Latino Rebels (Opinion)
October 25, 2015
In
his speech from the floor of the House on Wednesday, Rep. Luis
Gutiérrez (D-IL) called on NBCUniversal to disinvite GOP frontrunner
Donald Trump from hosting its iconic
sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live in November:
While
much of what Donald Trump says is hilarious, intentionally or
otherwise, bald-faced racism for political gain isn’t funny. His
statements should disqualify him from
being able to take the stage in an entertainment venue and speak to the
American people as if what he said was no big deal.
It
is not that I don’t get the joke. I haven’t been kidnapped by the
Politically Correct police. But when public figures cross certain lines,
they should lose their privileges
to host TV shows — at least until they have apologized for their
unacceptable behavior.
To
put Donald Trump on the air in American living rooms on the signature
comedy show of one of the most important national networks — after
saying that Mexicans are rapists,
drug-dealers and criminals — that is a corporate blunder too big to be
ignored.
For much of his statement, Rep. Gutiérrez stood next to a black poster with white words which read #RacismIsntFunny.
The
next day Latino Rebels joined America’s Voice, United Farm Workers, the
National Council of La Raza and a handful of other organizations to
launch RacismIsntFunny.com,
a website featuring the congressman’s speech and letter to the CEOs of
NBCUniversal and Comcast, plus a petition to cancel Trump’s Nov. 7
appearance on SNL.
The
Change.org petition was originally posted back in June by El Paso
resident Guillermo A. Castañeda, Jr., who initially called on
NBCUniversal to “dump Trump” by dropping
the billionaire mogul’s pageants and The Apprentice.
On
June 29 the media conglomerate announced it would no longer carry the
Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants and that Trump would no longer
participate in The Appearance.
NBCUniversal
seems to be going back on its word by offering him such a prominent
place on its network as the hosting gig for SNL, and Castañeda has since
revised his petition,
pressuring the company to “keep your word.”
With over 227,000 signatures to date, the petition is just shy of its goal of 300,000.
Another petition on MoveOn.org posted by Juan Escalante has over 140,000 signature and is approaching its goal of 150,000.
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