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Mustt_mustt
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Username: Mustt_mustt
Post Number: 196
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 6:47 am: | 
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US radio jocks air abuse call (with transcript) INDIATIMES NEWS NETWORK [ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2005 11:37:31 AM ]
Yet another instance of backlash against outsourcing to India has been reported. And this time it is laced with hate, sexism and racism. American radio jockeys Star and Buc Wild — apparently big names in their field — in an attempt to be 'funny' broadcast an abusive call that was placed to an Indian call-centre worker. The 'call' was aired in their morning show on Philadelphia's Power 99 FM radio. In the tape that was played, the caller starts with placing an order for mail order beads, questions the executive if the call has been outsourced to India and then proceeds to abuse her. Apparently, the wakeup crew at the radio station thought it was hilarious, but it has provoked outrage amongst Indians back home and those living in the US. The audio file was removed from the Power 99 site, but can be downloaded from at link http://www.edrants.com/_mp3/Power99_Call_to_India.mp3
Transcript of the call
Here's the transcript of the call picked up from one of the blogs:
Narrator: Wakeup with Star and Buc Wild in the mornings of Power 99 FM.
Star: I'm going to play this call from earlier before we get out of here. This is the, uh, call that I made to - I thought it was a company here locally. Not that I was surprised. (laughter)
Star: I saw this infomercial about, uh, what are these things called again? Oh, the, uh...
Female Voice: Bead? Oh shoot.
Star: Anyway, let - let's just play the call. I was surprised when I got somebody on the line in East India. These little beads that I saw. Little white kids, uh, a little machine that puts them in their hair.
Female Voice: Mm'hm.
Star: Play it. (tape begins)
Steena: This is Steena. How may I help you?
Star: Hi, Stain-a, you say?
Steena: Yes.
Star: (In fake Indian accent) Yeah, I called and I just got hung up on. I'm calling from America about the quick beads for my daughter's, uh, hair. Quick beads.
Steena: Okay. May I have your ZIP code please?
Star: 10274.
Steena: 10274?
Star: Yes. Get it right. Now are you in India? Because I just spoke to someone in India who hung up on me.
Steena: Thank you. I am from India, ma'am.
Star: Okay. So my call is being outsourced to India.
Steena: That's right.
Star: In... in regards to my six year old, white American daughter who wants to get the quick beads like Serena and Venus Williams.
Steena: Now. I'll definitely place an order for that. See...
Star: What's that?
Steena: ...in the ad, she called to place a quick bead of counier. To ensure pro
per handling...
Star: Ma'am, I don't know what the hell you're saying. Hang on a second. Let me try and get something straight here. The quick beads, like Venus and Serena Williams, that to advertise to -- to the white kids on television. This call has been outsourced to India?
Steena: That's right.
Star: Well, ma'am, what the eff would you know about an American white girl's -- uh, uh -- hair? And quick beads.
Steena: Just to inform you, ma'am, we're a national chain services company. And we're just taking calls on the opposite...
Star: Listen, •••••! Don't get slick with the mouth! Don't you get slick with me, •••••!
Steena: Now if you continue to speak this language, I will disconnect the call.
Star: Listen to me, you dirty rat eater. I'll come out there and choke the eff out of you. (laughter)
Star: You're a filthy rat eater. I'm calling about my American six year old white girl. How dare you outsource my call? Get off the line, •••••! (laughter, end of tape)
Star: Pull it up. (laughter)
Star: Heard they listen well out there.
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sbenois
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Username: Sbenois
Post Number: 12961
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 7:58 am: |
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It's just hysterical.
I do hope that Star and Buc hear from Mr. Powell. |
Mark Fuhrman
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Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 1111
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 8:27 am: |
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Just lovely. How would Star and Buc like it if the same treatment were pulled on an African American worker--say, their sister or mother? Just imagine the outrage if they had called a synagogue to ask about Christmas wrapping paper.
Star calls himself "The Hater" and revels in shock-jock hate, which is his right. But it is not his right to push this stuff on the airwaves. Yet, it sells--one of the higher rated talk shows in Philly.
This is another Clear Channel station--wonder how they will handle their latest Howard Stern-like problem.
http://www.power99.com/star_bucwild/starbucwild.html
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Earlster
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Username: Earlster
Post Number: 857
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 11:14 am: |
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Pathetic.
And people wonder why americans have a bad rep. |
cjc
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Username: Cjc
Post Number: 3003
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 11:39 am: |
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Now, if they had done a parody off the Indian caste system -- ripping some lower-caste member of Indian society -- that might have gotten them fans in India. |
Soda
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Username: Soda
Post Number: 2324
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 1:29 pm: |
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If this is what passes for economic viability in a free market, gimme NPR every time.
-s.
BTW:
If Michael Powell doesn't take these guys out for a ride, he risks being labelled a Not-So-Original Hater. |
bklyntonj
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Username: Bklyntonj
Post Number: 312
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 3:26 pm: |
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Newsflash! Star & Buc Wild are coming back to NYC. Making their debut on Power 105.1 FM on 1/17/05.
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notehead
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Username: Notehead
Post Number: 1856
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 4:55 pm: |
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Great. We need them like we need an outbreak of Ebola virus. |
Soda
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Username: Soda
Post Number: 2333
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 6:18 pm: |
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Nah. Ebola you can kill...
-s. |
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