Should These Hosts Be Fired

I was surfing through the Sunday morning shows yesterday and stumbled upon the Sunday edition of NBC’s Today Show.  The two hosts were dressed for Halloween.  Now how can I take seriously anything they say?  That, however, is not my concern.  My concern is they were both dressed as characters from the bigoted MTV show Jersey Shore.

This show does nothing but denigrates Italian’s.  Juan Williams got the NPR ax for expressing a concern, should the hosts be fired for denigrating Italians?  Oh they will not be.  The producer’s probably thought this was great television.  It made my blood boil.  Jersey Shore is nothing more than the 21^st Century version of Amos and Andy.  Those of you from the entitled generation who know not of this show….. Google it.

How can an alleged legitimate network condone this treatment of an entire nationality?  I am sure if these hosts dressed in let us say Bin laden garb there would be calls for their heads.  If they dressed as African American Slaves, would this be tolerated?  I know not.  But the powers that be at NBC saw nothing wrong with their show anchors putting down Italians.

It is time we made our thoughts and feelings known, and not only should Italians be upset. All people who are tired of bigoted portrayals of any race, religion or nationality, should be as outraged as I am.  Hit Jersey Shore in the pocketbook.  Contact sponsors of this trashy show.   Let MTV know how you feel, and tell NBC this is just not acceptable behavior to have their hosts portray bigots.  Jersey Shore flaunts their controversy.  In their Wikipedia description:

“The show debuted amid large amounts of controversy regarding the use of the words "Guido/Guidette," portrayals of Italian-American stereotypes”

Just change guido/guidette to your nationalities derogatory terms, and put your race, nationality, or religion in the above sentence before the word stereotypes.  Would you accept this?  Get this 2010 version of Amos and Andy off the air!!!  And NBC decide if you want to be a news organization, or should the Today Show be considered no more than fluff television.  Most importantly, how about a little respect for Italian Americans.