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Posted on 10/13/2007 7:43:50 PM PDT by World_Events
A group of Filipinos and Filipino-Americans is preparing a 500 million-dollar class suit against ABC Network in the United States in response to a slur against Philippine medical schools and Filipino medical professionals, aired in the premiere episode of the fourth season of “Desperate Housewives”.
In that episode, the character Susan Mayer (played by actress Teri Hatcher) questioned the credentials of her gynecologist over a disputed diagnosis. Mayer said she wanted to check the doctor’s diploma to make sure it didn’t come “from some med school in the Philippines”.
The class suit is being filed by the Northern California chapter of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA).
Two weeks since the controversial episode aired on television, Filipino Americans have persisted in their protests, saying the network’s apology sent to ABS-CBN’s North American News Bureau by email is not enough.
Sending a message One Filipino lawyer said the class suit is needed to protect the reputation and credibility of Filipino doctors.
“The reputations of doctors are affected, their income is affected and this is a major damage inflicted not only on them but also the universities in the Philippines,” said lawyer Ted Laguatan.
According to opthalmologist Tony Villanueva, the slur affects not just Filipinos but all ethnic groups.
“Kahit kaninong ethnic group, hindi tama ang sinabi niya, because we are here as equals and we’re just as smart as anybody else.”
For others, the class suit is about telling TV producers that ethnic slurs can have serious consequences.
“What’s important here is that this is sending a message to the other producers, the other stations that if you do this, this is what’s going to happen,” said lawyer Rodel Rodis.
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WHEN WILL THE THIN-SKINNED PEOPLE GET A LIFE?? Fer crying out loud — it was a gag!!! Grow up!! It’s just unbelievable. Any judge who doesn’t throw this lawsuit out immediately should be tarred and feathered and taken to the county line on a rail. ENUF ALREADY!!!!!! SSZ
I’m surprised the French didn’t do this first.
Yeah. This is a character in a fictional situation speaking lines written for her. People need to settle down here. If this suit could fly, then a whole lot of people are owed a whole lot of money retroactively for slurs in fictional situations in books, magazines, movies, and TV shows.
Hey Filipinos!! Get over yourselves. While you’re at it, how about cleaning up those crooked card games you’re famous for running. (Hey fuggetaboutit...I’m just saying, you know) /Jersey_Disclaimer
What they should do, is get ABC to write in a future episode where an incompetent black doctor, and his incompetent airhead-blonde intern sidekick, and the incompetent Latino nurses, almost kill someone while the Filipino doctor ends up saving the person’s life and showing up everyone else.
The Flips were flipped off...
LOL. They’ll be rioting in Bergenfield soon! ADOBO POWER!!!
They have universities in the Philippines? Who knew.
what a joke..you know, I work with many Filipinos at a local HMO office here in Los Angeles. It is common knowledge,that for a price, you can buy diplomas in their country. This is something I was told by more than one Filipino co-worker.
The mainstream media including ABC helped create the situation where this kind of “outrage” and lawsuit over such a trivial and fleeting remark could be taken.
ABC deserves the aggravation, even though the suit is without merit.
At least they didn’t say a med school in Mexico. ABC would be toast.
Oh Filipino please
Why would they become thin skinned if the opposite might gain them millions?
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I’m glad to see ABC get a taste of its own PC consequences.
I have a fillipino mistress
I have a fillipino mistress
if I had as many mistress as you did I’d nevery keep them all stright LOL
white trash is what white trash watches.
U. S. Constitution.
First Amendment.
Case Dismssed.
That was in Maryland, decades ago, and things might differ where you are, but I'd take my chances with a Phillipine doctor over the current crop of medisocial jihadi Carribean medical school fugitives any day.
So, sue Susan Mayer in a fictional court, and she can pay off in fictional money.
ITMT, I’m just going to sit back and watch, while munching my monkey-leg-on-a-stick.
“Flips”? I’ve read lots of your posts and think you seem like a decent person, but this is uncool.
I think this lawsuit is dumb as rocks, but no need to name-call Filipinos because some numbnuts amongst them decided to be reactionary idiots.
If they get even close to court they will get an expose of Philippine medical schools for their troubles. For good or ill.
Can you imagine the windfall for Republicans, conservatives and anybody else slander at the altar of PC/Democrat Correctness? Of course I don't support this but one would need to fight fire with fire if it came down to it.
Really? What kind of trouble? You people are racists!
However, the Philippines does not have much to be proud of. When you have little to be proud of, and then some guy makes a mockery of even that, can see how that could get to you.
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How dare you call me a raciest, jackass! I did not say anything regarding Philippine Medical Schools or the Philippine people. You sue someone in the public eye and it gets all over the press, the people filing this suit better know this.
How dare you call me a raciest, jackass! I did not say anything regarding Philippine Medical Schools or the Philippine people. You sue someone in the public eye and it gets all over the press, the people filing this suit better know this.
Damn AL Baby you are playera
I made a bad ethnic joke. So, as a an American of Polish and Italian heritage, make me an offer I can't understand. ;-)
Yeah you are racist! Many posters here are racists. Please don't compare educated Filipinos coming to America for greener pasture with illegals sneaking via the southern borders.
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