okay, how about if some country makes fun of your incest ridden hillbilly hicks??? let's see who's laughing....

I liked what James R said to. read it. y even bother to do all of this. just bc of a stupid comment. its not racial.or rude. i really think its stupid to make a petition bout a small comment like that. if y`all used ur time n energy on somethin better. the world woulda been a better place. but no. u all have to sit on the computer. n annoy urself over a silly thing like this. stop bitchin over small things. =)

I agree with cheryl s. its just a tv show. and plus is **** funny tho=). so get over it. stop crying like a bitch and laugh instead =). we all make fun of other countries. so get over it

as an american student who attended the University of Santo Tomas in the philippines , I can vouch for the quality of education. All classes in English, Same textbooks as USA med schools, all teachers there received Us training. We all helped each other as students. Teachers were wonderful and patient. I'd do it again over a US med school.

It's not a joke. You don't mock a country's dignity and say it's all a show and it's a joke. That is the lamest excuse ever!

Oh Pleeez!! It's a TV show, get over it!!!

Besides don't you think there is alot more important issues to deal with? Why not take a stand for how you treat people in the real world? And to be honest, the character is not necessarily PC so that is something she might say. Have you ever watched SOPRANOS? That is exceedingly rampant with slurs and jokes, it's just a portrait of make believe characters. I don't look down on any race, or class, people should be judged by how they treat others. Give a smile to someone else, and let the anger go. It's a waste of energy and thought.

Yea get over it, it's a joke, and if everytime they said something funny on tv was viewed as wrong well there would be sooo many apologies to be made. Lighten up.

I don't see this as a racist comment. I thought it was a dig at medical schools outside the US. Susan was questioning whether the guy graduated from a US medical school. She could have easily said any other country.

HEADLINE DATED 11/14/07:
ABC hiring Fil-Am talents to make up for ‘Desperate Housewives’

 http://www.gmanews.tv/ story/68722/ABC-hiring-Fil-Am-talents-to -make-up-for-Desperate-Housewives

 

WASHINGTON — Hiring Filipino on-camera and behind-camera talents, incorporating dialogues and plot lines to popular ABC-TV shows depicting the contributions of Filipino Americans in the nation’s healthcare system, and including healthcare, arts and advocacy experts as guests in news programs.

These are some of the actions the network will take as restitution for the racial slur in a dialogue in a recent “Desperate Housewives" episode, as well as in implementing its diversity policy.

Steve McPherson, president of ABC primetime entertainment, met with community leaders in the network’s office in Burbank, California last week.

McPherson even suggested a plotline for “Boston Legal," about a Filipino American lawyer suing the government for the injustice to Filipino World War II veterans. He requested leaders to send him background materials on this issue. This is not expected to happen overnight, considering the writers’ strike, but community leaders hailed the relationship-building efforts targeted at Filipino Americans.

McPherson has won recognition from the Directors Guild of America for his “outstanding commitment to and leadership in the hiring of women and ethnic minorities." He made a commitment to continue building on the relationship with the Filipino American community.

“Mc-Pherson acknowledged the ‘Domestic Housewives’ racial slur was ‘a terrible mistake’ and ‘should not have happened.’McPherson also assured the group that scriptwriter Marc Cherry and their Standards and Practices Department, “and everyone who needed to be talked to were talked to," to prevent racial slurs from taking place again.

 

FILIPINOS: LET'S THANK GOD FOR THIS VINDICATION. 

 

oh my god here we go with 9/11 again..you people I just don't get it you feel bad for what happen or whatever but why did you bash people like my girlfriend who is half Iraqy and half Mexican and about as bad is acussing me an my cousin of being those Iraqy,we are Mexican born and raised in American,you seemed to forget how well you greated alot of us after 9/11.I don't even watch the show but i love Marcia Cross but do have Filipino friends and know how they feel about what was said,its like getting the dirty looks my family gets going anywhere,looked down on even though we are legally here,and to update they did apologise like the next day and have my support they did the right thing and I had to redo the marcia cross,always get her and melinda clark's named mixed up once in a while,both very beutiful

I don't even remember that so like other long time viewers not many of us remember because its not a big deal

You know what?!

