Yesterday January 19th, 2012 Boricuas For A Positive Image (BFPI) held their third rally in front of the ABC studios located on 66th Street and Columbus Avenue. This rally was important because several days before ABC had cancelled the show, “Work It” that had aired an insulting scene that started this Puerto Rican backlash. The now infamous line read by Puerto Rican actor, Amaury Nolasco: “I’m Puerto Rican, I would be great at selling drugs” was not funny at all to the majority of the Puerto Rican and Latino community especially for those of us living here in the States.
BFPI Video Of Second Protest At ABC
ABC Cancelled the show, “Work It” and perhaps they believe that by doing so all of the protest and anger directed towards them will go away. Sorry ABC, that is not going to stop the Puerto Rican protest. While there were some sectors protesting and demanding that the show be cancelled, the Boricuas For A Positive Image have been clear from day one. We want an Apology and a Meeting with ABC to prevent this from ever occurring again. The following video say’s it all. Please come and join us again this Thursday at 5:30 to 6:30 PM.
ABC CANCELLED THE SHOW, BUT PROTEST WILL CONTINUE
Boricuas For A Positive Image
For Info: Mr. Rivera: 917-709-2219
ABC has cancelled the sitcom: “Work It.” Though they might believe that this will make the protest STOP, they are WRONG. The Boricua For A Positive Image, the founding group of community, labor and religious leaders that have been protesting the insulting comment, “I’m Puerto Rican I would be great at selling drugs,” stated that their protest against ABC that began over two weeks ago would continue.
ABC CANCELLED THE SHOW, BUT WE ARE NOT CANCELLING OUR PROTEST
ABC MUST DO MORE!
ABC has cancelled the sitcom: “Work It.” Though they might believe that this will make the protest STOP, they are WRONG. We had a problem with the sitcom for its insulting joke where the actor said: “I’m Puerto Rican I would be great at selling drugs,” thus we our demands have always been: