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Letters threaten actors(Taye Diggs & wife Idina Menzel recieve death threats)
newsday.com ^ | 12 5 04 | ROCCO PARASCANDOLA AND DEBORAH S. MORRIS

Posted on 12/07/2004 3:54:05 AM PST by freepatriot32

Threatening letters critical of the interracial marriage between a Tony Award-winning white actress in the Broadway smash "Wicked" and Taye Diggs, a popular black film and TV actor, have sparked a NYPD probe and an increase in security at the famed Gershwin Theatre, sources said.

One of the letters "threatens bodily harm to Taye Diggs," according to a police source. That letter was received Wednesday by Jed Bernstein, president of the League of American Theaters and Producers, the industry's major trade group, with offices on West 47th Street.

Sources said that before Wednesday, two other handwritten letters were sent to the Gershwin Theatre, on West 51st Street, addressed to Diggs' wife, Idina Menzel, who stars there in "Wicked," a revisionist look at the "Wizard of Oz."

"The letters go on and on about their marriage," a second source says. "They say they're each a sellout to their race."

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To: Bella_Bru

I asked a legitimate question worthy of discussion and how did you respond? With great hostility, you suggest that I am a whining, lily white bigot. Resorting to angry name calling and avoiding the issue/question I asked is the sign of someone who is not very bright. Your insults mean nothing to me. Answer the question if you can otherwise, annoy someone else.


61 posted on 12/08/2004 9:55:05 AM PST by MAWG (Arafat, Kerry and now Rather..... I'll drink to that!)
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To: mhking

Ouch. What a handsome couple. I didn't know who she was, but I knew he was very, very good looking.


62 posted on 12/08/2004 9:58:41 AM PST by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (Wannabe Princess)
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To: MAWG
I did answer you. I told you, if someone acts like a bigot, I will call them one. You asked:

Do you show the same hostility toward Orthodox Jews and traditional Japanese who also frown upon marrying outside their own race/culture?

The Orthodox hardly ever marry non-Jews, and those that do usually marry someone who is converting to Judaism. I cannot speak for the Japanese, but if they use the arguments that many whites do, then yes they are bigots.

What's your problem with that?

My post was about a FREeeper who sent several of us FReepmails call us race traitors and telling us about how our "dirt babies" are a stain. If you feel the same way as that FReeper, say so. He's gone now, you can be too.

63 posted on 12/08/2004 9:59:32 AM PST by Bella_Bru (You're about as funny as a case sensitive search engine.)
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To: MAWG; Bella_Bru

You can change your religion but you can't change your skin color that's for sure.


64 posted on 12/08/2004 10:09:55 AM PST by cyborg ( Hy verkwik my siel; Hy lei my in die spore van geregtigheid, om sy Naam ontwil.)
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To: Bella_Bru
" I can not speak for the Japanese but if they use the arguments that many whites do, then yes they are bigots."

Then logically, you must feel that Orthodox Jews are bigots as well.

Regarding the freeper who disgraced himself I will say that ALL children are innocent and deserve our protection. He was an idiot. And your threat to have me banned is just more undeserved hostility on your part. I have said nothing to engender such anger yet, you persist. I have not resorted to name calling but your replys are filled with them. Are you sure you're not a democrat?

65 posted on 12/08/2004 10:11:47 AM PST by MAWG (Arafat, Kerry and now Rather..... I'll drink to that!)
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To: MAWG
Orthodox Jews are not generally not bigots. 99% of them are very accepting of converts. As cyborg, said, you can change your religion, not your race.

If people want to raise their children to believe that it is somehow bad or that they will be traitors based on who they fall in love with, then they can raise bigots. It's their right. And then I have the right to call them that.

66 posted on 12/08/2004 10:31:07 AM PST by Bella_Bru (You're about as funny as a case sensitive search engine.)
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To: cyborg
I'll get to the point. Several of the posters on this thread COULDNT WAIT to call someone a bigot or a racist. You saw how fast Bella got down to it and without any direct provacation from me. You would have thought I was Bull Connor brought back from the dead. I am anything but. THIS IS POLITICAL CORRECTNESS and it STINKS! It is exceptionally poor thinking! I can hear my Jesuit professor now " You're an imbecile #*#*s, dont say another word for the rest of the class!"

Orthodox Jews and traditional Japanese have just as much right to their beliefs as do Taye and Idina IN THIS COUNTRY! The person or persons that sent the hate filled letters to Taye and Idina are idiots and GUESSING who they are is pointless.They are cowards unlikely to act upon their threats. My guess is that this is a publicity stunt dreamed up by their, Taye and Idinas', P.R. Firm.

67 posted on 12/08/2004 10:54:00 AM PST by MAWG (Arafat, Kerry and now Rather..... I'll drink to that!)
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To: MAWG

I hope it's not a publicity stunt. I'll add that Russell Simmon's wife gets hate mail and death threats but she doesn't take them seriously, and she's not even white. People have a right to their opinion just as long as they leave other people alone.


68 posted on 12/08/2004 10:56:47 AM PST by cyborg ( Hy verkwik my siel; Hy lei my in die spore van geregtigheid, om sy Naam ontwil.)
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To: cyborg
" People have a right to their opinion just as long as they leave other people alone."

Lotsa folks on this thread would disagree with you Cy but, I'm not one of them. What you described is called civility.

I'm surprised that no one has asked me my opinion on the Taye/Idina marriage. Truth is I'm AGAINST their marriage. Never should have been allowed. It's always a mistake to let two ex underwear models wed. The marriage is likely to be BRIEF.

69 posted on 12/08/2004 11:19:27 AM PST by MAWG (Arafat, Kerry and now Rather..... I'll drink to that!)
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To: Great Prophet Zarquon

Why does it matter what color your relatives are?

Why do you care so much about color?

But then again you've already answered my original question. Thanks for playing.


71 posted on 12/09/2004 11:38:16 PM PST by k2blader (It is neither compassionate nor conservative to support the expansion of socialism.)
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To: mhking
Oh, right. Only black people are stupid enough to send hate mail, right?

Nope, there's plenty enough stupid to go around for all of us!

72 posted on 12/10/2004 7:52:05 AM PST by JimRed (Investigate, overturn and prosecute vote fraud; turn more counties red!)
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