How could anyone mock the Tsunami victims?

I got this from Nancy...

Friends,

I got an email today from a friend, notifying me of a "Tsunami Song" played on a popular hip hop station, Hot 97, and the notorious conversation amongst 2 hosts on the show towards an Asian woman who voiced her complaints about this song. This just happened on 1/21/05. I didn't think much of it until I actually went on the website & read up on it & listened to it myself. It broke my heart with anger & sadness as I listened on. Anyways, I'm not much for petitioning against things but this was something that I feel strongly speaking out against. If interested, check it out yourselves: http://www.petitiononline.com/endhate/petition.html http://www.hiphopmusic.com/archives/000760.html (Click on one of the MP3 links to hear the radio conversation & song) Reminds me of a fallen world in which we've lost love & even respect for those who are different, especially ethnically & racially. One of things that I've learned in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship during my college years, was that Race Matters, and the need to deal with it as we are a part of multi-ethnic communities, else we will tear one another apart. We haven't gone too far aways from Racism. May the power of Jesus on the Cross break down walls of racial hostility & bring about reconciliation & healing. Education may cure Ignorance. But the message of the Cross restores & rebuilds People's relationships with their Creator...and with each other. Praying for the power of the Cross in each of our lives...

Snippets from the website:

On January 21st, 2005, an offensive song/skit containing openly derogatory and racist overtones reached millions of listeners in New York City when it was broadcast on Hot 97's "Miss Jones in the Morning" radio show. While the radio show has a history of recording and playing such spoofs on a regular basis, the infamous "Tsunami Song" mocks not only the victims of the unfortunate recent natural disaster in Southeast Asia, but also all members of the Asian race in general with the racial slurs "chink" and "Chinamen." Choice lyrics included: - "All at once you could hear the screaming ch*nks 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..." On this tape you hear them introducing the "Tsunami Song," then Miss Jones and co-host Todd Lynn launching into an abusive tirade against Miss Info when she voices her objection to it. Miss Jones finally tells Info she's only complaining because "you feel superior, probably because you're Asian."Then, after Miss Info has said the song is offensive to Asians, co-host Todd Lynn informs her: "I'm gonna start shooting Asians." Yes, he really says that."

One of my friend at google put in some research time and came up with some additional information:

• Here's a link to the song. Be warned, its pretty offensive, and i'm a person who can usually take things in stride but this was just pure mockery of a tragic event. Its not satirical or even remotely funny. [Note: As of today, the site was down. Basically, any site who put up the MP3 file will be under the traffic flood of the entire Internet to get the actual fact, therefore it might be hard to get a piece of this. But if you want it hard enough, my friend at google can get it for you...]
• http://www.hot97.com has the official statement slash "apology". Its a pretty crappy, lame, and generic apology if you ask me.
• http://www.hiphopmusic.com/archives/000759.html for a discussion about it from a very reputeable hip hop site.
• "We demand that the FCC take some kind of action. If they can impose hundreds of thousands of dollars, or millions of dollars, in penalties for a wardrobe malfunction, thjey can certainly take some kind of action with regard to this," said Queens Councilman John Liu.

For the latest news on this, click this Google's News Update! But as of 1/26/05: Hot 97 Announces Suspension, Details Unclear So Far