schafer - Dir, North America Communications

Tel - (404) 676-2121

Fax - (404) 515-6428

pressinquiries@na.ko.com

FOX 5 New York is about to cover the story after their commercial break. and i've also seen it on the news ticker on WNBC.

keep pushing out those emails.

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientous stupidity."

let's be real here..... this is ALL about race. mainstream society chastise us everytime someone uses the so-called "race card." but when that's the card you are dealt, that's the card you'll have to play. and it's not like we started this thing..... miss jones & her crew brought race into this with that chink & chinaman & shooting asians nonsense.

this needs to be said: black-americans are just like white americans. they hold the same racist attitudes toward non-americans, have the same ignorance about all things outside the U.S. borders, and the self-centered believe that all things american is right. and despite years of support from other minority groups on issues important to the black community, they have returned none of that support to anyone else. and you wonder why we are so pissed????? how much of this shit is the asian community supposed to take?

and big ups to Jin for recording the song & going on the radio to stand up for his beliefs..... you have earned my respect.

and for miss jones: are you jealous of us? do you have an inferiority complex? here in frisco, asians live in million dollar homes in the good neighborhoods. you and your people are still in the projects!

i refuse to take the politically correct route..... i'm fighting fire with fire this time around.

All the people involved in this incredible horrible song should be put on an island and tied up to Palm Trees and drowned very very slowly.
Shame on them big time.

The New York airwaves have become a platform for ignorance. This must change. The Hot 97 Morning show is broadcast to homes and walkmen of children who soak up hate and ignorance like a sponge. It is recorded and then downloaded by youth in middle-america that only experience "the other" via mainstream media, and often act accordingly. It is important to note that I'm in London, UK and having discussions about this with londoners who don't know Miss Jones from a whole in the wall. If we as a community of consumers, allow corporations to continue to sponsor this kind of degradation and downplay of tragedy on air, what moral high-ground can we continue to stand on as compassionate human beings?
Secondly, Miss Info, as a journalist and jockey, understands that it is our right as citizens to speak freely, and that it is her right also to separate herself from those things that are offfensive to her, whether it be for business purposes, a matter of principals, or simply because she may have got up on the wrong side of the bed. For Miss Jones to be suspended for simply speaking out in rage against a co-host's rights would have been enough for me. Why does everyone need to go down on a sinking ship? I'm watching you Hot.....Don't let this thing blow over.

http://students.washington.edu/jeesuk/longer_hot97_tsunami.mp3

FYI:
Ms. Jones big banner is back up on the hot97 website.

no it's not

I'm a brooklynite and i've grown up listening to '97 but this is just sick. I read that they were screening calls so taht protesters wouldn't be able to respond on air so would it work better if you pretend to support miss jones for a minute (because i'm sure there are one minute delays in order to censor.) This may seem to compromise beliefs but i think blasting Miss Jones live would be worth it. I'm surprised i didn't hear about this till now, but i thank BC's asian caucus for spreading it here and thanks to hiphopmusic.com for your great follow-ups and coverage.

I listened to this song and the other mp3's to see what all the hoopla was about and I can't believe what I just heard

Joking about a person dying in a natural disaster is sick to begin with, but the bottom line for me is...

1. THERE IS NOTHING FUNNY OR COMICAL ABOUT CHILD SLAVERY.

Be it the Asian man's kids, the Black man's kids, or the White man's kids. To try and invoke laughter through the pain, suffering, and sexual exploitation of defenseless children is some sick, demented, insensitive, BULLSH*T. We got kids man, this sh*t ain't funny at all.

You lose your parents and go into slavery???? How in the hell is that supposed to be humorous??? Miss Jones, your punk ass sidekicks (minus Miss Info), and hot97, why don't you all go to Asia and see first hand what it's like for girls as young as 6 years old to be gangraped and tortured. Come back here to the good ol' US of A and let us know how many laughs you get out of that.

If you are a sponsor and you continue to do business with HOT97 after this blatant disregard for humanity, you are just as or even more guilty than they (HOT97) are. This nonsense was done for YOU. The blood is on your hands. Think over that.

[B][I]The weakest argument against people who are upset by the Tsunami song:

"Where were you when XYZ happened?!" How the hell do you know?! Does it matter? Today is today and the past is the past, I cannot make for yesterday but I can change today and tomorrow. Why are you hating on me for taking a stand? If everyone was like you should have stayed in the Dark Ages. You have the freedom speak your mind now because hundreds before you gave their lives so you could live in freedom. How dare you insult their memory and their efforts by spouting hate at those who would continue with their legacy.

You can't change the past, but you can change the future. Don't hate us because you're afraid of change.[/I][/B]

DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER!! This is exactly what i was saying in my earlier posts. I LIVE IN NYC I HEAR THESE SHOWS ALL THE TIME. I WAS LISTENING WHEN BUC SAID THE INDIAN WOMAN THING AND THE ALLIYAH THING. THere was this same outcry and movement, and yes he ultimately got fired, BUT HES ON THE OTHER NY STATION NOW, but wheres the movement????? THERE IS NONE, BECAUSE NO ONE CARES ANYMORE. WHICH IS WHAT ULTIMATLY WILL HAPPEN HERE. Everyone will gradually start listening to the station again and laugh at racist jokes and everyone will forget this ever happened. I swear if you guys put this much effort into actions you conduct during your daily lives this world would be a better place to live. BUT YOU DONT. Getting all bent about a radio station skit will do nothing but have this crew working at a diiferent station in a few weeks time. MAKE A DIFFERENCE EVERYDAY, NOT JUST TODAY!

As a person of color I have long stopped listening to Star & Buckwild and Miss Jones. Not only are they ignorant and degrading all day long to black people, but it is just plain stupid with no redeeming values or comedic aspects to their shows. they are trying to get some of the Howard Stern,Rush Limbaugh shock value and money.
i have sent emails to Hot 97 and it looks as though they have shut those email addresses down.
I think the media should know that this same show only a month ago, made fun of the mentally challenged child that died after falling down a laundry shaft.I 'm sure he was a person of color.
They simply do not care!-She better be fired !

fuck hot 97. period. Mcdonalds and the other sponsors should just pull from the whole station, not just the show because miss jones is representing the whole station when she broadcasts in the morning. i just cant believe the song ACTUALLY got recorded? surely there must be some sort of control there? and as for the jin song, its a good comeback but do hot97 think by playing this diss against themselves they can be forgiven? i think not. i think people should never forget what they did.
CLOSE THIS STATION DOWN!!!!

I am Asian-American myself. This imo is not about race, but rather about the basic decency that makes us human. Lets keep the racial aspect out of this.

If an Asian radiohost did the same thing, I would call for his/her firing too.

Absolutely agree w/ Pennstate.

Let's continue to take this worldwide. If Emmis Communications and HATE97 want publicity, we'll give it to them. Unfortunately they will get so much negative publicity it will be their undoing. So this is what I've been pushing...

We hit the media outlets most deeply effected in terms af lives and the ones with the deepest pockets/advertising dollars:

UK
Australia
Indonesia
Thailand
Germany
India
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Finland
Switzerland

Than we need to find the various media outlets and where we personally may know people and ask them to pressure sponsors, Emmis Communications and the FCC as well. So we need to find editors of print media, station managers for video and radio media and internet websites.

Next we do the same thing we've been doing here. Email them to carry the news and voice the public outrage here in the US. We've already got major news media here carrying it. CNN, Reuters, Yahoo. etc. It will probably happen anyway, but we need to accelerate the process. Time is of the essence. Everyone pick an area and focus.

I've seen results. I've corresponded with editors regarding the situation and some places are more open to responses than others. Persistence pays!

Not only should the dj's in question be fired, but Emmis Communication and HATE97 need to bear the responsiblity for their promotion of hateful material. Hit them where it hurts. Give them bad publicity and watch the sponsors leave. It's a house of cards. It all depends how much you want it to come down. I'll push further. What can you do today?

I have just read Davey D's column and I must say I completely agree with him. Hot 97 is using Jin's song against us (Asians.)

Although I've always sympathized with the African-Americans, Jews, etc. for the ordeal that they have gone through, everyone seems to fail to have even heard of our suffering in history (i.e. Japanese-Chinese War.) I worked with large companies in which I find myself constantly defending my nationality. Despite the ignorance of the majority, I have befriended many of my co-workers who are of african, barbados, trinidad, etc. descendent. I have been extremely successful in showing them what they do not know of our culture and they have also given me reasons as to why Asians are being pushed around (especially by the spanish and the blacks.) It comes down to one word - IGNORANCE.

I despise the fact that we do not stand up for ourselves enough. Personally, if I were Ms. Info that day, I would've said more. If some black chicks yell and screech, the way to defeat them is not by reason or morality, but by being louder and screechier. We are too nonchalant about this. Many of the spanish and black communities are extreme racist creatures, especially against the minority of minorities; this being the Asians (Korean, Japs, Viets, Indians, etc.) Why??? Because we LET THEM.

I've had people look at me in surprise because I listen to hip-hop, rap, etc. Most of them are clueless and they feel superior to us. I must admit that there are still many, many whites who are racist against the blacks but those same whites are racist against us too! The world needs to be educated and we really need to do something about it. Trying to ghetto yourselves out and trying to be black isn't going to help anyone. My black chicks know I'm crazier than they are and I've earned my respect in that small group by simply being myself. Asians aren't perfect, that's for sure, and that's not what I'm trying to prove. I just wish to see more of us out there defending ourselves and standing our ground. We're smarter and more capable than this. This petition and a small rally will not be enough since it's being used against us..sadly.

I, myself, am a full-time worker and student. I grew up in the streets and despite how I may sound or live now, I've seen plenty. I wish I could find the time to go out there at 11am and support the rally but it's an impossibility. Perhaps one day, I'll start a legal organization that'll make it their mission to show some light on this damned ignorant country.

i think the asian community is overreacting. it was only a joke so please don't think that song is the end of the world. i hope ms. jones keeps her job because you shouldn't be punished for life for doing something so harmless.

