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Acabo de recibir el siguiente mensaje de alguien que lee Vanity Fair. Yo ni la leo, ni la miro ni la huelo :-) De todas maneras, la protesta está interesante. -- Fernando Guzman [EMAIL PROTECTED] # To whom it may concern; # # This petition is to request a formal apology from # Vanity Fair and Dame Edna # for # the offensive article regarding Latinos and the # Spanish language which # appears # in the February 2003 issue of Vanity Fair. In the # meantime, please boycott # Vanity Fair magazine, and urge others to do the same. # If you are offended # by the # word-for-word transcription below, please copy (rather # than forward) this # email # in a new message, sign it at the end of the list, and # send it to all of the # people whom you know. If you receive this list with # 100 names signed, # please # send it to the Editor at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] # # And copy me: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> # Thank you! # Wendy Maldonado # # ___________________________ # # Excerpt, Vanity Fair (February 2003), p. 116, Ask Dame # Edna: # # Dear Dame Edna, # # I would very much like to learn a foreign language, # preferably French or # Italian, but every time I mention this, people tell me # to learn Spanish # instead. # They say, "Everyone is going to be speaking Spanish in # 10 years. George W. # Bush # speaks Spanish." Could this be true? Are we all going # to have to speak # Spanish? # # Torn Romantic, # Palm Beach # # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # # Dear Torn: # # Forget Spanish. There's nothing in that language worth # reading except Don # Quixote, and a quick listen to the CD of Man of La # Mancha will take care of # that. There was a poet named Garcia Lorca, but I'd # leave him on the # intellectual # back burner if I were you. As for everyone's speaking # it, what twaddle! # Who # speaks it that you are really desperate to talk to? # The help? Your leaf # blower? # Study French or German, where there are at least a few # books worth reading, # or, # if you're American, try English. # # Dame Edna # # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # # Dear Editor, # # I was infuriated at Dame Edna's response to Torn # Romantic, Palm Beach # (Vanity Fair, February 2003). Dame Edna could have # chosen any number of # amusing responses; however, she responded using cheap, # two-dimensional # stereotypes of Latinos and Latin Americans, revealing # not only her racism # but # also her profound ignorance of who we are. We are not # just 'the help' and # the # 'leaf blowers'. We are architects and activists, # journalists and doctors, # governors and athletes, scientists and business # people. We are Nobel Prize # Winners and Rhodes Scholars. We speak Spanish, but we # also speak fluent # English, # and many of us speak other languages as well. As of # last week, we are # officially # the largest minority population in the United States # at 37 million and # 13%of the # population. Without us, the economy of this nation and # the Americas, and # consequently the world, would come to a complete # standstill. If Dame Edna # were # even remotely cultured or educated, she would have # read and lost herself in # the # exquisite writings of Nobel prize winners Octavio Paz, # Gabriel # Garcia-Marquez, # and Pablo Neruda. She would know that Sor Juana Inez # de la Cruz was one of # the # first feminists and # poets in the Americas. She would admire Isabel Allende # and Sandra Cisneros # for # their passionate prose and vibrant spirits. And of # course, if it had not # been # for us, the world would not know chocolate! And # everyone knows life would # not be # worth living without chocolate. Finally, I would like # to point out that # Dame # Edna would have NEVER written such blatantly offensive # material about # African-Americans or Jews, for obvious reasons. It # seems that Dame Edna AND # the # Editors of Vanity Fair believe that Latinos and Latin # Americans cannot # read, # and even if we could, we would never be Vanity Fair # readers. For the life # of # me, I still cannot figure out why you chose to # feature Salma Hayek on the # cover # and in an article celebrating her success immediately # following such an # offensive piece. I demand an apology in print # in the next issue of Vanity Fair from the Editors and # from Dame Edna. In # the # meantime, I will be mobilizing everyone I know to # boycott and protest # Vanity # Fair. By the way, I am a 31-year old Mexican-American # woman, with three Ivy # League degrees, working in New York City at a major # firm. I sure as hell # am # NOT the leaf blower or the help, and I think all of # you need to go to # college. # # Wendy Maldonado -------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with UNSUBSCRIBE COLEXT as the BODY of the message. Un archivo de colext puede encontrarse en: http://www.mail-archive.com/colext@talklist.com/ cortesia de Anibal Monsalve Salazar
