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Indian Commission Protests Comments Made on G105 Radio Show :: WRAL.com
So basically, on April 1, 2008, Bob Dumas who hosts the morning show "Bob and the Showgram" on G-105, a radio station based in Raleigh, North Carolina, spent nearly fifteen minutes making highly stereotypical and derogatory comments about American Indians. He referred to American Indians as "lazy" and "inbred" among a whole host of other things which are too numerous to include.
I found the comments to be highly inflammatory and stereotypical. This is getting to be a big deal in the American Indian community right now, and I was hoping to spread the word to the rest of the public, too. So just check out the news story, maybe listen to the clip of what was said. Hopefully you'll take a little time to sign the petition for the radio station to take stronger action against the host of the show in question. I'm copying and pasting the following from a forwarded e-mail about this.
What Can You Do?
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
So basically, on April 1, 2008, Bob Dumas who hosts the morning show "Bob and the Showgram" on G-105, a radio station based in Raleigh, North Carolina, spent nearly fifteen minutes making highly stereotypical and derogatory comments about American Indians. He referred to American Indians as "lazy" and "inbred" among a whole host of other things which are too numerous to include.
I found the comments to be highly inflammatory and stereotypical. This is getting to be a big deal in the American Indian community right now, and I was hoping to spread the word to the rest of the public, too. So just check out the news story, maybe listen to the clip of what was said. Hopefully you'll take a little time to sign the petition for the radio station to take stronger action against the host of the show in question. I'm copying and pasting the following from a forwarded e-mail about this.
What Can You Do?
- SIGN the petition at Stronger Action Against Bob Dumas Petition .
- ASK me about sending you an informative e-mail to forward to your friends and family about this issue.
- READ more about the incident at DJ Forge and newsobserver.com | G-105 radio host angers Native Americans.
- LISTEN to the actual clip from the radio show to hear all that was said at http://www.djforge.com/audio/showgram.mp3.
- E-MAIL the radio station that these comments were made on. Send your thoughts to [email protected].
- COPY that e-mail to [email protected], which is the e-mail of the Production Manager for the station.
- FILE A COMPLAINT formally with the Federal Communications Commission at Filing a Complaint.
- MAIL a letter to the Federal Communications Commission. 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. For a letter example, go to http://www.lumbeetribe.com/Press Room/FCC letter.pdf.
- PROTEST if you are able. A peaceful protest will occur on Monday, April 21.
TIME: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
LOCATION: NC State Capital (where the Press Conference was)
DATE: April 21, 2008
NEED: YOU! Supporters, leaders, students, church folk, elders, teachers, EVERYONE!
~Martin Luther King, Jr.