Some jokes you do not make. I think the black society overreacts to everything more than anyone. So shut the f**k up.

hey AMY you do know that asians, especially koreans, chinese, japanese (I am Korean) are just as racist as any other race in this world. It's not like we're innocent victims here who constantly get pushed around. Anyways the way you see things of how we asians let ourselves get pushed around just contributes to that stereotype that we are a bunch of pussies. I dunno where you are from but i know for a fact that asians around here just don't let themselves get pushed around. One thing I do acknowledge is that we hardly have any media support, which is just the way things are and it ain't gonna change after this which is fucked up. btw FUCK Miss Jones and all of you racist FUCKS.

I suppose rosa parks should of just gave up her seat just because it ain't gonna change?
Let's call a spade a spade, this was ignorant racism, she's done it before and will do it again.
You heard the tape, that's all one needs to do.
I'm going to say it again, if it was anybody else saying something about "nigg*rs" or slavery etc etc, heads will roll and they did. jimmy the greek, rush limbaugh lost his fox gig, and many more.
Along with the Korean grocery boycotts.
Why can't we be outraged?

we can't be outraged because we're supposed to be "quiet asians". rush limbaugh says something that even 3 African American cohosts were present at the time and they gave it no thought and he gets canned 2 days later. A suspension for Miss Jones for BLATANT racism. What's wrong w/this picture

SAY GOODBYE MISS JONES --- ITS A SHAME SHE KNOW BETTER. OR SHE SHOULD

I think it is funny that the hosts of this show are african american and making fun of these children being turned into slaves. But have one white person say something to them about their slave days and all hell breaks loose. Go figure

Well said Amy. And the reason why (my thoughts) Asian are so nonchalant is because the ones that are in the US know better and know that they want to build a better life and therefore don't want to risk losing that possibility by acting or reacting to "situations". Succumbing to pettiness is not how the Asian culture approach things b/c atleast they know there's more to life. But this definitely does not mean all Asians are push-overs.

Another reason why Asians are dormant is b/c they've suffered thousands of years of cruel rulers, but this just means that there are strong Asians to have "weaker" Asians. Asians in the US do not have a strong leader; not one or group that is recognized by all... respected by all. All other cultures have strong figures for they people to look up to. But I am sure in time that a notable person WILL rise and take command of situations like these and can call for action. Unlike other cultures that put up a front, Asians usually prefer the anonymity of acting behind the scene. It is time for small individual so called Asian clubs to get together and work for a common interest, together. All we want it fairness and equality.

And to all you ignorant people who feel as though they are superior to anyone else, learn some history and you'll notice the one thing that is for sure is that the balance of power will always shift: Egyptians, Greeks, Chinese, British, and US (as examples). Come the day when your so called superior race becomes inferior, what will you do then? Live and let live and let others live.

Well said Amy. And the reason why (my thoughts) Asian are so nonchalant is because the ones that are in the US know better and know that they want to build a better life and therefore don't want to risk losing that possibility by acting or reacting to "situations". Succumbing to pettiness is not how the Asian culture approach things b/c atleast they know there's more to life. But this definitely does not mean all Asians are push-overs.

Another reason why Asians are dormant is b/c they've suffered thousands of years of cruel rulers, but this just means that there are strong Asians to have "weaker" Asians. Asians in the US do not have a strong leader; not one or group that is recognized by all... respected by all. All other cultures have strong figures for they people to look up to. But I am sure in time that a notable person WILL rise and take command of situations like these and can call for action. Unlike other cultures that put up a front, Asians usually prefer the anonymity of acting behind the scene. It is time for small individual so called Asian clubs to get together and work for a common interest, together. All we want it fairness and equality.

And to all you ignorant people who feel as though they are superior to anyone else, learn some history and you'll notice the one thing that is for sure is that the balance of power will always shift: Egyptians, Greeks, Chinese, British, and US (as examples). Come the day when your so called superior race becomes inferior, what will you do then? Live and let live and let others live.

angrywhiteman,

You are right in assuming that the race issue would be the bigger one- many of the responses to the parody show a great example of that. But that doesn't address my point. I think a question that would better address it is which SHOULD be the bigger issue- my answer, of course, is that it should not be the race one, that's for sure. My thing is, why are we focusing on the race part at all? Nobody's saying the Asians shouldn't gripe. But wouldn't the song be just as bad if Miss Jones and crew had chosen to use proper terms for the victims in stead of derrogatory ones? If Miss Jones and co. were white- better yet, Jewish- and the tsunami happened to primarily Africans, AND they used the term "niggers", I would say the same thing I'm saying now. Don't you see? Race shouldn't be the main focus, because things were said in the song that were a lot worse. I'm not saying Asians shouldn't be offended, I'm saying to stay focused on the main issue here. A perfect example- here is a response from one of the posters above:

"Do you guys remember the time when Ice Cube came out with that song "Black Korea" in which he advocated burning down Korean owned stores and making the Koreans pay? Yeah that's what i thought.How about Shaquille O'Neal with his racist rants towards Yao Ming? Very frontpage worthy material but it was all shoved aside. It's all backpage news. I just heard about this story now and it's 4 days after the fact. Whites, Blacks, Latinos all get their media coverage, but we didn't hear about the numerous beatings assaults (many at my own college) directed towards Arab-Americans were hardly covered at all. The media is the most powerful tool and not even something as horrific act as this song and what was said before leading up to the song could hardly garner up any stir throughout the US. So if you're white, black, or latino, retribution through the media is swift and fast, but face it if you're of Middle Eastern descent, or from an Asian community you better just be willing to take it up the ass because nothing is going to get done except a suspension of the radio team. Wow that's really fair. What a fucking joke."

I mean, are you serious? I mean, why do we have people complaining about how Asians aren't allowed to complain, why are we even talking about it? Of course they are allowed to complain, anybody can do whatever they want. But the thing that's messed up to me is that there are mainly Asians complaining:

1. Because the song used a derrogatory term directly referring to them.

2. Because the song did not use a derrogatory term directly referring to anyone else.

In other words, Asians are upset that they used racist epithets to them, and they make up the majority of the complainers because OTHER people aren't as offended because there weren't epithets directed at them. But shouldn't ANYBODY who hears that song be offended, anyway? They joked about child slavery- how does that lose focus? Again, I state, race is an issue in this whole thing, but it SHOULD NOT be the main one.

angrywhiteman, check out BigPimp415's post above. If that doesn't illustrate my point, I don't know what will...

You know the UDUAK saying spit on me once shame on you, spit on me twice shame on me. Well I'm sure that's how the Asian community feels now. You can only be pushed around so much w/out having your voice heard and it's a damn shame it took this long for their community to have an active voice over something so tragic.

In response to your argument, I agree with you now about the bigger picture. Come to think of it, some people making this beef of asians vs. blacks probably don't even really care about the victims in this and are more concerned with their personal pride. Not to be hypocritical because I think I might feel the same way if I was in the Asian community. Your thoughts UDUAK?

Perhaps the asian community is feeling the effects of the "spit on me once, spit on me twice" saying, and it sucks that those terms were used in the song, but it's about what to rise up against and when. Why pick now to focus on racism- they didn't make the song strictly because the people who died were Asian? And people of other races died, too- I'm part of the African community, and they referred to Africans in the song too. I'm not giving it energy because I don't believe it's the time to- just my opinion. Yes, I agree, I think people are more concerned with their personal pride, but unlike you, I wouldn't- and don't, as a member of the African community- feel the same way. Read below the post from stop the hate:

Just in case anyone forgot ..

"..Go find your mommy. I just saw her float by, a tree went through her head. And now your children will be sold into child slavery."

"a wave 20 feet high came and washed your whole
country away. And all at once, you can hear the
screaming ... And no one was saved from the
wave."

"You can hear God laughing, 'Swim you b*tches
swim.'"

Even when you take out the chink, chinaman, bitches, etc. The disregard for these people's suffering is unacceptable.

The tsunami relief effort is still going on right now, at this very moment. It struck one month ago.

If that doesn't upset you, you have some serious issues.

"Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective."
- M.L. King, Jr.

This issue is about basic human dignity.

I think you and I agree with him/her, right?

I can't believe that anyone can be so inhumane; how many more people needs to die before, Miss Jones and her crew, understand that this song cross the line of decency. This has nothing to do with race, this has to do with just being a human being and caring for others.

yo imagine what woulda happened if say they had made a parody song to the tragedies of 9/11 or other disasters. what then? they said it was a way to cope with the sadness??? man thats some horse shit.

Just to add to my prior comment:

I'm Chinese-American and the only one in my family. I definitely know the racism that runs through and from* the asian society. Believe me, although it has taken me over a decade, my family is now extremely open-minded towards other nationalities. It took a shitload of loud arguments, introducing, etc. Although I don't believe anyone can ever truly and fully accept a new concept in their mind after so many years of believing in what they believe, I know that it can still be adjusted.

There is something I love from all countries, nationalities, etc. but I just do not appreciate the dying of the education in cultures. One thing though, we asians, are in many ways very lethal. Whatever underground things that are going on in the streets are covered not in public or by the media, but by the detectives, etc. It's nice keeping it that way and I hope our future generations will be smart enough to do so as well. BUT, something as outrageous as the Tsunami song must hear our anger. I only mention race in my thought because asians are considered the "weakest" of all groups. We are believed to be insignificant and "an easy target".

If the Tsunami affected Miss Jones' people, I'm sure she would be having a moment of silence and saying a prayer instead of willingly playing that horrific track.

