DropDobbs Coalition Rallies Supporters to Engage in CNN's Series Latino in America

A few days ago, our DropDobbs coalition sent an appeal to our supporters asking them to engage CNN and address their Lou Dobbs problem.  As CNN is set to air their series Latino in America, I think it is important for people to express what Lou Dobbs has done to Latinos in America.  A copy of the letter is below, and I hope you will join us in this movement. 

Dear Friend,

With your help, we've been forcing a national conversation about why CNN needs to drop Lou Dobbs. And the pressure is clearly getting to Dobbs himself, who has lashed out at what he calls "ethnocentric interest groups [who] are trying to destroy me." Now we have a golden opportunity to keep the pressure on and take that conversation directly to CNN.

Together with our allies over at BastaDobbs.com and Democracia Ahora, we're organizing an action to force CNN to publicly answer for its Dobbs problem. CNN is asking people to submit pictures and videos to its "iReport" website in response to its special, Latino in America. This gives us a chance to call out CNN for supporting Dobbs' dangerous rhetoric right on CNN's web site! If enough of us act, we can get other news outlets to cover the story, and keep the momentum against Dobbs going.

Will you submit a picture or short video demanding that CNN deal with its Lou Dobbs problem? With the simple online tool, uploading just takes a few minutes, and we've provided suggestions of what you can say:

http://bastadobbs.com/lia/org/dropdobbs/

Dobbs has long been known for his anti-immigrant hate speech, but his venom has not been confined to proponents of immigration reform. Just last week, he unleashed a rant against African-Americans in Chicago over recent horrific violence, saying that the "black community is not being responsible" and that "the black churches, the black school leaders, the black community leaders, the black community organizers, the black parents of that community" should "quit whining" and fix the problem themselves.

http://bastadobbs.com/lia/org/dropdobbs/

We really appreciate all you've done so far. But we can't rest now. Please join us in calling out CNN, and ask your friends and family to do the same.

Laura Esquivel and Andres Ramirez
Drop Dobbs Coalition