To: CNN
The Atlanta Chinese community is shocked and outraged by the
racist and hatred remarks against the Chinese people made by
CNN Situation Room commentator Jack Cafferty. In “Situation
Room” aired on April 9th, Cafferty launched a malicious
verbal assault against the Chinese people by saying “They
[the Chinese] are basically the sane bunch of goons and thugs they have been in the past fifty years.”
(http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0804/09/sitroom.03.html).
It would be intolerable and portentous for our society if
people like Cafferty were allowed to continue to indulge
themselves with impunity in such blatant demonstration of
racial discrimination against any ethnic group. It is only
natural and completely justifiable that Cafferty’s malicious
and insulting remarks, so very clearly attesting to his
hatred and racist bigotry, have been taken by the Chinese
community in Atlanta as a brazen assault and an outrageous
insult against the Chinese people around the world,
including the Chinese Americans.
Over twenty organizations in the Chinese community in
Atlanta strongly condemn Jack Cafferty's racist remarks and
urge CNN to take immediate action against him. We also
demand an official and sincere apology from CNN to Chinese
people all over the world. We will reserve our right to take
further actions on this matter. We call for all minority
organizations in Atlanta to stand up and condemn Jack
Cafferty’s racist remark. Our protest will continue until
CNN makes a sincere apology and takes appropriate actions
against Jack Cafferty.
Sincerely,
Association of Chinese Professionals in Atlanta
Atlanta Chinese Computer Association
Atlanta Jiangsu Fellowship Association
Atlanta Shandong Association
Chinese Business Association of Atlanta
Dongbeiren Association
Georgia Nanjing University Alumni Association
Georgia State University Chinese Student and Scholar Association
Georgia Wuhan University Alumni Association
Henan Association
Hubei Fellows Association
Hunan Association
International Chinese Lab
National Association of Chinese-Americans
Ningbo Business Promotion Association
Shandong University Overseas Alumni Association Atlanta
Sichuan Association of Georgia
Tongji Alumni Association
Tsinghua Alumni Association
Zhejiang Association of Georgia
Zhengzhou Alumni Association
Zhongshan&nb