I must say though that I'm glad indeed that so many people have gathered to protest the song. I'll give you an example as to what went through my mind and what angered me the most when I listened to it. I remember this one scene of the tsumani situation on the news that keeps replaying in my mind. I was watching a mother holding her dead child in her arms weeping. This wasn't a movie but the sad reality. Children in poverty from all over the world are dying and being sold into slavery. How in the world can you laugh about it? I think we should really chip in some mula and send the hot97 crew on it's merry way to the tsunami disaster area and have them take a good look with their own eyes. Perhaps, if they are slapped with some damn reality, then they will come back a bigger and better person.

As for anyone saying that we are overreacting, it's absurd and again the word "ignorant" for you to believe so. Our community is only trying to tell you that we are human and despite the victims being of asian descendent, we feel pain and we suffer too. But it's obvious many people out there are too busy looking at themselves and what others have done to them. Do unto others what you want done unto you..

I apologize if my thoughts are all over the place. Since this isn't going to be graded, I figure I'll just type whatever comes to mind.

My heart goes out to anyone and everyone who is in suffering.

Seltzer

Dude WTF I could barely make out that jibber jabber you wrote. Jesus did you graduate from any grade in the double digits?? How old are you 6?

wiating??? Do you mean WAITING?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=15116454&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=football-pundit-axed-over-tsunami--joke--name_page.html

HE got fired. for "toon Army" pun.

Hi everyone,

This is great that everyone is coming out to protest this issue. I just wanted to share my thoughts also.

This is an email I sent to morningshow@hot97.com

Peace,
ModernMulan

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Dear HOT97,

I want to know what your company is REALLY doing about Miss Jones & staff who played the racist �Tsunami Song� repeatedly on HOT97 in New York City last week?

Their TOKEN apology was more transparent than glass. Miss Jones and her staff continued to act like spoiled, whiny children instead of being truly repentant about their appalling lack of sensitivity to one of the world�s worst natural disasters.

Just as bad, the members of the Miss Jones show then ganged up on Miss Info, a Korean American, on the show that refused to participate in the song. Then a member of the show said he wanted to �� start shooting Asians� because he was upset Miss Info was spoiling their fun.

Miss Info was accused of not being a participator or "always being separate" by Miss Jones. NO JOKE... if a bunch of Asians got together to do a ni**er song and said they wanted to shoot up black people, there would be A Damn Riot. Use your common sense here... Miss Info did the right thing, defended herself and bailed out.

And SUPPOSEDLY each staff member is contributing a week�s salary to the cause of helping the victims. Sorry but they cannot BUY their way of this one.

WHAT does �suspended indefinitely� mean??? Why not just send them away on VACATION for a few weeks till the �problem� blows over ?!! (Opps! I think that was the plan...) What kind of nonsense are you trying to pull on the public??!!

�Suspended indefinitely� does not mean FIRED which would be the most appropriate action. This means your company is waiting for the public to develop AMNESIA so you can put Miss Jones and her RACIST SHOW back on your station.

I am interpreting your so-called �actions� as an indication that Emmis Broadcasting and HOT97 does not really care that over a quarter of million people have died or are still missing in Southeast Asia. Not only were �chinks� killed but people from many other nations. I don�t see what is so �funny� about this.

Since Emmis Broadcasting and HOT97 still does not Get It, except when it affects their WALLETS� I have written or emailed your sponsors Popeye�s, Reebok, Coke, and Toyota to ask for withdrawal of their sponsorships. At least Sprint , Jackson Hewitt and McDonald�s saw through the mockery of your "attempts" to respond to the situation with the seriousness it deserves.

I am merely one of many but as you know the Asian American community in the U.S. and the world (because of CNN, New York Times, internet, etc.) are very much aware of the Miss Jones/HOT 97 situation. People, not just Asian Americans, are organizing together to protest this outrage.

I personally will never listen to HOT97 again and will tell all my friends and family to do the same. I am deeply disappointed that Emmis Broadcasting and HOT97 are acting like this situation is some �bad publicity problem�, instead of giving the case the weight it deserves.

Even AS disgusting as Miss Jones and the "Tsunami Song" are HOT97's attempt to turn the case into an "Asian vs. Black" situation when it really COMMON SENSE to never air the song in the first place.

** I know you guys haven't figured it out yet, BUT some of your listeners are Asian American like myself who tune into to listen to good music instead of racist rhetoric.

I don't appreciate MY people being referred to as "chinks" any more than African Americans enjoy being called ni**ers. Stop hating and Do The Right Thing already!!

SHAME ON YOU!!!

Overracting? 200 thousand lives were made into a joke.

Hmmm, how would you like it there was a parody about the AIDs epidemic and how these Africans will never learn and should just stop fcking? Shit, maybe it's a hopeless cause and we should stop caring and sending aid. Because ya kno, they so gangstah, they luv it rawww.

Kinda ironic how 'We Are the World' was a song supporting aid for the AIDS epidemic yet was turned into a parody built on the ideal of discouraging aid for a tragedy of 200,000 deaths, eh?

I hate these excuses about "why should I care when thousands of africans are dying every month?" Guess what, who in the media makes fun about that sht? No one.

Oh yeah, the freedom of speech argument... yea, they have the right to do a parody, but we also have the right to respond back. Ms. Jones is not going to jail and the US government is not going to intervene, so shut up about their 1st amendment rights aight?!?

But on the real though, I could care less about the chinaman parodies on TV. Every race is made fun of on TV, but who really cares and takes it to heart? But when you make fun of the biggest natural disaster, you're going too far. This parody is also blatantly racist against Asians. Hmmm, this tragedy happened in Asia and there's racist remarks against Asians, i wonder who will most likely care? ASIANS!!!

All that shit about the song not being funny, really doesnt matter except emphasize how offensive they were trying to be. Don't compare South Park or Dave Chapelle to this shit, they never parodied a tragedy of 200,000 deaths. South Park if you're intelligent enough to realize it, is merely using racism and other offensive devices to make political points about stereotypes and other public issues... and be entertaining at the same time.

Seriously I took this song to heart and it made me furious. Let's get this btch fired, hell she's a fckin no-name. A no-name in UK got fired for "Toon army" pun while this song said "SWIM B*TCHES SWIM." If we can't fire this crew, sht I really don't know what will happen in the future.

Oh yea, stop overdramatizing this issue by comparing it to racism in the whole world. People will always be racist and they have the right to, but when you're in public eye, the public has the right to get you.

FIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 of my friend's 5 family members disappeared last month and this is not a joke. Although I am an asian myself, I felt sorry for the 911 incident. How on earth people out there can make this kind of "joke"...

The song is one thing, a huge thing, but what miss jones did to miss info afterwards was another. whoever said it above was dead right, i think miss jones is really jealous because she wishes she was asian. like the girl punching the boy on the playground, because she likes him.

The "It's ALL Good Miss Jones You Don't have to be Jealous TOP 10":

1) Its all good that you flopped as a singer and you are about to lose your tired ass job as a dj

2) Its all good that you lost the station thousands of dollars in ads and tainted the credibility of Emmis and sponsors alike

3) Its all good that no one really cares that ur gone because ur show sucked anyway (be real)

4) Its all good that the reason most people didnt hear about the controversy until days later is because no one is interested in listening you your fat ass mouth to begin with

5) It's all good that you pulled this stunt only to demand attention, not realizing that there's a difeerence between a shock jock and a racist, loudmouth, ignorant hoe.

6) It's all good that u think you look fly on the banner on the HOT 97 website, but you really look like a 2 dollar hoe with a food stamp weave

I'll let someone else round out the top 10
Fight on

People are making more of a big deal than this issue really is. Understandably the song was tasteless humor but maybe it was their way of coping with the disaster. I personally think that the humiliation they have suffered is enough and they should be allowed back.

"...Go find your mommy. I just saw her float by, a tree went through her head. And now your children will be sold into child slavery."


"a wave 20 feet high came and washed your whole
country away. And all at once, you can hear the
screaming chinks. And no one was saved from the
wave."


"There were Africans drowning, little Chinamen swept away. You can hear God laughing, 'Swim you bitches swim.'"



Upset? It's because the mocking of these people's suffering is unacceptable.


The tsunami relief effort is still going on right now, at this very moment. It struck one month ago.


If that doesn't upset you, you have some serious issues.


"Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective."
- M.L. King, Jr.


This issue is about basic human dignity.


Companies that support the mocking of the victims of the tsunami include:


https://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/contact/email.jsp


Cingular Wireless Does anyone have contact information for this company? I switched to Sprint and I want them to know why. Phoning customer service was pointless. On hold forever AND disconnected.


Support Sprint PCS. They pulled advertising from the radio station.


Switch your wireless carrier from Cingular or Verizon Wireless, etc. by calling (877) 851-1830.


An early termination fee may apply if you are still under contract with your current provider.


At the end of the transaction, tell them that you want to leave a comment, and thank them for taking a stand against the mockery of the tsunami victims. They will forward your comments to management.


H&R Block: is a sponsor of the show.
mediadesk@hrblock.com


Support Jackson Hewitt, one of the first companies to recognize the hatred contained within the song


KIDS-R-US: How in the world is this company still paying the salaries of these degenerates? It's because they don't know yet.


Tell them about the song. I'm sure they will love the children searching for their mommies and the bit about child slavery:

">https://www6.toysrus.com/guest/contUs.cfm


These DJs are STILL WITH THE RADIO STATION.

i dont look at u as a fool but its foolish to think that miss jones envy and lynn did that to cope with the disaster and they were so sadden by it that they decided to do a song bout chinks and africans drownin and god laughin at the kids to find they mommy wit a tree stuck in they head and how they gonna be sold the slavery then poppin off the mouf at miss info for not participatin tellin her azz to quit she probably think she supieror cuz she asian & shit

can u imagine somebody with high authority talkin like that? such as a george bush sayin that oh it was just a joke don't take it personal they were just trying to cope with the tragedy, HELL NO! and u know why? cuz u and i know its fuckin ludacris so quit actin like this is acceptable

ya'll tryna make this into a race issue but it aint just asians wildin out bout this, anybody wit morals and principles can look at this and see it was unexcusable quit jockin these shock jock's jocks. fucc all u hot 97 groupies

Would someone be able to reassemble a list of companies that still have business with those inhuman stations? Thanks.

