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NHMC to Ask FCC for Inquiry into Hate Speech on Radio and TV

The National Hispanic Media Coalition Wednesday will ask the FCC Wednesday to launch an inquiry into hate speech on radio and TV.

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Why the Campaign?

The amount of ugly rhetoric against undocumented Latinos on radio and television seems to be growing in direct proportion to the amount of fear and instability reflected in the media about the tenuous U.S. economy. This may explain the verifiable increase in hate crimes against all Latinos and this is simply unacceptable.

The most recent report from the Anti-Defamation League on this issue “Immigrants Targeted: Extremist Rhetoric Moves into the Mainstream” addresses how the strategy of blaming immigrants for all of society’s ills is now spreading to mainstream America.

Click here to read the definition of Hate Speech as per the 1993 NTIA Report to Congress.
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Community Spotlight
Community Spotlight Bay Area Residents Protest Hate Speech
In 2007, the NHMC joined forces with Dr. Marcos Gutierrez, a radio and TV personality in the Bay Area for the last 25 years, in the fight against hate speech in the media.  In San Francisco last summer, Gutierrez assembled a group of American Latino community leaders, Human Rights organizations, pro-immigrant groups, volunteers (cont.)
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Letters to Congress
Letters to Congress in this section you will find our most recent letters to Congress.
 
 
Resources
Resources Click here to find the best resources on the web to fight Hate Speech.
 
     

Latinos Against Hate Speech

Write to the FCC
   
Latinos Against Hate Speech

Write to Congress
   
Latinos Against Hate Speech Find your Local Congress Representative
   
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Latinos Against Hate Speech

The National Hispanic Media Coalition
   
Latinos Against Hate Speech

The Anti-Defamation League
   
Latinos Against Hate Speech Southern Poverty Law Center
   
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