Filipino Americans demand for apology from ABC and Desperate Housewives
In support of the Filipino sentiment against discrimination we are reproducing the
petition addressed to ABC demanding apology from its producers:
“To: ABC To the producers of “Desperate Housewives” and ABC:
We are writing to express concern and hurt about a racially-discriminatory comment made in an episode of Desperate Housewives on 9/30/07. In a scene in which Susan was told by her gynecologist that she might be hitting menopause, she replied, “Can I just check those diplomas because I just want to make sure that they are not from some med school in the Philippines.” Read More
Discrimination has no place in a civilized country such as the United States. The script writer and producers of the show should exert efforts to rectify the damage done to the reputation of Filipino doctors.
Charles Heston
October 20, 2007