Another "Apology"

12 Responses to Another "Apology"

1. Michelle says:

   February 12, 2009 at 12:52 pm

   1.) I can’t stand Miley Cyrus.
   2.) I do not know what context she made the eye gesture, so I am not offended.
   3.) I am offended by the half-appology, “put the turd in the offendeds pocket” approach.
   4.) Her half-appology makes me think she is a racist.
   5.) Boycotting Miley Cyrus by Asians will not make an impact on this issue, but calling for a Disney Boycott by Asian’s until either i.) the teenaged nepotism queen sincerely appologizes for her action or ii.) Disney cancel’s her contracts.

   The Mouse needs to pay for promoting a racist or correct the issue.
2. mT says:

   February 12, 2009 at 3:31 pm

   “I mean, seriously, we can make excuses for her being young, but who does that kind of thing in this day and age? And who refuses to apologize after being called on this?”

   A lot of white folk…and black, and brown, and yellow folk with a lot less privilege and stature than her. Post racial? Nah. As Dennis Green would say – America is what we thought it was.

   Is that Asian kid in the pictures still MIA? certainly he’s a victim no matter how the story goes. But he may be who we thought he was too. Just saying.
3. Larry says:

   February 12, 2009 at 4:38 pm

   Hyphen Magazine has a suggestion by director Michael Kang about the Miley issue. He says that the focus should be on Disney, particularly one based on a snail mail (as opposed to e-mail or internet) campaign.

   http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2009/02/miley-cyrus-uproar.html#comments

   http://www.xanga.com/Mike2Cents/692138606/item/
4. minoritymilitant says:

   February 12, 2009 at 7:18 pm

   Thanks for the link love, B. Larry, I love your humor.
5. jaehwan says:

   February 12, 2009 at 11:38 pm

   Sure thing, MM! Good call on the letter campaign.

   Larry, thanks for the links and info! I’ll post up Michael Kang’s addresses above. I think it’s a good focus.
6. P2H says:

   February 13, 2009 at 11:44 am

   Her first apology was bad. Her second apology feels worse. Now, I’m beginning to wonder if she IS a racist. I know what I said before, but she might be. Especially considering her show and her upcoming movie and her entire band and crew truly lacks diversity. Doesn’t Disney have actors from all over the world? Couldn’t they actually try and make a truly diverse movie without being preachy about it? Hell, they had every opportunity with HSM and HSM 2 and HSM 3, but besides the implied relationship between Zeke and Sharpay, there wasn’t anything to promote ethnic diversity.
7. jaehwan says:

   February 14, 2009 at 9:32 am

   I’m in the same boat. I had some doubt that maybe it was just a youthful indiscretion, but after the dodging and weaving and refusal to truly apologize, I think she is racist.

   I’m going to take Michael Kang’s advice and write to Disney.
8. Akrypti says:

   February 14, 2009 at 11:12 am

   I’ll write one. =) I’ll make my boss write one too.
9. jaehwan says:

   February 14, 2009 at 9:42 pm

   Sweet deal. Actually, I’m loving the fact that we’re all pushing each other. I’m finding it helpful, anyway.

   I wrote mine this morning (will post to my front page once edited), but I also found that there were other people to whom I’d like to send it. Is anyone good at finding contact info? I guess we could always send it to their corporate address, but if anyone knows how to send direct, it would probably be better.

   Also, did you all know that there is a Chinese American on the Disney board? John Chen from Sybase. If I remember correctly, he’s also on the Committee of 100.

   Here is my list of other people whom I think we should contact:

   Management, The Walt Disney Company
   Robert Iger, President and CEO
   Kevin Mayer, Executive VP, Corporate Strategy
   Zenia Mucha, Executive VP, Corporate Communications
   Dennis W. Shuler, Chief Human Resources Officer
   Anne Sweeney, President, Disney-ABC Television Group

   Disney Board of Directors

   John E. Pepper, Chairman of the Board
   Alwyn B. Lewis, Potbelly Sandwich Works
   John S. Chen, Sybase
   Judith L. Estrin, Packet Design
   Robert Matschullat
10. Larry says:

    February 16, 2009 at 12:58 am

    In terms of finding contact info for corporations, Hoovers and ZoomInfo are supposedly good, although both have limitations if you are not a paid subscriber.

    http://www.hoovers.com/free/

    http://www.zoominfo.com/

    Here’s a link to a website on how to find information on the “invisible web” in general:

    http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/558/07/
11. Scowl says:

    February 17, 2009 at 2:47 am

    Michael Poryes (Executive Producer/Creator Hannah Montana)
    c/o Debbee Klein
    Paradigm
    360 N. Crescent Dr., North Bldg.
    Beverly Hills, CA 90210
    USA

    Steven Peterman (Executive Producer/Creator Hannah Montana)
    c/o It’s A Laugh Productions
    201 N Occidental Blvd Bldg 6
    Los Angeles, CA 90026
    USA

    Rich Ross
    President, Disney Channel Worldwide
    3800 W Alameda Ave #2026
    Burbank, CA 91505
12. jaehwan says:

    February 17, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    Thanks, Scowlie.

    By the way, check out our new podcast. I wrote my letters yesterday, and I’m going to post up my contact list pretty soon.