Hey Setzer,

Learn english you bogus hiphop gangsta motherfu*ker! Go to school! It's not that expensive to get an english lesson or two. If money is the problem, you can do two things. 1. You must tell your father to stop guzzling down the colt 45 and get a job. 2. Tell your mother to get back in good graces with her previous employers. I am sure they are good for the 10 or 20 dollars. (or what ever she charged.) If all else fails, go back to 1st grade. I am sure your school records are still on file after all these years. How's that for stereotyping? You racist mo'fo.

Andy

you can tell her what you think yourself at
http://www.missjones.net/home.html

missjones@missjones.net is her e-mail address.

No disrespect to Asians but, I have a question. Why is the Asian community only upset when Asians are being "targeted"? Hot 97 has been disrespecting Blacks since the station started. The so-called hip-hop that they only want to play is disrespectful to Black women and the Black family in general. Where's your outrage? Have you ever questioned why there's no news division at Hot97? Maybe the listeners can be more informed. Instead of all this convinient ethnocentricity, look at the bigger picture. Miss Jones, Todd Lynn, etc are being encouraged to act a certain way.

"..Go find your mommy. I just saw her float by, a tree went through her head. And now your children will be sold into child slavery."


"a wave 20 feet high came and washed your whole
country away. And all at once, you can hear the
screaming ... And no one was saved from the
wave."


"You can hear God laughing, 'Swim you b*tches
swim.'"



Remove the words chink, chinaman, bitches, etc. The bottom line is that the disregard for these people's suffering is unacceptable.


The tsunami relief effort is still going on right now, at this very moment. It struck one month ago.

Hey Urbanslicksta.

I can try to understand where you are coming from but, not really . . . But hey, this is a hiphop station. As Ms Jones wants it- She said that hiphop should get back to its race roots, yes? So, if Ms Jones is disrespecting her own race- It is the Black families and the black women (as you say)who should call the station and complain. It is the Black families and the black women (as you say)who should call the sponsors to cry injustice and to have Ms Jones removed from the station! Where's Al Sharpton on this issue? He's all about the black equality "thing" right?- So, why isn't he coming to aid the Black families and the black women? Ms Jones did what she did. She is defiant, rightous and quite frankly, very uneducated. Ms Jones and Todd Lynn are encouranged to act that way? Urbanslicksta, you are wrong...They are that way naturally.

Nice try Todd.

Asian communities will mobilize to fight injustice. It is no different than any other race.
Props to Mr Liu and Brother Jin for fighting the good fight.

Andy.

urbanslicksta,after hearing the song and miss jone talk. why are you even questioning us? thats what i'd like know. im guessing you dont like us asians to be speak out.oh but dont worry, we wont be taking the advantage of freedom of speech.pple died for that.Miss jones and Todd can say what they please and we have the right to do the same.

u people have become disgusting. It is a sad statement about the human race reading, these damn posts. you have become just as hateful as those u seek to bring to justice.what urban slicksta said was correct. and al sharpton and MANY black leaders DO speak out against the things goin on in hip hop. but the media machine is to big so nothing gets done. Also urban's point was that asians didnt rally a war cry to all the degrading shit which the station has been doing. which is a valid point considering there are no less then a dozen posts talking about why black leaders arent rallying the people around this. You folks make me fuckin sick. just goes to show u that in the end as a species we are fuckin disgusting. The fact of the matter is I have good friends of all races and walks and ALL the races are fuckin racist even within there own fuckin groups so drop the FUCKINg bullshit about how asians are this and that cause its shit. Yall clutch your purse just as tightly when i pass. Some idiot named big pimp was talkin trash about black folk when your fuckin screen name is BIG PIMP. its absurd. muney said it best, the black man is the most copied man on the planet.
And since when do black people and latino people get justice. Oh yeah we get fucked over and it gets on the news MAYBE and i do mean maybe cause anybody that knows anything about the hood knows that for every 10 incedents 1 makes the news. Even still 9 outta 10 time nothings done we dont get justice. which inna sick way makes it even worse. God man yall folks r fuckin retarded. Yeah what they did was wrong, yeah they should b fired(except envy to my knowledge he had nothin to do with the making of it). and yeah the folks who design that station to operate in this mindset need to be delt with 2 but get off the fuckin bs about this being the initiation of some war. Cause if the worst thing that ever happens to your people is this stupid song then yall got off light. Are prisons fillin up with young asian kids on trumped up drug charges? are yall gettin merc'd in the streets buy cops and drug dealers? are yall gettin locked outta institutions of higher education?Are yall being generally brought up an "educated" in sub par underfunded schools? are yall being hearded into a economic cycle were u generally occupy the lowest income bracket and worst living conditons? are yall gettin turned down by empolyers cause your race has been given a stigma of violence low intelligence and a bius towards crime? a resounding NO is the answer to those questions. Does it happen to asians some times OF COURSE but dont even attempt to compare that to the proportion of black folk gettin it like that. We get shot up and locked up everyday. The systems had its foot thoroughly submerged in our ass for the entire time we've been in this country. So cut the reverse rascism shit.
this is a group of individuals NOTHING FUCKING MORE you ignorant fucks. CAN WE PLEASE GET SOME MORE INTELLIGENT POST UP!!!

CAN WE PLEASE GET SOME MORE INTELLIGENT POSTS UP!!!!! how about we start with you, JEEZ? before you bring up my name, just TRY to read & comprehend what i had to say(if that's possible), and don't put words in my mouth. let me break it down for you, JEEZ, in case this is all too difficult for your subpar, underfunded public school educated ass to understand.

FACT #1: if you think Hot97 is degrading the black community, then YOU go do something about it. we all have lives to live; can't be out there protesting against every injustice that takes place on this earth. we can only deal with those that hit close to home, which this does for the asian community.

FACT #2: how do you expect the asian community to have your back on issues concerning the black community, when you all never had our backs even ONE FUCKING TIME!!!!! the black community has shown nothing but contempt towards asians from day one, and don't even bother trying to deny it, because it's true.

FACT #3: stop acting like you are the only person who lives in the city. i am born & raised in the city. i was educated in underfunded public schools. my neighborhood has whore houses, drug dealers, homicides, and dirty cops. we are not all sheltered suburbanites. plenty of people on this board have experienced the same things you have. give us some credit.

JEEZ, all the things you've mentioned about the living conditions of black americans are true. and believe me, i'm in agreement with you in regards to public education, drug enforcement laws, & police brutality. but it's not like everyone else got a free pass in this country except black folks. i'm chinese, and we sure didn't get a free pass. chinese people were brought here to build the railroads. we took all the risks, did all the dying, and got none of the money. laws were passed specifically to oppress us(sound familiar). we were denied access to everything: work, rights, even our own families. and that kind of shit went on for generations. but we worked through it. we made things better for ourselves, and with no help from THE MAN, either.

JEEZ, don't try to deny us our say in this whole situation, just because you have a chip on your shoulder about black folks getting screwed by THE MAN in this country. NEWSFLASH: you're not the only ones. asians, arabs, latinos, women, gays..... we are all in the same boat. and the native americans, they got screwed over more than any other group in the history of this planet. so get off your soap box, and keep your mouth shut if you have nothing but your bitterness to contribute to this discussions.

and JEEZ, you need to stay off the ignorant/intelligent tip. because when it comes to intellectual discourse, you are not even CLOSE to being on my level. i'll light your ass up every single time.

Racism is wrong period. No matter who the culprit is they should always be fired. It doesn't matter about the color of the skin. The only difference in this situation is that because of Miss Jones' and Mr. Lynn's color they got indefinitely suspended while others get fired immediately. If someone made a racially devisive song about the holocaust or lynchings they would be terminated, so why hasn't the Hot97 staff been given the boot yet? For all the people that feel like they need to support Miss Jones and Mr. Lynn you need to ask yourself a question. What If they made a racially charged song about your family getting killed? How would you feel? I know how it feels to have a relative die in Phuket. It was their total disregard of other people's suffering that should be the reason they get fired. Some things just aren't meant to be joked about.

I remember Miss Jones from her days her in Philly. When she was here she was always stirring up trouble. She ultimately got fired. Why? no one knows for sure but they still gave her the boot even theough she had the hottest show in thet slot. Now we have those a*%holes Star and Bucwild in the morning.

Just another thing to add...

Not only is the song racist... and not only does the song mock the deaths... but the song also OPENLY APPLAUDS THEIR DEATHS . Think about that one for awhile, those who think this "is overblown" or "going too far". They do not just make fun of the deaths, the song's lyrics sum up to a total that says "we're GLAD they're dead, hurray! God is laughing, he's so happy they're dead!"

To put this into perspective, if I posted their song with some changed lyrics to not only mock, but applaud the deaths that occurred on 9/11/01... well, I would be getting a visit from the FBI. But these people get to keep their jobs?! And you're going to try to tell me that their 1st Amendment Rights are being trampled?

We all can be brave and hide behind these keyboards can we. Asians are zipper heads, war babies and sex toys to the American armed forces. Blacks are uneducated brutes who only know to rape murder and pillage now that was pointless wasn�t it.

black leaders in the 50's and 60's endured a lot,some were beaten, shot at, and killed. they
paved the way for the freedom of expression that many of our young brothers and sisters enjoy today.
this has allowed many of them to earn a handsome living, miss jones along with many in her age group abuse their current freedom of expression and are totally
ignorant of history. Dr King must be turning in his grave at the ignorant fucking racism that will pop up at a few of our black radio
stations. If someone did a vicious parody of black men who died at the hands of white police officers
heads would be flying all over the place and quickly. meanwhile miss jones still has her job, and before the heat came up, she and
her equally brainless and ignorant cohorts were totally unrepentant. This confirms that there are still
too many folk out there who have no conception of what is right, and what is wrong.

