Fil-Am Group Condemns Floyd’s Racist Rants as American Boxer Apologizes on YouTube |
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Sunday, 05 September 2010 22:28 | |||
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (Journal Group Link International) Filipino-American Group Condemns Floyd’s Racist Rants as American Boxer Apologizes on YouTube C HICAGO (jGLi) – The National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) condemned Sunday (Sept. 5) the “blatantly racist and homophobic attacks” of boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. against the Filipinos and Filipino champion Manny Pacquiao who was called a “whore,” “a little yellow chump” and “midget” in a YouTube href="/">interview. The undefeated American champion also said he will force Pacquiao to “make some sushi rolls and cook some rice” and “we’re going to cook him with some cats and dogs.” NaFFAA’s national chair Greg Macabenta issued the statement even as Mayweather issued an href="/">apology also on YouTube Friday (Sept. 3rd) for the profanity-laced racist rants against the Mr. Pacquiao Thursday (Sept. 2nd) Mr. Pacquiao refused to be drawn into an unparliamentary exchange with Mayweather, telling GMANews QTV that boxing and other sports celebrities should not be using “uneducated statements” and “trash talking” in public. Congressman Pacquiao said that doing so would reflect poorly of him as a Filipino congressman. Mr. Pacquiao merely laughed off Mayweather rants, saying that he is more focused on his upcoming opponent former world champion Antonio Margarito. Pacquiao is facing Margarito on Nov. 13 at Cowboy Stadium in
OUTRAGED OF REMARKS “We are outraged by Mayweather’s racially offensive remarks,” says Mr. Macabenta. “This disgusting diatribe against Pacquiao is a racial slur against all Filipinos and Filipino Americans and an embarrassment not only to the boxing community but to all Americans.
“We call on the national boxing associations (sanctioning Mayweather’s fight) and state athletic commissions to censure Mayweather for behavior that is both abhorrent and demeaning to boxing fans and to the whole world of sports. “We also call on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to reprimand the boxing star for insulting people of color. We are further asking all civil rights organizations to stand in solidarity with us in denouncing this racist and homophobic rant. “Mayweather’s apology is unacceptable and he must be made accountable for his damaging statements. “At a time when immigrant communities are being viewed with increasing suspicion and mistrust, Mayweather’s cruel, abusive and hurtful remarks can only stoke more hostility, derision and resentment against individuals who look foreign by virtue of their looks, their size or the sound of their names. “POOCH-EE-OW”
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