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 <title>Rousing East-Siders, Group Protests Media Depictions of Minorities</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter--><p>If you live in the east 60's and you like sleeping in on Saturday mornings -- too bad.
<p>For the third Saturday in a row, locals were awoken by the shouts of protesters outside the E.65th street mansion of Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman. The group, which calls itself the Campaign for Corporate Responsibility in Entertainment, wants to change the way media companies portray black and Latino men and women in music videos , T.V, and movies.  It's calling for media companies like Viacom to adopt universal standards prohibiting lyrical or visual content that is degrading, promotes violence, and stereotypes black and Latino men as hoodlums and thugs, and women as promiscuous. Sample slogan: &quot;BET does not reflect me!&quot;    <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.observer.com/2007/rousing-east-siders-group-protests-media-depictions-blacks">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:34:47 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Nicole Dweck</dc:creator>
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