Thomas Colbert

"and JEEZ, you need to stay off the ignorant/intelligent tip. because when it comes to intellectual discourse, you are not even CLOSE to being on my level. i'll light your ass up every single time." - BigPimp415

Nicely put BigP. Couldn't have said it better myself. Asians are often overlooked when it comes to this sort of thing. What someone said earlier was right about how we asians don't have a strong leader that we all can look up to and follow. And the impression that Asians usually would seem like the "submissive" race is because we were brought up to avoid conflict, and make a better life for ourselves. We shouldn't let our CULTURAL differences get in the way of fighting for HUMAN rights.

Ms. jones is a fucking retard..what a stupid fuck..y would u play that shit on the radio and then have the nerve to run your big ass mouth off at Ms. info for having her own opinion? How stupid can she be..another example of ghetto TRASH..I'm not even asian man..that shit is just fucked up though...if u think that song is funny..or u made it..u need to grow the fuck up

VERY INTERESTING INFO:

Now. The Hot 97 Tsunami debacle is WILD and the rumors are running along with it. This may or may not be true, but somebody up there wants to get a point out there without getting in trouble. Ew Wee! So, this is alllllll rumor until somebody returns our calls. We heard that the crew up there didn�t really get suspended or chastised in a way that�s consistent with penalty. Well, they got the boot off the air, but the whole crew got a paid leave from what we hear. We also heard that the indefinite leave is pretty finite. We heard the whole motley crew, including leader Miss Jones, will be back about the first week in February. Just in time for Valentine �s Day. But, all isn�t lovely. Did their salaries get donated to Tsunami Relief? We don�t know, but pose the question. The Asians that were offended at a song that made fun of the Tsunami tragedy (over 200,000 dead) have hit the Hot 97 sponsors hard. We heard that they have already lost millions of dollars in ads/sponsors. But, they gained millions of new eyes. There is a difference with this stunt than those in the past. The higher ups at Emmis are reportedly very unhappy and that means heads can still roll. Word has it, some from the �team� are willing to take everybody down if �he or she� is out. Ew Wee! And Star of rival Power 105 has been having a ball with this. He�s been playing Miss Jones� songs and really stomping on her career. Well, you know she used to work with his �Star and Bucwild Show� when the whole Aaliyah controversy went down. And she walked out on them�now this. The plot thickens.

By the way, Miss Jones previously had a conversation with Ray Benzino a few weeks back. In the conversation, Benzino called Russell Simmons a �coon� and Jonesy made remarks about Jewish people. Well, that audio got removed and it wasn�t because of the �coon� comment either. All that and we still ain�t saying s**t!

Would this song be any different if it was a parody about the 9/11 attacks, making fun of people jumping out of windows? Would they still have their jobs? What a disgrace!!

Miss Jones has no moral compass. In 2003 she was loudly criticized for her on air comments about Ghettopoly, a board game created by an Asian American. She called on her listeners to create a Chinkopoly game and call in with stereotypes about Asians. This was after every national Asian Pacific American organization denounced the game's maker and called for its removal from stores. The actions of one individual do not apply to all members of the same ethnicity. She MAY not have known that Chink is on par with racial epithets for African Americans or Hispanics when she made the Chinkopoly comment but she has no excuse this time. Everyone at Hot 97 involved in this racially offensive and morally indefensible song should be fired, tarred and feathered.

Dear all

This forum has completely moved from the senseless song created by a group of low life want-to-be shock jocks into a race bashing contest who can bash who race more is the winner. It is a tragedy I let myself get involved in this. As I stated in my first post what MS. Jones and her side kick did was wrong they should they lose their job no. Bill O�Reillysaid Americans should not send aid to the tsunami victims. Every night on his show he attacks rappers on their apparent destruction of the American society. Rap and playing sports is the only way many young blacks see a way of making a profitable legal income. We don�t see Asians calling for his removal now do we.

I don't think that it's fair to compare someone that feels that we shouldn't send aid to victims, to someone that makes fun, using racial slurs, about a disaster that massacred 200,000 people!

how did the rally go? did anybody go from the boards?

I think everyone should be fired from the morning show. You know what, Hot 97 as a whole has been allowing too many racial slurs, and degradation on the radio. I even wrote to them at the morning show and told them that this day would come. Hey Miss Jones, Todd Lynn, Envy - hate to say it, but I told you so.

I applaud Sprint McDonalds and other companies that have pulled ads from the station.

And to that guy that asked, if playing the song is worse than Janet pulling out her titties at the Super Bowl. Well, seeing Janet's titties did not make me upset. Did it make you upset? What an idiot.

Hello Friends,




First of all, let me introduce myself; my name is Kong Lee and I am a college student at the University of Whitewater, Wisconsin. In addition, I am also a senator in the Whitewater student government; I represent the college of letters and science. I have just become aware of this situation recently (2 days ago); despite only getting to know this recently, I have done countless hours of research on anything having to do with this issue, one thing that I have failed to figure out was; when did this skit start playing and when did it seize to happen anymore? I need exact dates and times; if anyone could provide me with them, I will very much appreciate it.
Starting this weekend, I am going to start a mobilization of Universities from around the state of Wisconsin; in addition, I am going to attempt to mobilize major universities from around the nation and attempt to get atleast 500,000 - 1,000,000 signatures from these universities. With those signatures, I am going to send a copy to the New York City Council cabinet, and another to the office of Hot 97 with a very simple statement: "Along with these signatures, we respectfully demand that Miss. Jones along with her producing corp be permanently release from their duties as producer and hosts of the radio station Hot 97."
I understand that most portions of the western part of the nation have not yet been educated on what has happened; thus it is going to be my attempt to hopefully successfully educate and notify the western part of the United States on what has happened.
Some people have decided to comment that this issue isn't a big deal; however my friends, if we imply such idea of "parody" isn't a big deal, we are not looking in the same direction as we did when 9/11 happened. During the dusk of the 9/11 attack, if any country would dare laugh or celebrate about our lost, we would go in there and accuss them of hosting terrorists. The United States is an educated, super power, and economically well off country; we are we not acting like one? We talk about how we are going to rid the world of cruelty, but yet we allow radio stations do add cruelty to this world. If we are to show that we truely do believe in ridding the world of cruelty, we must find justice for this act of immaturity.
It is a sad and depressing thought that out of hundreds of thousands of cities in the United States, New York would be the one to commit such an act. After the event of 9/11, countries from all around the world donated financial and personnel help to ease and accomodate with the clean up. Yet, it seems that the help from Asia has gone invein...
We must continue on with the pressure my friends, the suspension to Miss. Jones and her crews are only stating one message; Hot 97 believe that they can ride out this storm, kindred to most events in the past, they believe that people will start to forget about it and eventually the problem will dissolve. The pathetic apology that they posted is not enough; keep contacting those supporters; they will either fire Miss. Jones and her crews or lose all supports for their show.
If anyone would like to help me with my tasks to gain supporters for this petition, I can be reached at Leeky30@uww.edu. I thank you for taking your time to read this message of mine.




Sincerely,


Kong Lee


University of Whitewater, Wisconsin


College of Letters and Science Senator

Thank you to all the nyc council members at the hot 97 protest. Thank you for coming out in this cold weather to do the right thing.
We need more uniting, less dividing. God, it was a beautiful sight. (blacks, Italians, hispanics and Asians form a mighty strong coalition)
just don't use the we are like the United Nations remark. I've always hated that saying because the United nations ain't really united.
Keep praying for the victims in SEA and one day we'll all be there together again.

I just sent this letter to Hot97 Management,

I am aware you probably have heard enough about hate mail on the subject. As an Indonesian, I am happy that you have taken the steps in the right directions by suspending Miss Jones and her morning crews. I have heard that you also contributing a week pay check from her crew to give to victims of the tsunami. And, I have reads the apologies that you posted on your website, and I agreed with you that more steps need to be taken.

To be honest, I did not see any apologies toward the victim of the tsunamis. All I see is just Miss Jones and the radio trying to settle rough feather with the listener in NYC. I'm also giving you a link to an article in a Indonesian Newspaper publish in Jakarta about Miss Jones. Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia, a big city about the same size as NYC.

http://www.kompas.com/gayahidup/news/0501/27/193457.htm

Unfortunately you can't read Indonesian. But, I can assure you, that article did not hold Miss Jones in a very good light.

If you are serious about your apologies, these are the people that you really need to get your apologies to. And, just to remind you that the tsunamis also hit a lot of other places, like: Thailand, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka and etc. Sending a week paycheck to the victims is not an apology! I'm pretty sure you are well aware of the billions of dollar being poured by Americas and other countries. A week paycheck is irrelevant to them. What Miss Jones represents is something more vile and horrendous than anything the tsunami can do. You can't fix that with money.


What I wish to see if we can get Miss Jones and her crew together with representatives of the victims of the tsunami and apologize to them. We both agree that this whole situation is sad. Noting that, we should be working together and build a better understanding between our countries.

But, then again it's up to you.

Someone wrote "nice try, Todd". I am not Todd Lynn and I'm also not a fan of Ms Jones or anyone on Hot97. My point was that the station is anti-black family(or minority in general)Reverend Sharpton is always criticizing the so-called hip-hop that is on this ridiculous station. All you have to do is listen to the Week in Review or the Open line on 98.7kissfm on Sunday morning and Sunday night respectively. You will hear him blasting the record industry. My other point is once again why don't Asians get upset at the stereotypes against Blacks and Latinos on the station? And for the record I'm not anti-Asian. I think we are all being used against each other.

i loved it !!!
koffi "inhand" of the u.n. dos'nt give a shit on muslims are killing people thru out the world.
i'm glad God DECIDED to take out a few of these
depraved demon possessed animals.

