maybe the residents of Edison should send Xeroxes of their UNITED STATES OF AMERICA passports, complete with their names in a big box so that the DJs can then count the number of Americans that will vote in Edison, NJ. Might I suggest that a copy of the letter be written in Italian in the event that Mr. Rossi's great aunt or other relative wants to read it to him as she might have in the 'old country'. Call in and burn their butts.

would it be wrong to just wait for him outside the radio station to kick his cowardly ass?

Here's a copy of the letter I sent off to the station manager:

Eric Johnson:
Does Craig Carton represent your point of view? Given
what he spewed out about the upcoming New Jersey
mayoral election on your radio station, I wonder:
don't they offer education in Edison? What an
irresponsible dimwit!

Carton claims he's defending Americans. What the hell
does he think Jun Choi is? Does he think Americans are
only white? How old is this guy anyway? He can't be
120! Wasn't he ever told that people from everywhere
in the world have been coming to America and becoming
American citizens since the turn of the LAST CENTURY?
Why didn't Carton simply say he was defending stupid
white dimwits? He just comes off stupid by saying he's
defending Americans and then disses Choi, who IS
AMERICAN!

His remark about putting Chinese in their own casinos
is hilarious. If he coralled all minorities to our own
quarters (does segregation ring a bell here?), he and
his contingent of dimwits would the the ones coralled
before long. Somebody inform him of how many people of
color there are in the world. By the way, we ain't
going nowhere, get used to it. In fact, the Chinese
and other Asians are responsible for real estate going
up after we move in, not down.

By the way, isn't Edison named after Thomas A. Edison,
inventor of the incandescent lightbulb? It's too bad
one didn't go on over Carton's head. Please take him
off the air and have a little pride in what your city
stands for.

Karen Huie

Btw, if anyone else would like to express their views
on this, I'm sure this program manager or any other
interested parties would love to hear from you. Guess
we're put into the position of being cultural
ambassadors again! The astounding transcript follows:

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Those guys were to lazy to graduate high school so that's why their brains cannot function like the rest of US. By the way, to all you garbages out there, I cannot stand to see why so many of you WHITE cloroxed folks are coming over to East Asia? Now, what's happening here?

I live in New Jersey and have actually heard these idiots on the radio. I have also seen how they've responded to criticism. They've done nothing.

Since sending them e-mails has failed to achieve anything, I suggest we hit them where it hurts: their advertisers. If enough people contact their advertisers and complain about Carton and Rossi's racist remarks, this will create pressure to get them off the air, and show other broadcasters that they won't get away with making racist slurs.

The following is a list of some of their biggest sponsors:

Bank of America,
Verizon Wireless,
Applebee's,
Asbury Park Press,
Boar's Head Ham,
Centex Homes,
The Cancer Centers (Atlantic Health Systems).

I'm sure these companies will respond if enough people complain. They certainly don't want to be known as sponsoring racist programming. I'm going to write letters to all these companies. Please do the same.

Here is a letter I've written to the CEO & President of Bank of America, Kenneth D. Lewis. You'll also find it on my blog:
http://ceaseracism.blogspot.com/

RE: Your sponsoring of racially intolerant radio programming on New Jersey 101.5 FM (Carton & Rossi, “the Jersey guys”)

Dear Mr. Lewis:

I was recently shocked to learn that Bank of America sponsors radio programming that is racially intolerant. On April 25, “shock jocks” Craig Carton and Ray Rossi of New Jersey 101.5 FM ridiculed Asian-Americans on the air and called them “damn Orientals.” Bank of America ads are aired during the Carton & Rossi show and I am wondering why you financially support such programming. Asian-Americans are, after all, an increasingly important market segment for you, and your business is growing in Asia.

Mr. Lewis, on the Bank of America Web site you are quoted as saying you are in business “to help make communities stronger.” You also say you reach “for higher standards in everything we do.” Do these standards include the type of radio programming you support? For Carton & Rossi’s show on 101.5 FM does not make our community stronger. Their comments are intolerant and divisive.

Please stop funding the Carton & Rossi show. New Jersey doesn’t need such offensive radio broadcasts. Just like Bank of America, we want to make this community a better place to live, for everyone.

Sincerely,
Lester Gesteland

A more complete list of sponsors of NJ 101.5 FM's racist show

I listened to New Jersey 101.5 FM's Carton & Rossi show again today to (a) make sure no Hyundai ads came on (I was asked to do this by Kai Yu, Director of Asian Media Watch) and (b) to see what other companies are sponsoring the show. I am happy to report that no Hyundai ads came on. There were also no ads for Cingular Wireless, a company that told Asian Media Watch and the Star-Ledger newspaper that they had ceased sponsoring the show.

For those visiting this blog for the first time, let me fill you in. On April 25, the "shock jocks" mentioned above ridiculed Asians and called them "damn Orientals." (To see a transcript of their remarks, please scroll down to the first blog I posted.) I am now working in concert with Asian Media Watch to contact sponsors of this show and ask them to pull their ads. We want Carton & Rossi off the air.

The following is a list of more advertisers airing commercials during their show:

Sam's Club
http://www.samsclub.com/,

PNC Bank
http://www.pncbank.com/,

GEICO
http://www.geico.com/,

Lowe's Home Improvement
http://www.lowes.com/

James Toyota Outlet
http://home.jamestoyotaoutlet.com/

Malouf Buick, Pontiac, GMC
http://www.malouf.com/

Sansone's Route 66 AutoMall
http://www2.rt66automall.com/en_US/

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
http://www.umdnj.edu/

Seado Watercraft
http://www.seadoo.com/

Accucare Pain Medicine Tel: 866-322-6500
http://www.accucarepainmedicine.com/

The Diamond Institute for Infertility
and Menopause
http://www.diamondinstitute.com/

Esurance Auto Insurance
http://www.esurance.com/

Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey
http://www.ringling.com/

Mid-Atlantic Waterproofing
http://www.basements.com/

Barracuda Networks
http://www.barracudanetworks.com/

Ocean City Maryland
http://www.ocean-city.com/

UPDATE: Four Sponsors Have Pulled Their Ads!