If everything was a descriminating factor, there would come a timel, we would not utter a word thinking the next one will be offensive I think this should stop,otherwise all the shows in the world and every frase we say will not be adecuate to somebody, so we will stop talking all together.

Want an apology? Fine, you can have that but on't try to take my show off the air just because you hold a grudge. There are many shows that makes offensive comments all the time about everyone and yet they manage to stay on the air. Lighten up! Everyone gets picked on from time to time, i know my religion gets a lot of that, but you know what, that's life. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but that's all it is. Don't make a bigger deal out of this than it really is. Learn how to accept crticism whether it's constructive or not, it's part of being an adult.

Hi Liz H, As a matter of fact that horse is mine, Nevertheless, You are absolutely right, MORE PRAYER is all I need by now, I appreciated that.. Good luck to you baby...

 I hate racist comments like the ones made in Desperate Housewives because I truly think that citizens from First World countries such as the U.S.  DO NOT HAVE the monopoly of brains. Citizens from the Third World countries like the Filipinos are also human beings who deserve RESPECT. Being a Registered Nurse, may I remind these Americans that they rely on FILIPINO Healthcare PROFESSIONALS  to care for their SICK people!  

 I hate racist comments like the ones made in Desperate Housewives because I truly think that citizens from First World countries such as the U.S.  DO NOT HAVE the monopoly of brains. Citizens from the Third World countries like the Filipinos are also human beings who deserve RESPECT. Being a Registered Nurse, may I remind these Americans that they rely on FILIPINO Healthcare PROFESSIONALS  to care for their SICK people!  

Maybe you may think they are just some words, but they did really have racialism meanig which might hurt   peole of that country.

Hope the productor would pay more attention to it and avoid racism words!  Still be a good series.

To jennie N

Stop 'talking'. . . . the more you talk, the more you gain  Filipino enemies!   MABUHAY ANG MGA PILIPINOS!

it's sad to see that many of us Filipinos are so splintered over issues that call for unity. no wonder other nationalities/races look down on us. how can we expect respect from others when we don't even give that to ourselves? let us not forget where we came from.

people, people..... it's just a tv show.. and i personally think that the show is not that good, anyway!!! also. a lot of minority groups get "insulted" in american tv shows... and even their presidents get insulted... ha ha ha .... so chin up, mga kabayans!!!! as they say, "sticks and stones can hurt my bones, but life goes on!!!". eh? huh? hahahaha...  

disappointing talaga to discover na hindi lang pala Kano ang racist towards sa atin. pati na rin pala yung sarili nating kababayan; na kung sino nang "feeling" porque nakaabot lang sa estados unidos. (u know hu u r!)

remember nu lang sana, kahit pa born, raised and died in the states kayo, PINOY PA RIN KAAYO. kahit ano pang retoke gawin nu, PINOY PA RIN KAYO. so please, kunting sympathy naman dyan.

i admit na insulto ako sa comment, basically dahil taga hospital din ako. graduate ako sa isang prestigious school, and super proud ako of that fact. tapos insultuhin ba naman tayo nang ganun??  if Filipino doctors are THAT bad, how come meron pa ring gumagaling? how come hindi lahat nang na-aadmit namamatay?  think of that!!

truth is, ALL, and i mean ALL races both have good and bad doctors. remember that!!

Well, if we don't take heed of our own selves, who care? who will? We have no time to live in the past yet life is full constant learning, Let's chill out and purify our mind... Mind yourself jenieN.

Well,

well, all we have to do is take an action for that issue...

well, all we have to do is take an action for that issue...

well, all we have to do is take an action for that issue...