Cartoon by Sean Delonas/NY PostIf you do not agree with this cartoon, the following are a few suggested actions to demonstrate your disapproval.
The Community can make a difference, if it works collectively. Yes the Community Can!
EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE
Event: Community Leaders and Activists hold a Mass Rally to express their outrage against the New York Post's racist cartoon depicting President Barck Obama as a Monkey being shot and killed by Police.
Time: 12:00 PM (Noon)
Day & Date: Thursday | February 19, 2009
Location:
New York Post Office Building
1211 Avenue of the Americas (6th Ave)
[Between 47th and 48th Streets]
Manhattan
Contact:
Joy Simmons, Councilman Charles Barron's Chief of Staff
718-649-9495 or 917-584-7604
Background:
On Thursday February 19th at 12:00 noon, Councilman Charles Barron, Assembly Woman Inez Barron, Othe r Elected Officials, community organizations, leaders and activists such as the Reverend Al Sharpton, Reverend Herbert Daughtry, Viola Plummer & the December 12th Movement, Charles Barron’s Chief-of-Staff Joy Nayo Simmons, Brenda Walker & Paul Washington of Operation P.O.W.E.R., James McIntosh of C.E.M.O.T.A.P (The Committee to Eliminate Media Offensive to African People), Andre T. Mitchell of MAN-UP and Hip Hop SUV (Stand up and Vote), Larry Holmes of the Bail out the People Movement, The 41st Council District Candidate Tulani Kinard, Civil Rights Attorney Joan Gibbs, The Yoruba Society of Brooklyn, and many others will hold a press conference and rally in front of the Office Building of the New York Post to express their outrage against the Feb 18th cartoon on page 12, depicting President Barack Obama as a monkey being shot and killed by Police Officers. Leaders are calling for a boycott of the New York Post. Information about a boycott planning meeting will be announced at the Rally. Councilman Charles Barron comments, “Shame on the New York Post. This racist ragsheet has hit an all time low. The cartoon is racist, threatens the life of our president, Barack Obama and offends an entire people. We are calling on the Justice Department to investigate the New York Post. Our community, city and country will not accept this.”
PERSONAL PROTESTS
This is a list of personal protests you can consider:
- Let the post know how you feel. Call 212-930-8000 option 2 and tell them you have a news story in response to the cartoon. They will direct to the email address but you should continue to make their lives miserable.
- Do not buy "The New York Post" off of news stands.
- Do not buy "The New York Post" from street vendors.
- Cancel your "New York Post" subscription if you have one.
- Do not purchase other publications owned by Fox, i.e., "The Wall Street Journal."
- Do not watch Fox television networks. (Channel 5 in New York City | Check your Cable Stations regarding Cable Fox News Stations]
- Do not watch "American Idol."
- Do not patronize "MySpace."
- Do not go onto the New York Post owned web sites and Fox web sites after you view them to see all the companies and properties that advertise on these sites and should also be boycotted. The more hits (visits) these web sites receive, generates more advertising dollars for them.
1 comment:
We just went to a neighborhood store and gave a talk and asked the storekeeper not to take so many copies from the Post. All in the store agreed not to buy it. The store keeper said he just had the paper because A-Rod was on the cover. When we explained that last week the Post wanted us to hate A-Rod, he agreed and put all the Posts on the bottom of the casement. We must reach the masses while there is attention for action. I also did the same talk on the bus and the entire bus, including the driver agreed to spread the word to "let it rot".
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