Miss Jones' apology is a crock of shit! She's old enough to know better! Hot 97 dejays are all racist! If it had happened in Africa or anywhere the majority of the people were black and anyone else made up such a sick song about it, there would be Million people marches going on! Al Sharpton would be all over the place with a million mile line of people marching behind him for some kind of justice. Hot 97 hires ignorant and uneducated people! They can't even speak properly! Miss Jones and anyone else involved need to be punished in some sort of way.

Hello yanks. Just downloaded the song, heard a clip on the dutch radio. I live in Holland. Just browsing the net to see what the hell this is all about. Well again I can see why you yanks are so dumb and retarded. To get all pissed off at this song. If you really wanted to do something about it you should have demonstrated and gone to the damn studio. But no "we'll stay at home and call and email and sit on our fat american asses so we can eat donuts and hamburgers and still try to make a difference". You dumbo's never learn! I bet none of you bitches donated cash to the tsunami aid fund, too busy eating out at mcdonalds listening to (c)rap music. HA HA HA HA HA!

As for Miss Jones, she's hot, she can suck my dicko anytime!!

I heard the song and didn't feel offended but I can understand why some folks may be offended. I don't see this as cause for someone to to fired. They're suspended and that should be enough. Sometimes because wer'e offended we want revenge and that's not good. Leave miss Jones alone.

whoever the fuck jarjarbinx is shut the hell up! wut the hell do u want me 2 do go 2 new york wen im in florida? wut the hell, how wuld u feel if a massive population in ur country g0t killed in a tsunami lyk that? obviously u hav no heart, bitch ass if i culd do sumthin' i wuld hav bin don' it, but, i cant im only 14 yrs old i cant take care of this kind of stuff wen im all tha way on anotha side of the continent!nd not all americans do dat shit of eating donuts nd wutnot, ur jus a dumbfuck b/c obviously u don' kn0 dat we do hav lives, this shit just pisses sum ppl off!

-nd 2 follow up on to those saying that us "azns" nd "chinks" r alwaiz over reacting, the fuck?! just listen 2 this issue, like Jin said in the interview, not only one race died in this!! it's messed up b/c if u think bout this for a lil while you'd understand that even if it wuzn't a diss mainly on the asian community this type of act wuld hav still been brought up, no mattr wut the race! this is iNSANE! i can't believe that most of us in here are talking about the racial issue going on with that show when in reality, ur doing the same thing, to the African American's no doubt..after reading some of the post saying stuff about the AIDS fund and that "African Americans need to stop fucking b/c they luv it raw"..wut the hell! we're trying to stop racism not restart it all over again! one persons fault does not mean that it is an entire race or nation's doing!! i can not believe that no matter what's going on, people still believe that blaming someone's entire race for a group of people's doing was the entire race's fault.. BULLSHiT...people before us tried to end the HATE nd RACiST threats and sayings...and wut r sum of us doing?? ABUSiNG wut they lived for and tried to end...everytime i hear a racist comment i feel sick to my stomach, and it's not just the racist comments against asians and hispanics (b/c im asian nd hispanic) its the racists comments against every race....not just my own but every one of them...im not anti- anything b/c im friends wit a person of each race...my best frenz r azn,white,hispanic...nd my boyfriend is African American, and not just that many of my friends are African American, Caucasian, Asian and Hispanic...each time a comment about any of these is made i feel as if we're depriving God, and we're being ungrateful and disgraceful 2 those who have fought over this issue before us.. this isn't about one race, it's about all the races, whether u like it or not, it's about all of the races...Many people try to bring down a person's race by saying unkind and untrue things...im tired of this racism bullshit..if ur tryin 2 get rid of this racism b/c of wut happened, then stop and think b4 some of u say things lyk "it would be a n*gga to do this, even thoe they're the first to scream out racism" anything lyk that, wutevuh it may b stop nd think of wut ur saying...b/c comments like that are wut started things like this...

John Brown, I'm sure you did not feel offened when you heard the song. I'm sure you're just as ignorant and stupid as devil Jones and Todd Lynn. By reading your comment, I can tell you're either a NIgger or a fucking White trash. You damn right I said it. Freedom of speech yo. Fucking right. Holla back.

Man, fuck Jonesy and Todd. Their just trying to have some controveral material like Star and Buckwild. It's all about the ratings just like life is all about the dollar.

They should fire her, and if they decide to do so I know she won't be able to get an on-air job soon afterward.

She supported bum ass Benzino in calling Russell Simmons a "coon" and degraded Jews as well. I, and many others, admire Russell and I also respect the Jewish people's drive and hustle through life. Remember they lost 6 million of their people in world war two and have been oppressed through the centuries.

Suspension? One weeks pay? Preped apology? HOT 97 Mangement is just blowing smoke in everyone face thinking this whole thing will blow over. Let em back on the air but keep the brand advertisments pulled so their hit financially. Then, we'll hear some real apologies!

ill will & Urbanslicksta:

i understand what you guys are saying. there are plenty of stereotypes of ALL minority groups put out by mainstream media. but as i said in my post earlier, we all have lives to live. i'm sure you guys do, too. no one has time to go out and protest against all the injustices in this world. we can only fight the battles that hits close to home. so YOU guys don't like the things that are being said about black people on tv/radio, then YOU can go do something about it. YOU have to fight your own battle, just like WE are fighting ours now. if the black community is not out fighting against injustices towards its own people, how can it expects others to do it? Your rationale for diminishing our efforts in this Hot97 incident is ludicrous.

this just goes to show how insensitive people are that would take a tragedy like this and make fun of it. its nothing but lack of love. if we all lived life how it was supposed to be lived, according to God's laws, things like this wouldn't happen and people wouldn't be offended or hurt. but people are hard headed and refuse to listen to truth or believe. How much different would the world be if we all relied on the truth? one day, regardless if you believe it or not, we will all one day be held accountable for our actions.

They not only degraded an entire race they made fun of the death of thousands of people and threw it in the victim's families faces.

Miss Jones and her team of baffoons deserved to get fired.

I am Thai and I am in Thailand. I am helping the victims at this moment.
I would say that I am so offended by the song.
Those people have no heart at all.
We are trying to help ourself and each other as much as we can now. We do not need someone to make fun at or laughing at because we are so unfortunate to die from a natural diaster or the kids have lost their mom in this event.

I do not know the moral of people in NY but this is unacceptable cruel and rude.

It does not need to contain the racial slur to be insulting. The content of it is insulting enough.

By the way most of the victims of the Tsunami are not Chinese so I do not understand the racial slur toward Chinese.

The radio station show bad attitude toward the victims and at the same time being racist toward the Chinese and Asians.

I hope that the sponsor would pull away from the station.

Hot-97 said the it would donate the crew's week pay for the Tsunami victims.However, they have NEVER menioned that someone would be fired.

Is their week's pay sooooo much??? Tsunami victims and Asians must be discriminated and joked about to get their donation???

Also, why is their no details about the "Suspension"??Are they hiding something??

If a non-black have done something like this against black, they would be fired ON THE SPOT!!!
Why are they different??? Now I see, BECAUSE THEY ARE BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah,yeah,,,yeah,.... some people called it "freedom of speech". Others asked"Why making this soo big?"

Let me tell you:
BECAUSE WE ASIAN DO NOT HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS!!!!!!
FUCK HOT-97 and their supporters!!!!!!!!!!!

Hot-97 said the it would donate the crew's week pay for the Tsunami victims.However, they have NEVER menioned that someone would be fired.

Is their week's pay sooooo much??? Tsunami victims and Asians must be discriminated and joked about to get their donation???

Also, why is their no details about the "Suspension"??Are they hiding something??

If a non-black have done something like this against black, they would be fired ON THE SPOT!!!
Why are they different??? Now I see, BECAUSE THEY ARE BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah,yeah,,,yeah,.... some people called it "freedom of speech". Others asked"Why making this soo big?"

Let me tell you:
BECAUSE WE ASIAN DO NOT HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS!!!!!!
F*CK HOT-97 and their supporters!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel very sorry for those Hot97 employees because they are not running warm blood through their bodies. Therefore, they are cold hearted so that they could never feel what love is. They probably haven't noticed that they are different species, but just have the same body sculpture as we have. Other than thinking they are different species, I cannot give myself a better reason how can a human beings be so disrespectful to mankind.

Holding down the South here and Hot 97 would be completly ignorant as well as inconsiderate (to the victims) to allow this morning show back on the air. What I don't understand is when the song was being made, could the morning show crew not see the mistake they were making? Answer: Impossible, they had to see the negative reprecussions comin from a mile away and they still went ahead with it. Big Ups to Miss Info for seperating herself from the ignorance. Miss Jones only added to her ignorance when tryin to belittle Miss info for seperating herself from that. I can go on forever about how stupid that was but, bottom line is no-way on Gods green earth should they ever be let back on the radio (anywhere).

I agree, Miss Jones and her crew are living in a small box. First off, most of the tsunami victim are not even chinese, that shows how low their IQ are. Second, if you are trying to grab attention, at least use something else. Last, if I make fun of slavery, I bet she will be on her ass in a matter of seconds. So screw Miss Jones...shes just an ignorant bitch.

I live in Detroit and I saw a report on this "song" on the daily show "Good Day Live". My mother was in the room with me and we screamed when we saw that shit. Not only did it sound horrible, but the lyrics.....I cannot believe for the life of me that this shit was allowed on the air.

What the fuck is the world coming to? Miss Jones, you are a dumb motherfucker. Do you know why I say that? Because reading the posts regarding the producer of your show tells me that once again this bastard strikes. I remember the "sex in the church" thing that went down and I absolutely agree those fucks should have been fired. Godless shits! I didn't hear the Aaliyah thing, but I did hear this shit and your black ass is one more down the crapper.

