Shock jock play-acts raping Latina activist |
| Published: August 4, 2008, 4:17 pm |
| Tags: immigration, racism, sexism, women of color |
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An Arizona radio shock-jock named Jon Justice (oh, the irony) recently targeted Pima Country Legal Defender Isabel Garcia with a truly disgusting hate-speech campaign. Pima helped organize a protest of Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- a man known for scores of immigration raids, blocking female inmates' access to abortion, and some stupid ideas about gender. (Read more from Jenny Dreadful.) And because Garcia dared to call attention to the fact that Arpaio is doing nothing but creating racial divisions with his "narrow-minded and ignorant policies," she drew the ire of local bigots. Radio host Jon Justice, in particular, had a really disgusting response to Pima's critique of Arpaio: ...Jon Justice posted a few offensive videos of himself with a pi ata with Isabel's likeness, caressing it and making comments about "wanting to take it home with me," among a few other comments about "chorizo" and "viva la raza." Mr. Justice has since removed the video, as well as the one that followed it, [ Full article ] |
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