• Philippine Inquirer via AsiaNewsNet, Monday, October 8, 2007 10:45 AM

Some Filipino-American groups are calling for a boycott of ABC and parent company Disney after a network executive said a broadcast apology for a perceived racial slur on "Desperate Housewives" was unlikely to happen. "I don't think they (ABC) are taking us seriously," says Rico Foz, spokesperson for the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (Nafcon), after meeting with Robert Mendez, ABC's senior vice president for diversity and talent development.

The broadcast apology was among the demands made at the meeting, which was followed by a protest in front of ABC's New York studios. The fuss is over a recent remark by Teri Hatcher's character that maligned Filipino medical schools. Foz says the groups also want cultural sensitivity training for network staff, shows with Filipinos and other minorities as "prominent, positive role models," and support for Filipino-American projects.

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