The latest development in the NJ 101.5 FM campaign is that Applebee's has withrawn its sponsorship of the Carton & Rossi show. That brings to four the number of sponsors that have pulled their ads. (The other three are Hyundai Motor America, Cingular Wireless & Bank of America.)

This is worth applauding, but don't let up the pressure. There are many more advertisers that need to be persuaded. So keep writing the sponsors. It works!

You'll find a list of these companies, plus the names and addresses of their CEOs/owners at:
http://www.CeaseRacism.blogspot.com/

This evening my wife was listening to the infamous Carton & Rossi show
when she heard Jun Choi being interviewed -- the same Korean-American mayorial
candidate the shock jocks had ridiculed on April 25. She also told me that
Craig Carton made mention of his apologizing to Mr. Choi and to the Asian-
American community. I just checked my e-mail, and this is what I found:

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80-20 New Jersey Chapter, who is also a member of New Jersey Coalition
for Asian American Civil Rights announced that 101.5FM agreed in writing
to the following.

o Issue an on air, formal & blanket apology by the "Jersey Guys,"

o Invite Jun Choi (the KoreanAm candidate who was attacked) to be a
guest by "Jersey Guys." [The acceptance by Choi is unknown.]

o Cultural sensitivity training for all 101.5 FM employees,

o Public access programming focused on promoting awareness of the
contributions of Asian Americans, and

o Diversity committee established at 101.5 FM with community
members to foster cross-cultural understanding

Also their members ran e-mail campaigns targeting Comcast, Verizon and
Dish Network, urging them to pull ads from the station. As a result,
Comcast and Verizon agreed to suspend their radio ads.

We would like to thank 80-20 and everyone else who worked very hard on
this issue. As always, AMWD will follow up closely on any new
development in regards to this NJ 101.5 FM campaign just like we did
with any other major campaigns.

Our e-mail campaign, http://www.citizenspeak.org/campaign/5366.php
("Kick The Jersey Guys Off The Air!") collected the largest amount of
signatures in the shortest amount of time, even more so than our last
major campaign, Hot 97. We would like to thank everyone who participated
in this campaign through AMWD and other APIA organizations as well.

James Fujikawa
Co-Founder/Campaign Director
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Asian Media Watchdog
676 A Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-560-5683
Fax: 212-957-9191

Visit our website at www.asianmediawatchdog.com

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The Asian-American organizations I've been working with seem satisfied with this
result; and if they're satisfied, I'm satisfied. Thank you all for visiting this
site and helping with this campaign. This shows you what consumer power can do.

I have the audio of Craig Carton's on-air apology on my Web site:
http://www.CeaseRacism.blogspot.com/

Well the caller was pretty racist too. America is known to be a free country for everyone and then when you come here you're very disapointed, because of people like that.

oh fucking relax you toolbags. its a fucking joke, don't be so damn'd thin skined....

oh yea, xenophobia, very funny stuff.

bob, i think you're the toolbag. don't be so damned toolbagish, eh?

Actually, T. Edison was one hardcore racist. Hated Jews, Blacks and the poor and he also spent many years trying to genetically prove inferior anyone who wasn't a rich white dude.

Bottom line is this: Racism will exist as long as different races are living amongst each other.
Obviously noone will
go back to "where they came from",as the whites always say;as if they were the first ones here. but....
since the U.S constitution,and other laws were written by the white men,that's probably why they believe they are the true Americans,and the rightful owner of this country while everyone else are just low-life parasites who are threatening the well being of the so-called pure,perfect race,with no flaws whatsoever that they feel they have the power to put any other race down.
So I say to non-whites:
Their comments are only as powerful as you accept them to be.Whites are racists;it's in their blood.Don't focus on their feelings and expressions;they are nobody especial that we have to care what THEY think.So let them have their title as "true Americans".Let them think that they are the supreme race.It's that you show you are bothered by it that gives them more fuel -just ignore them.

When you think of Ameerican History, What where the biggest events? When you look at American pop culture who do you always see? Have Asian been in America long enough to write an American chapter?

This is how i see it:
Whites believe they deserve 100% credit for everything GOOD in this country,while the BAD things are caused by the non-whites.
They say all these negative things about Blacks,Mexican,Asians,and Others without thinking what contributions they have made in making this country great.
Asians have been in America long enough to write an american chapter but the whites have always tried to censor them and others who try..

There your answer. Asians need to start their American history and stop supporting his story. Exposure is the key to being noticed in this country and asians are invisible compared to most Monorities. Why is that?

as the Roman Empire fell...so will the whites!!!In due time,the whites will be no more.Since white woman are dating more blacks and hispanics,what will happen to the white race eventually????

ooops,I forgot to identify myself...
-just another asian fella

Don't you people get it? One of the reasons this country is as great as it is, is that we have the right to say whatever we want. If you don't like what the Jersey Guys are saying... TURN OFF THE DAMN RADIO OR CHANGE THE STATION!!!! What you're neglecting to mention about these horrible "racist" DJs is that they were largely responsible for Jun Choi getting elected as mayor of Edison (a fact that he has admitted). Some racists...

walid lasos