Forwarded Message: > To: [log in to unmask] > From: Cheryl Johnson <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [THEDRUM] Fwd: Kanye West Loses Endorsement Deal > Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:03:10 -0400 > ----- > >DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; > > s=s1024; d=prodigy.net; > > > >h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content- Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; > > > >b=6R8Cm/bZ8cWfYSjJrkslagvI8r7bib+FwuaZdH3y6Ev6SmzJeDlSA0alkqr1FeoxG2dZz5r b92WB7OKZ1lfTJVq3OYkhL0ls10K/W6cKqCeOTP9giDOb4KethNO5Idgys3fYJ1+9tsdLU9HXA JqgaH5ORWzlbINQ/oNej8t7eTQ= > >; > >Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:59:14 -0700 (PDT) > >From: GWENDOLYN POUGH <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: Fwd: Kanye West Loses Endorsement Deal > >To: [log in to unmask] > >X-Real-ConnectIP: 66.218.79.28 > >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.45 > >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 134.53.6.10 > > > >FYI > > > >--- [log in to unmask] wrote: > > > > > From: [log in to unmask] > > > Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 15:55:25 EDT > > > Subject: Kanye West Loses Endorsement Deal > > > To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > > Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 01:35:45 -0400 > > > Subject: Fwd: Kanye West loses endorsement deal > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > From: "Patrice J. Payne" <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > > > > Subject: Kanye West loses endorsement deal > > > Attachments: Attach0.html 2K > > > > > > Kanye West, former spokesperson for Pepsi, has since > > > lost his > > > >endorsement deal with the soft drink giant due to > > > his publicized remarks > > > >regarding the mishandling of the Katrina > > > evacuees/victims. I mean if > > > >you're like me...just SICK and TIRED of being black > > > in America and being > > > >mishandled, then do something. Our parents and > > > their parent's SHUT DOWN > > > >an entire bus system during the Civil Rights era by > > > CHOOSING to do > > > >something. Here is your opportunity. > > > > > > > >I'm calling a boycott on ALL Pepsi products. If > > > they want to drop > > > >Kanye, how about we DROP them! And as much as I > > > love a good Pepsi and a > > > >bag of Fritos, I'm not buying another Pepsi > > > including any of their > > > >family products (see link below) until a formal > > > apology is given and a > > > >donation is rendered to the Red Cross (or a > > > similar organization) in > > > >the sum of the amount of Kanye's contract with > > > Pepsi. > > > > > > > >If you're committed to doing something to tell not > > > just Pepsi but the > > > >world (including the Associated Press for that > > > racist caption) that > > > >there is power in the Black community, then pass > > > this along. Because > > > >there's POWER in numbers. > > > > > > > > > > > >Sincerely, > > > > > > > >Shondell Towns- Boycott Organizer > > > > > > > > > > > >Pepsi Products: > > > > > > > >Pepsi/Frito Lay/Gatorade/Tropicana/Quaker > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > >Kanye West, former spokesperson for Pepsi, has since > >lost his > > >endorsement deal with the soft drink giant due to his > >publicized remarks > > >regarding the mishandling of the Katrina > >evacuees/victims. I mean if > > >you're like me...just SICK and TIRED of being black > >in America and being > > >mishandled, then do something. Our parents and their > >parent's SHUT DOWN > > >an entire bus system during the Civil Rights era by > >CHOOSING to do > > >something. Here is your opportunity. > > > > > >I'm calling a boycott on ALL Pepsi products. If they > >want to drop > > >Kanye, how about we DROP them! And as much as I love > >a good Pepsi and a > > >bag of Fritos, I'm not buying another Pepsi including > >any of their > > >family products (see link below) until a formal > >apology is given and a > > >donation is rendered to the Red Cross (or a similar > >organization) in > > >the sum of the amount of Kanye's contract with > >Pepsi. > > > > > >If you're committed to doing something to tell not > >just Pepsi but the > > >world (including the Associated Press for that racist > >caption) that > > >there is power in the Black community, then pass > >this along. Because > > >there's POWER in numbers. > > > > > > > > >Sincerely, > > > > > >Shondell Towns- Boycott Organizer > > > > > > > > >Pepsi Products: > > > > > >Pepsi/Frito Lay/Gatorade/Tropicana/Quaker > > > > > > > >Gwendolyn D. Pough, Ph.D. > > > >http://www.gwendolyndpough.com > > > >Check It While I Wreck It: Black Womanhood, Hip-Hop Culture and the Public > >Sphere > >Northeastern University Press, June 2004 > >ISBN 1555536077 > > > >Also writing as Gwyneth Bolton > > > >http://www.gwynethbolton.com > > > >I'm Gonna Make You Love Me, Genesis Press, March 2006 > >ISBN 1585711810 > >The Harrington Legacy, Harlequin Books, July 2006 > >Sweet Sensation, Genesis Press, January 2007 > > Cheryl Johnson > Director, Women's Studies > Associate Professor of English > 126 MacMillan Hall > Office: 513 529-4616 > Fax: 513 529-1890 > [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/