Saigoniste To Remove Ho Chi Mama
We the undersigned are writing to express our outrage at your store's use of a Vietnamese caricature, Ho Chi Mama.http://www.saigoniste.com/http://www.monkey.org/~dugsong/tmp/saigoniste.jpghttp://www.... continue reading »
"City, State La Quinta, CA This so offensive! Please remove Ho Chi Mama."
"City, State Stow, OH If something is said or done to offend a person(s), why would you continue to do or say that thing? Just to be bull-headed or cruel? I don't get it."
"City, State Chapel Hill, NC A political cartoon about this movement is at http://modelminority.com/images/postcards/mama.gif"
"City, State denver, colorado It's bad enough that some people are still stupid enough to stereotype us in the first place, but to take it to a level where someone is profiting from the ignorance? That's just plain unprofessional."
"City, State California I went into the store out of curiousity when I was in Soho last week and walked away in disgust that you people are profiting off of an impoverished country whose long history of colonialism still damages its people today. Are you "
"City, State New York, New York I find the website and sign horribly offensive. I'm even more concerned about the owners' apparent lack of understanding, true interest and respect for Vietnamese culture."
"City, State Big Apple Thanks for removing from your web site the bit about "love longtime" since it's clearly a reference to Vietnamese prostitutes in war torn Saigon. You said you'd be keeping the "Ho Chi Mama" character, though. Great idea: Ho Chi Mama"
"City, State Medford MA You can claim ignorance and unintentional racism just one time. Now that you've gotten quite a few and phone calls to let you know that imagery and materials you're using for your marketing are racist and offensive, what's keeping"
"City, State ann arbor, mi shame on saigoniste."