so i received an email today from tdellinger@innovativeoption.com...
Bennett,Steven Spielberg's children's Movie Shark Tale negatively stereotypes Italian Americans. The gangster sharks have Italian-American names like Lino, Guiseppe and Vito. And they are ignorant, violent and racist.
Stereotyping is an ugly, discredited practice. It creates and reinforces bias and prejudice. Once imprinted, bias and prejudice are not easily undone. It is entirely inappropriate in a movie for children.
Robert Dinero plays Don Lino a cartoon Crime Boss. A Latino mother blasts her stereo out the window and screams out the window at her juvenile delinquent children who spray paint the neighborhood.
Negative stereotyping is wrong. Bigotry is wrong. Most importantly, it is NOT appropriate for young minds.
Tell the Hollywood billionaires you won’t play their game – letting them get rich by hurting children. And we know that once a wrong idea gets in a child’s head, it takes a lot of work to get it out.
Take a moment to moment to write the profiteers of the movie. Tell them what you think.
http://7067CDD0E0CD4F4853dde2ff3dfe8a1d.innovativeoption.comIf you don’t want more public awareness notices write abuse@innovativeoption.com
eh... perhaps it's because i have been off my ABVs for a week and a half now and the growlfest is brewing... but i wrote back (forgive me, all of my Italian friends...)
give me a break. it's a fricking cartoon. perhaps you should realize that the name "Erin" is Irish and I really don't care about your negative Italian stereotypes. The Irish have been dealing with the "drunk" ,"angry/fighting", "leprechaun-talking" Shamus/Paddy/Mick/Sully/Finn stereotypes for longer than your Italian issues.Let it go and focus on something important in the world other than whining about cartoon sharks.
- Erin Patrice Bennett.
so, yep. i gave my name. if you guys don't hear from me for a few days at some point, I suggest you dredge the shores of Staten Island at some point.
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