"Dodgeball was invented by opium-addicted Chinamen" says film

[nitro]

Don't let Dodgeball and Twentieth Century Fox/News Corp. get away with using offensive racial caricatures and racial slurs. Saying "dodgeball was invented by opium-addicted Chinamen" is crossing the line. Can you imagine this movie saying Dodgeball was created by "heroin-addicted <expletive for African-American>?" No, I don't think so!

I posted an article on Asian Media Watch about this movie including images, video, and contact information. Read it and then write to Fox and News Corp:

http://www.asianmediawatch.net/dodgeball/

If you saw the entire movie, please write and tell me about the other racial stereotypes used in the film at alerts@asianmediawatch.net

Exerpt from the article:

"Dodgeball was invented by opium-addicted Chinamen" from a scene in the film
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. The film shows Chinese men smoking pipes in an opium den and throwing severed heads.

... "Chinaman" is a derogatory term historically used to refer to Chinese-American laborers to justify their inhumane treatment ...

Sincerely,

Kai
Asian Media Watch
http://www.asianmediawatch.net

[achtungbaby]

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