Luego de que ayer inciáramos una campaña de emails al CEO de AT&T, Randall Stephenson, exigiendo el despido de Chumel Torres de HBO, por la tarde HBO Latino dio a conocer un comunicado en el cual afirman que suspendieron el programa de Chumel Torres hasta nuevo aviso. Que para conducir una investigación sobre Chumel Torres.
Lo cual, la verdad, NO es suficiente. AT&T debe despedir no sólo a Chumel Torres, sino también a los que manejan a HBO Latino, ya que lo contrataron y solaparon durante años a pesar de las múltiples quejas contra el discurso racista, clasista, discriminatorio y misógino de Chumel Torres.
Razón por la cual hago un llamado a los lectores de este blog a que envíen un nuevo email a Randal Stephenson exigiendo de nueva cuenta el despido de Chumel Torres y de quienes lo solaparon en HBO Latino durante años. Una simple suspensión no es suficiente.
Estas son las instrucciones:
1. NO USEN GROSERÍAS NI AMENAZAS.
2. Copien y peguen el siguiente texto en el título del email:
Simply suspending your employee Chumel Torres's show is not enough; He used racism to attack people
3. Copien y peguen el siguiente texto en el cuerpo del email:
Mr. Stephenson,
HBO Latino announced it would be suspending Chumel Torres's show till further notice, pending an investigation over the accusations of racism and discriminatory expressions by Torres on social media.
The announcement was released a few hours after several people in Mexico sent you emails demanding the firing of Chumel Torres and the people in charge of HBO Latino who for years have been ignoring the many complaints against him.
I'm afraid a simple suspension of the TV show is not enough. AT&T must fire and permanently end any and all commercial relationships not only Chumel Torres, but also with the people who run HBO Latino, as their vision and actions in the company are clearly very different from HBO for the USA.
It simply doesn't make sense that the same company who hired Bill Maher and John Oliver, who have spoken brilliantly and intelligently against racism and discrimination over the years, is the same company that hires a person who has admitted to using racist, discriminatory and misogynist language.
Because that is exactly what Torres did during an online debate on June 18, 2020: admitting he does use racist and discriminatory language. But instead of taking responsibility for it, he blamed television for "educating" him to do so. Well, if that's the case, then HBO Latino is "educatign" its viwers to be racists by hiring a racist.
I'm not making this up. You can see the video of Torres admitting his racism right here:
https://twitter.com/erickprior/status/1273827553501941761
To be honest with you, Mr. Stephenson, HBO Latino's announcement sounds disingenuous. Sounds like a way to temporarily halt the complaints against HBO, only to continue doing the same things they've done in the past all over again once the dust has settled.
That is why I must insist that AT&T fires not just Chumel Torres, but also the people who run HBO Latino. They clearly have a different vision of how to make money in Latin America. Their vision clearly doesn't include respect for minorities and, instead, privileges the priviliged, and the ones who for decades have attacked people with darker skin color.
Please do the right thing, Mr. Stephenson. A temporary suspension of a TV show is NOT the right thing. Firing Chumel Torres and the people who run HBO Latino IS the right thing. You must understand this. If Disney fired Roseanne Barr over ONE racist tweet, AT&T MUST fire not just Chumel Torres, but ALL the people involved in the management of HBO Latino. Particularly in Mexico, where they have ignored for YEARS the complaints against Chumel Torres.
And yes, I will boicot AT&T, HBO, and HBO Max in Mexico and the USA as long as AT&T does not permanently fire Chumel Torres and the people running HBO Latino.
Let me be clear: I admire HBO for their shows Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Real Time with Bill Maher. But Chumel Torres is neither John Oliver nor Bill Maher. Chumel Torres is the equivalent of the worst of Sean Hannity. That is NOT progress. That is NOT what HBO should stand for.
Do the right thing, Mr. Stephenson. Please do the right thing. Until you do, AT&T and HBO Max are not getting my business as a customer. And I will make sure many more people just as outraged as I am won't be your customers either. There are other mobile phone and streaming options out there that don't hire racists.
Sincerily
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4. Pongan su nombre donde dice (Nombre).
5. Envíen el email a la dirección randall.stephenson@att.com
La carta esencialmente exige no sólo la suspensión del programa de Chumel Torres, sino su despido permanente y el despido permanente de quienes manejan a HBO Latino, ya que han estado solapando a Chumel Torres por años.
No nos hagamos: La gente que maneja HBO, Netflix, y otras empresas americanas en México son gente fifí que no actúan como actúa la gente de HBO, Netflix, etc, en Estados Unidos, en donde se promueve el contenido progresista. En México, los que manejan las empresas de Estados Unidos lo hacen como gente de derecha. Sólo exigiendo de manera masiva que hagan cambios en el personal que maneja a sus empresas en México habrá cambios de verdad.
Así que si ayer enviaron el primer email al CEO de AT&T, envíen otro email hoy. Y convenzan a más gente de enviar emails hasta que les quede claro en AT&T que no pueden tener a un racista en su programación de HBO.
Porque si aflojamos el paso ahorita, más tarde van a regresar a hacer lo mismo.
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