[SfN] Fwd: STOP HATE: Take action now!

[Robert Dunn]

>From: Nick Sakurai <sakurai at UIUC.EDU>
>Reply-To: Nick Sakurai <sakurai at UIUC.EDU>
>To: UI-GLB-L at POSTOFFICE.CSO.UIUC.EDU
>Subject: STOP HATE: Take action now!
>Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 22:47:48 -0500
>
>[PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERYONE AND EVERY LIST YOU CAN!]
>
>The Anger Management Tour’s concert, featuring Limp Bizkit and Eminem, at
>Assembly Hall must go. Negotiations and dialogue with the University
>administration have failed. Now it is time for action. If we cannot hold 
>the
>University accountable for something as vile as this, then what can we hold
>them accountable for?
>
>If you are not sure about your position on this concert or don't know what
>the controversy is, read on. Please give us a chance to convince you to 
>take
>action at our community meeting and press conference, Monday, Oct. 30, at
>5:30 p.m. in the basement of the United Church of Christ, located at the
>corner of 6th and Daniel in Champaign, IL. We will announce our plans for
>our Thursday, November 2 protest at the press conference.
>
>We believe that it is wrong for the University to profit from a concert 
>that
>will include hate speech, encourage violence, and defame people. On
>Thursday, November 2, Assembly Hall will allow Limp Bizkit and Eminem, 
>among
>others, to spew lyrics and skits about their support for hatred and 
>violence
>towards women (called "sluts" and "bitches", among other things, by Eminem)
>and queer people (called "homos" and "fags", among other things, by 
>Eminem).
>This is unacceptable and contrary to the University's missions and 
>policies.
>
>We do not believe that this is a freedom of speech issue because freedom of
>speech takes place in private places and in public when there is equal
>access. Not just anyone can perform at Assembly Hall. Furthermore, this is
>not an academic forum or a “marketplace of ideas.” We believe that allowing
>our government institutions to profit from hate masquerading as
>entertainment is unethical and is a breach of policy. The University needs
>to put its missions, ethics, and policies before its financial gain.
>
>Demands only need to be made when dialogue fails. Thus, we demand that the
>concert be cancelled. We demand that the University issue an apology to the
>entire campus, either via MASSMAIL, the DI, or some other equivalent mass
>medium. We demand that if this concert is not cancelled, that a significant
>portion of the proceeds go towards University offices or groups which serve
>women and queer people.
>
>Here is just a snippet of what will likely be heard at Thursday's concert.
>It is from Eminem's song, Kill You, which has opened his set in past
>concerts on this tour. These are not even his worst lyrics.
>
>"Slut, you think I won't choke no whore
>til the vocal cords don't work in her throat no more?!
>(sampled female voice: AHHH!)"
>...
>"You faggots keep egging me on
>til I have you at knife point, then you beg me to stop?
>SHUT UP! Give me your hands and feet
>I said SHUT UP when I'm talking to you
>YOU HEAR ME? ANSWER ME!"
>
>For more information about anti-gay hate and violence in Eminem's lyrics, 
>go
>to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's website at:
>http://www.glaad.org/org/topics/index.html?topic=857
>
>If you are with us in believing that this has no place as
>entertainment-for-profit in a public educational institution, we want your
>support. Please send Nick Sakurai, sakurai at uiuc.edu, an email if you want 
>to
>get involved. Also, we would like to see you at our meeting Monday evening
>(details above).

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