You dumb ass twat! How could you let yourself get used in this way? Do you really think that produceer gives a shit about you? You have to really think about a boss who allows his employees to go off the chain like that to the brink of destruction, yet when the dust settles he's still working picking your successor when your dumb ass goes over a cliff. He's done it twice before, you cunt! Get a clue.

Who do you think you are? I'll tell you who you're not--Oprah (although we know she has more taste, tact, education, self-respect and respect for others than your black, low-life, ghetto, self-hating, immoral, hateful, two-bit, bullshitting-ass two steps from undereducated multiple welfare mother project living dumb-assed ho ass) or any other personality. Wait--personality. Hmmmm....that doesn't describe you or any part of you, does it?

Stupid motherfucker you played yo'self! Sprint and McDonald's have stepped away from y'alls shit! SPRINT and MCDONALD'S!!! Big chingy, lost becuase your stupid black ass took the bait. Dumb motherfucker, I hope you starve to death.

What's funny about losing your mom? Were you laughing when yours dropped dead of cancer? why did you include that in your bio? Oh, that's right, you wanted us to feel sorry for you, see you as more of a kindred being, oh, she's suffered tragic loss, she must be alright. Well, bitch, FUCK YOU! Your mother is spinning in her grave about this shit, because I know she didn't teach it to you! What's funny about children being preyed upon by pedophiles? Have you ever been molested? Maybe you have;this hatred in you comes from somewhere, it doesn't spring up overnight.

The idea that you think is funny tells me you need to talk to someone really soon; hopefully once you're fired you can used the extra time to get inside your own head and stop whatever it is that makes you do this.

MUCH LUV TO MISS INFO!! Hell yeah, stick up for yourself and your people! You're better than me, I would have spit on that bitch (after I beat her to the floor and kicked the breath out of her rusty ass, of course)! I live in the most segregated city in the US of A, Detroit, Michigan. Yes, I'm a black female, I even wear dreads, and I hate it when our people allow themselves to be led to the slaughter because that little bit of fame makes them think they're the she-it! Dumb ass bunny-I hate you. I hate what you said, I hate how you said it, I hate why you said it, and I hope you get fired. How dare you! Bitch drop dead; and SOON!

I don't support Miss Jones in the same way that I don't support Howard Stern. I think that it was an abominable thing to do but I am appalled at the way that people overlook Howard Stern's comments as humor and Bill O'Reilly's ignorance as a point of view. I don't wish that Miss Jones was gone and I don't wish that Howard Stern and his freedom to use the word "nigger" or demean women was taken away. I wish that people would listen, hear how horrible these things sound coming from their own mouths (because somewhere right now in almost any part of the world someone is being verbally disenfanchisedbehind their back or to their face) and turn away. Whites, Blacks and Asians were all disgusted and came together in anger to shut that petty and inconsequential woman down. So now that she's gone, so is the chance for honest dialogue.

Am I the only one to realise that although the song mentions "chinamen", the people that died were mostly indian. The song offended me at first, but then i cracked up for almost 30 minutes. They're so stupid they f.cked up on a song they probably took days to make. I have no hope in us Americans we're so ignorant we can't even see stupidity anymore.

Hey Urbanslicksta.

Point taken about Reverend Al. I will take a listen to him, Thank You. You ask -Why do asian not get upset about the stereotypes about Blacks and Latino's on the station - Shouldn't you ask that the other way around, first? Has the Black or Hispanic community come together when Asians get stereotyped? What people stood forward when Imus had his crew in Chinatown harrassing the locals? This was in 2001 when a US spyplane was held in China. Did anyone step forward from other communities when this radio crew harrassed the locals in Chinatown? The IMUS crew were yelling out "Give us back our plane! What did you do to our plane?!.- Oftentimes using the stereotype charateristics of an asian speaking english.

Also,
What happened to the little kid who got killed delivering chinese food? Was there an outcry of racism from the hispanic and black community or any other community? I heard people talk about this in the cafe I sit at in the mornings before my commute - "Shit happens" is what the majority sentiment of what people say.

Here is an interesting article written for an online newspaper.

"It is interesting to note that when a black youth is killed in any racially tinged incident, the regular media invariably refer to the victim as a "boy," usually accompanied by a sympathetic graduation picture. In this case, however, where the victim is an Asian boy killed in what is undeniably a hate crime, the media chose to call him a man; no pictures accompanied any of the NY City newspaper articles. Apparently some victims of racist murder warrant more sympathy from the media than others.

Here is another line from the same writer:

The fact that a Chinese restaurant was targeted was no accident. A recent article in the New York Post described a new inner-city sport known as "Chink Bashing" which involves racist, premeditated assaults and worse on Chinese delivery boys. Of course, with the selective indignation of the politically correct media, it is very doubtful whether the appropriate government officials from the U.S. Justice Department will ever investigate this heinous murder and violation of civil rights. Unfortunately, if there are no public consequences for this senseless and racially motivated murder, there is no doubt that what was done to Huang Chen will happen again.

So, urbanslicksta nothing personal but, you don't understand why asians mind their business when the shoe is on the other foot.

Respectfully,

Andy.

That fat, fried chicken eating, ignorant nigger bitch should be fired along with her lackies.

"she should've known better--"

she didn't if she thought airing that song wouldn't anger anyone. kudos for having a stupid dj

Umm... N.Roy? That's not exactly better, now, is it? You're spewing just as much racist bile as this so-called Mrs. Jones. Get a grip.

But I digress. The only acceptable response from Hot 97 is to fire the staff responsible for it. I'm talking from the producer (especially the producer, who felt it was okay to engineer the track in the first place) on down the line. This will satisfy me. Does anyone have a name for the producer? A lot more anger and energy definitely needs to be directed his or her way.

Tarsha Jones - (212) 581-0622 - 90 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10023

This is where I live.... I'm surprised if I live past tomorrow.

Todd Lynn should have death threats targeted at him. I want him to cringe in fear whenever he see's an Asian person.

yes!

media only listens once the advertisers speak up...and of course, that only happens when consumers start to complain. =)

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What a great read out...man...It took me hours to get down to the bottom....Mc Donalds...Sprint....Coca-Cola...woot!!! Kudos to all the Asians! keep it running you all....it's real nice. ASIAN PRIDE, WORLD WIDE. Make it public....all of it!

Hah, "Tarsha." Man, I wish I could tell Miss Jones: You may live, but it won't be a good life because you are ugly inside.

Hmmmm allegedly, Todd got fired. Good! Now we want Ms Jones to be fired! Keep the pressure going everyone! How many sponsors does Hot 97 still have for the morning show? Have all the sponsors jumped ship yet? Let's get them to drop the show all together!

Andy-

how could miss jones have the audacity to allow a ridiculement of the people who are suffering from the tsunami crisis? HOW??? and the management?? what is the joy and amusement in it?? hundreds of thousands of mothers, fathers, children, family, friends are SUFFERING from this crisis and to even use that fuken song as a parody is a fuken JOKE!!! do they have ANY idea what conditions these people are going through? do they have ANY idea?? how could one even think of such a thing?!? these people who are suffering don't even have SHELTER, a mother, a sister, food, clean water to drink from..money..for all we know, they are even SUSCEPTIBLE to diseases now!! for all i know, whoever, for ONE SECOND, thought it was a joke, should ask God for forgiveness.i hope your souls are sold to the devil."Miss Jones" and everyone who has allowed such a thing to air is a DISGRACE to America...they should be ASHAMED of themselves..and should she use her excuse as it being a poor mistake?? gotta be smarter than that to even find it the least bit amusing..i don't believe it takes a genius to figure out why there is an uproar about this "song"...

Shout out to PAT, Thanks for seeing the wrong doing of "miss jones" and the hot 97 crew who's involved. So the stereo type every race stick to their own isn't always true. It's good people sticking to good people. Everyone should be proud of their own race but should always know what's evil and what's not evil. And this is evil.

Tsunami song? That is horrendous, the song's messages are far worse than the Janet Jackson incident on the Super Bowl. The FCC took so much action against it, I hope they take action on this case too.

This song is absolutely horrible! Martin Luther King wanted everyone to live equally, and he insinuated that all men are created equally under God. Whatever happened to what he fought for? Just because there is not much racism targeted againsts black people now, does that mean they should be superior to everyone else? What they are doing now is taking the hip-hop community and showing young kids how to be a gangster, smoke, drink, fight and now it is used for racism. This tsunami parody shit is an outrage.

I hope she doesnt go to Cali cuz I know a few people who took the tsunami song very deeply

Andy,

Where did you hear about Todd Lynn getting fired?

thats the way black people are they hate anyone who isnt one of their own.

everything to them is race related
everywhere they go.

people like this shouldnt have jobs on the radio
or as teachers, ploticians lawyers,etc. all they do is spread ignorance and hatred.

At Danyal, what do you mean that Black people hate everyone that isn't Black? Can you give any examples? It seems to me that you aren't too fond of Blacks. It seems to me that you're one of those people who wait for things of a racial nature to expose your own hatred. If you're a minority you can bet your last dollar that they're are a lot of whites who cannot stand you. So don't start looking and blaming Blacks for your inadequate self image. Peace.

Help them then insult them. Very cruel and very insensitive. Who ever wrote and sang it ... WHAT WERE THEY THINKING.

Help them then insult them. Very cruel and very insensitive. Who ever wrote and sang it ... WHAT WERE THEY THINKING.

Urbanlicksta: What examples are their to give?

to: AsianNOLA.com

It's on the top of this wonderful website. here is the link.www.hiphopmusic.com/archives/000769.html

Andy

First, Todd Lyn and morning show producer Rick DelGado have been fired. The others will be back next week, after serving a two week suspension (so that's how long indefinate is!)...Don't let this horrific event go away...Miss Jones has no remorse, she's self serving.
Second, danyal...YOU have issues!!! what African American pissed you off and why would you place a label like that on ALL African Americans you sound almost as ignoranat as the Hot 97 Morning Crew!!! We all know there are good and bad people of all ethnic groups youtake each person as an individual...GROW UP!!

all4one,
I don't think danyal has been pissed off at African-Americans, I just think he has been taught that all Blacks are inferior. People like danyal wait for certain events to happen and express their hatred under the guise of being angry.

