Is Homeland Security USA TV show a racist enterprise?

This just in from our friends at the Mexican American Political Association:

HOMELAND SECURITY USA BY ABC ADDS INSULT TO INJURY

Why would anyone think that just because we have entered the 21st Century anything about racism in the corporate media would be any different than what we have known about U.S. media outlets throughout our history? The only significant difference is the ever growing concentration of the media in fewer and fewer hands, in other words, complete monopoly. I share with you this information I received from friends of the Chicano/Latino Artists for Social Equality. It raises the issues of the recently aired program – Homeland Security USA – by the American Broadcasting Corporation, but more importantly it exposes the steady decline of Latino participation in programs aired on the public airwaves. Not only are we disappearing from the small screen, but ABC actually has the temerity to air a program that focuses on immigration and the infamous and nefarious role of the Department of Homeland Security as this relates to immigration and the apprehension of “fugitive” immigrants.

I invite you to join the growing list of organizations that will protest ABC at their home in the city of Burbank (ABC/DISNEY Headquarters – 2400 W. Riverside Drive, Burbank, CA 91521 – Just off 134 Freeway Exit) this Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 3:00 – 5:00. We demand that this program be eliminated from ABC’s season programming to never again appear before the American public.

The Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) stands proudly with our brother and sister cultural workers who struggle so hard to break through the racial barriers in the media and the imposition of stereotypical roles assigned to them by white producers and directors. Enough is enough.

You can find out more about this television program at this link.


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