Filipino Outraged by 'Housewives' Joke

itzd0pey · Oct 5, 2007

iv seen something about this on myspace lOl, someone posted it.

quote:

Dear Kababayan and Allies:

I heard through the grapevine about a remark made on
an episode of "Desperate Housewives" last night. The scene entailed
Teri Hatcher's character (Susan) at a hospital, being told by her
gynecologist that she might be hitting menopause. Susan replied, "Can I
just check those diplomas because I just want to make sure that they
are not from some med school in the Philippines. " If you go to abc.com,
you watch the full episode and witness the scene at about 18:50
minutes into the episode.

This type of derogatory remark is not only unnecessary
and hurtful, but is also unfounded, considering the presence of
Filipinos and Filipino Americans in the health care industry.
Filipinos are the second largest immigrant population in the United
States, with many entering the U.S. and passing their U.S. licensing
boards as doctors, nurses, and medical technicians. In fact, the
Philippines produces more U.S. nurses than any other country in the world.
So, to belittle the education, experience, or value of Filipino
Americans in health care is disrespectful and plain and simply ignorant.

As Filipino Americans, we need to band together to
ensure that this type of hateful message is not allowed to continue on
our television and radio airwaves. Given the recent amounts of media
attention that has been given to Michael Richards (against African
Americans), Isaiah Washington (against gays), and Rosie O'Donnell
(against Asian/ Chinese Americans), it is ridiculous that this type of hateful
speech made it through various screenwriters, the show's producers,
the show's actors, and ABC itself. Yet, this isn't the first time that negative
remarks have been made about the Philippines or Filipinos in the past.
In recent years, we've heard one too many "dogeater" comments by
"comedian" Joan Rivers on the red carpet or in her standup act, and I
believe that it is about time that we stand up for ourselves, so that
this type of hateful speech never happens again.

Please join me in expressing your concern,
disappointment, and/or disgust to the producers of ABC.com. You can sign the petition at http://www.petition online.com/ FilABC/ or you can
reach them directly abc7@abc.com.

And please feel free to forward this widely to other
Filipinos/ Filipino Americans/ Asian Americans/ and other allies.

Repost & Spread the word
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^ the bulletin that was posted from some flip guy that goes to my old school

zero_c · Oct 5, 2007

itzd0pey said: ↑

iv seen something about this on myspace lOl, someone posted it.

quote:

^ the bulletin that was posted from some flip guy that goes to my old school
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Again, the comment made on the show has nothing to do with nurses.

adrianc · Oct 5, 2007

xmichelly said: ↑

wait I totally didn't see that at first! adrianc, you're so mean lol -lol
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yea... derogatory remark

stay away from Angie...she wants to be my bitch...yeah/

xmichelly · Oct 5, 2007

adrianc said: ↑

stay away from Angie...she wants to be my bitch...yeah/
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lol I think it's the other way around

tomatoman · Oct 7, 2007

much ado about nothing if you ask me...........

Filipino Outraged by 'Housewives' Joke

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