LOL That song was hilarious

Jackson Hewett, McDonalds and Coca-Cola are still airing several commercials on hot 97 as of today..

ROTFL to all of you people taking such personal offense to the tsunami. Shut up and stop crying.

HOT 97's parent company handled this matter by taking a page out of that ol slave manual. They let everyone vent and protest then fired a couple of insignificant people followed by a donation. This formula is old and it works. They know that the "system" will fall back in place and their plan to increase ratings will be a raving success. They will make back that 1 million in a day. Anyone that knows radio understands that Hot 97 was in a radio war with Power 105 for morning show ratings. They wanted to get at "Star." The decision to produce that tsunami song was a part of a strategy that the program director and the general manager was completely involved with. This song came from the top of Hot 97. Todd and the producer were the fall guys. Ya'll got played. This is all history now. Go off and look at the super bowl. P.S, Todd if you read this post, e-mail me, If you had a contract with Hot 97, I have a lawyer you should speak to. I am confident that you can get some money.

Open Letter

Barry Mayo
General Manager
Hot 97 WQHT-FM
395 Hudson Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10014

Mr. Mayo:

I am not writing you about the parody. The purpose of this letter is to ask you to reconsider your decision to play records that glorify the manufacture, distribution and use of crack cocaine.

I have noticed that your station does not redact lyrics from songs that glorify the manufacturing, distribution and use of crack cocaine. Lyrics like �Cook, Coke, Crack,� �I can see the coke in your nose,� �Joe Crack,� and other songs replete with similar lyrics are playing in heavy rotation on your station. I will not speculate as to why these lyrics are suddenly being included in records but I do know that sales of brands like Crystal, Courvoisier, Sean John, and Gucci tended to increase when artists included these brand names in songs.

One could present a theory that these lyrics are being placed in these records to promote crack cocaine usage. Fat Joe a/k/a Joe Crack, Irv Gotti, Jay Z and 50 Cent are just four artists that have bragged about their past involvement in the crack trade. Could it be that they are still involved or that their �crews� are carrying on the family business? Are they introducing generation Y to this drug to reinvigorate the lucrative crack cocaine market? African � American youth [those that use drugs] seems to prefer marijuana - the �sticky icky� as it is sometimes referred to on the �streets.� Now I hate conspiracy theories, but, it is more probable than not that by allowing these lyrics in heavy rotation it will place a message in the minds of these youth that could make them more susceptible to the use of this dangerous drug. Is Hot 97 helping these drug kingpins influence our youth to �make the switch� to crack.

I can bore you with psychological, sociological and other theories and statistical evidence to support the fact that if you promote a message with a certain level of frequency � people will internalize the message. But wait a minute, that�s how you guys make your money, advertising, so I don�t have to explain this to you. Mr. Mayo, I urge you to redact lyrics that mention anything to do with crack cocaine from the songs played on your radio station. Do not influence artists to make more songs glorifying crack. Find another way to �keep it real for the streets.� Don�t sell - out another generation of young people to this terrible drug. Follow the lead of Viacom and delete these lyrics from these songs. The interests of the children that overwhelmingly listen to Hot 97 outweigh the interests of these artists� so called freedom of expression based mantra, �This is how we live � this is real for us.� It may be real for Fat Joe, Ja Rule, Jules Santana, Just Blaze and Jay Z but don�t let crack cocaine be real for the youth of this generation.

In closing, this is bigger than the parody debacle; I plan to take this message to New York State senators, the FCC, the Office of National Drug Control Policy and any other politician, preacher, mother or father that is interested in saving our children.

Cordially,

Michael Bryant, Esq.

CC: Jeffrey H Smulyan, Chairman and CEO, Emmis Communications

Okay, we all know that the sad was a racist one and not in good taste. But is anthing they said on Miss Jones Moring Show have taste? They have something to say about everyone..and mostly themselves. They talk negativley towards Afican Americans and Latinos and that is the reprepentations of themselves. However, no one want to scream and holla about that. It is oaky to bash Blacks and make it OKAY.....? But step outside the box and talk about anyone esle it is a Crime. Listen, I don't even like Miss Jones. I actually like....Loved when when Joe Buddens was on the radio ..or sway. Miss Jones is just this angry stereotypical black woman that have nothing good to stay. In, in fact other than Star and Buck, she was not most negative Radio personality to listen to in the moring.
I am a Black woman , who is bitter/sweet about this situation. It is craxt how the white media or white own companies such as Emmis Radio... goes crazy when they black front men/woman say go do somthing that can offend people other that the people in our community. It is like they say "F**K them N***gers* they do not care about what people say about them...but don't let them talk about anyone esle that is when we put our foot down....

Hip Hop is the new slave master of the black and brown communities. It teaches young people to be gangsters Thugs who act out with violence and not care about being educated .It teaches disrespect, hate and intolerance for others.No wonder they had the nerve to play this most disgusting Tsunami song .Hip Hop is a dream come true to the racist establishment of this country as they dont have to do much to make sure members of these communities go no where.Hip Hop is the new slave master of the black and brown communities.We have got to do something about this negativity as weve lost to many generations already.

Fernando you are absolutely correct. I agree 100%. The question is, how can we change this?

Miss Jones was fired from 103.9 The Beat in Philly for the same reasons. I guess she is back to making enemies. Hot 97 like this type of attention. I feel really good now about the decission 103.9 The Beat made. We would have went off in Philly about this type of thing.

oh..c'mon suspension??? what? they shouldn't be suspended, they should be more like fired. People like them sound like they have no heart. We are in America which is filled with many ethnics as well as many race. I HOPE MISS JONES WILL NEVER FIND A JOB FOR WHAT SHE SAID...

PEACE

Let's keep them off the air and hire a white supremasist DJ duo because I don't see the difference between David Duke and these two jerkmobiles. JERKS! I hope Todd gets diarrhea for the rest of his life...so much diarrhea that his anus becomes sore, red and raw. Then, he cries on the toilet because of it.

I am having trouble getting the e-mails through emmis system, does anyone know how to bypass their e-mail bolck system?

Have you guys seen Emmis Communications stock slide. There was a little upswing due to the first few days of uproar over this disgrace, but it went down down down! Keep sliding baby! Woo-hoo! The Emmis stock symbol is EMMS.

First of all, Miss Jones really is not totally responisble for that song. If you want to be upset with someone, try the people who allowed it to be made and played on the air. That song could not have been played on the air without the consent of the Producers & Management. I don't see anyone pointing fingers at them. The same thing happens within all these stations, and guess who gets left holding the bag. You people who are so concerned, voice your opinions to these stations that allow such materials be played on the air. IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER PASSED THROUGH THE PRODUCERS NOR MANAGEMENT. AND YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHATS GOING TO BE PLAYED AHEAD OF TIME.

I am of Asian descent (Filipina) and I am extremely appalled by that song. And what's even sadder is that--after listening to Miss Jones' "highly opinionated" comments to Ms. Info--someone who has a public voice and is able to influence children was even allowed to be on the air. That song emits distateful offense to the Asian people and especially to the families of the tsunami victims. I strongly believe that whoever was involved in any way in producing, airing, sponsoring and most of all, allowing that song to be aired should definitely be taken off the air PERMANENTLY!!! It is already bad enough that racism occurs against minorities, but it is even worst that it happens within the minorities. Lastly, the tsunami disaster was horrifying and horrendous that there should not even be any type of joke or distateful comment that should form in anybody's mind. Apparently, there are people out here who are SO ignorant that they have lost compassion for those who have suffered...and the worst part is that they are allowed to be heard and seen in public.

miss jone is a complete dumbass... whats with her. She said "you think ur superior cause ur asian, but your not"... she's a freakin idiot, she deserve to have her family starve to death.. excuse my harsh comments, but u know, im outraged about how this bitch can go on radio and say shit like this, along with the one who sang it....and she only donates a ONE WEEK PAY!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF.... PUT HER FREAKIN LIFE INSURANCE IN IT!!!!!!!!!!!

Tarsha Jones - (212) 581-0622 - 90 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10023

Tarsha Jones - (212) 581-0622 - 90 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10023

This is REDICULOUS!!!

The fact that Jones is not terminated is outrageous. That song perpetuates the hate, the racial inequality that our great Dr.King tried to stop. How can our black brothers and sisters demand justice and fair treatment when, we, ourselves, cannot offer that to others of the different races. Have our children forgotten the struggle, the torment, the humiliation that our ancestors endured? Our ancestors were mocked with the same use of language. Instead of ch**ks, replace that with n***er. That was the hate that caused our struggle so much pain. Have we forgotten all this? This is not just about fair treatment for all, because Hip Hop has crossed all racial boundaries and has been embraced by all. We should feel proud that what was once thought of as a language of animals, has become the voice of the disenfranchised and the powerless. Brothers and Sisters, can we put the hatred behind us, and move forward, hand in hand? Can we embrace all that is different in the world and learn to live with moral dignity? Can we heed the words of those before us: I have a dream, and turn that in to a reality?

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People, calm down. people has been made fun of everyday. I feel bad for all the people who died, but u people act like this shit hasn't been done forever. Stop hating and get a grip.HOT 97 WILL STAY #1, THANKS FOR THE MEDIA BOOSTING IT UP EVEN MORE. I LOVE U MISS JONES...I'M SURE SHE CAN FIND ANOTHER SOURCE OF EMPLOYMENT, LOOK AT WENDY WILLIAMS.......

Miss Jones is at it again... much less severe, but the parking-meter agents (NYPD Traffic Enforcement agents) are pretty mad at her:

http://hypermediated.com/2006-06-02/nypd-traffic-agents-protest-hot-97-dj-miss-jones