Posted on 10/31/2014 6:14:03 PM PDT by grundle
Full title: Release the suppressed footage of white men catcalling Shoshana Roberts so that Hanna Rosin can re-edit the video.
The insensitively-named organization Hollaback!, together with internet marketing agency Rob Bliss Creative, recently released a video of an actress being repeatedly harassed by catcallers as she went about her business in New York City. Unfortunately, as Hanna Rosin has pointed out in her Slate piece entitled "The Problem with that Catcalling Video: The White Guys Were Edited Out," the video was made in a way that reflects the omnipresent implicit racism of our day: it doesn't depict a representative number of white men harassing the actress. We are not satisfied with the creators' excuses, namely that the white men only catcalled during sirens, or with gestures that could only be seen from weird angles.
We request--nay, insist--that the makers of the video release ALL the footage, so that Ms. Rosin can either re-edit the video herself, or appoint a commission to perform the editing according to her standards. The video should reflect the reality that we and Ms. Rosin demand to see.
Finally, we respectfully request that Hollaback! change its name. We feel that the name "Hollaback!" stigmatizes marginalized communities by mis-appropriating their dialects, in order to associate them, above others, with street harassment.
“show us the white guys”...
Maybe white men treat the gentler gender more decently.
My guess: the video shows every single cat call she received in 10 hours.
But I really doubt they'll like what they find when they do so.
"Hi."
Dear change.org,
Shut up.
L.
Im thinking that there are certain disrespectful tendencies that appear far more often in certain “communities of color” than one is ikely to see elsewhere....yes.
Id guess that far fewere white men refer to their wives and girfriends...sisters and even thoer mothers...as bitches and hos
This is getting good.
White liberal social justice warriors versus glorious people of color. All in all its really about the value of the real estate the parties occupy, drive out the lumpen democratic voter and bring in the upscale democratic voter.
Just looked at the supposed “ Shoshana Roberts “ on google images.
There ain’t one hetero white guy in 10,000 gonna call out to her on a New York street at ANY time! She’s not plug ugly. Just not attractive.
I bet the white hipsters tipped their hat and bowed silently.
Those television stations and newspapers are just SO racist in protecting “white privilege.
it was a self promotion video..plain and simple
Unfortunately the pupils dilated silently so the White guys were edited out.
“How ya’ doin’?”
These people are idiots.
If she’d passed me on the street, I wouldn’t have given her a second look.
Especially with that dour expression on her face.
Life’s too short to waste time interacting with some pissy missy.
I think you’re right.
Melanin challenged guys just don't appreciate a woman with junk in her trunk as much.
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