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Emil Guillermo: (VIDEO) Jamie Foxx will sing “Star Spangled Banner” at tonight’s PacMay fight; Will he mock Manny and do it in a Filipino accent? He did on ESPN’s First Take. Was it a racial slur?

Accent is a big deal.

It’s one thing for a Filipino to make fun of it.

But it’s quite another for Jamie Foxx to do it on national television. Take a look at this video of ESPN’s “First Take.”

Funny or racial slur?

No different than the non-written rules for the use of “N” word by non-blacks.

If you’re not Filipino, it’s a slur.

Given how politically correct ESPN has been on making fun of accents and racial remarks (remember the “chink in the armour” references regarding Jeremy Lin?),I don’t know how they could allow this on their air.

 

And there’s the super self-righteous Stephen A. Smith yucking it up.
He’s been suspended for insensitive remarks. Bill Simmons has too.

And yet on the day before the big fight, there’s this on ESPN?

That’s an outrage, folks.

Shows no respect for Pacquiao, the 90 million people of the Philippines, or the 3.4 million Filipinos in America.

Let’s see if ESPN at least takes producers to task for their judgment. And let’s see if Foxx continues to mock Manny and all Filipinos by continuing to do his shtick.

An apology is in order.

 

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Emil Guillermo: UPDATED WITH VIDEO–Jamie Fox can’t fight like Pacquiao, but talks like Pacquiao on ESPN’s “First Take.” Funny? Not.

Stephen A. likes Mayweather.  So does Foxx who thinks Marquez knockout took something out of Pacquaio? Really? Did he see Bradley 2?  The Algier fighti?

But then Foxx had to make fun of Manny’s singing.

No big deal. So have I.

But does Foxx have to mock the champ’s accent?

(You can  click on this  green link for the VIDEO where Jamie Fox mocks Pacquiao on ESPN’s “First Take” show).

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So Foxx went to the “Asian Pilipino”  accent.

And Stepnen A. and the crowd  all cracked up.

Hmm.  That’s some major diss. Even after saying, “I don’t mean to take anything away from Pacquiao, but….”

Would Foxx and Smith be laughing if a non-black made fun of how blacks talked?

Just axing.

Or would their sensitivity meter be on for that one?

Earlier in the show, “First Take”  co-host Skip Bayless  picked Pacquiao by a KO in the 7th.

 

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Emil Guillermo: The one book you need to read this Asian Pacific American Heritage Month? Ron Takaki’s “Strangers from a Different Shore.” Better yet gift it to someone…

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Others don’t know our history. But even some Asian Americans don’t know our history.

Recently, I picked up two used copies of Ron Takaki’s “Strangers from a Different Shore,” and gave them to my kids.

I must have purchased at least a dozen copies of the book in my lifetime and given  them as gifts.

Hey, that’s a good idea. Almost better than a “Happy AAPI Heritage Month” card.

Give Takaki’s book.  If you’ve read it, re-read it.

It’s the basic story of all of us Asian Americans.

When Ron died, I wrote this:

http://www.amok.com/blog/remembering-ron-takaki-the-man-who-put-asian-pacific-americans-into-historical-context-for-the-academy/

 

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Emil Guillermo: Who’s on the white horse? Pacquiao or Mayweather? Get a load of these numbers.

 

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Leave it to Promoter Bob Arum to mention how Pacquiao’s letter about Mary Jane Veloso to the Indonesian government had something to do with staying the Filipina’s execution the other day.

Did it?

The Philippine Inquirer reported the stay was due to the emergence of the person who recruited Veloso.

But the idea that Manny can save a life at the 11th hour is part of the superhero narrative that is part of his charismatic charm.

It almost doesn’t matter if it was Pacquiao’s letter that saved Veloso.

When you’ve lived on the streets and have become a champ, you become a legend.

Pacquiao is the Filipino Paul Bunyan. He lives larger than any Filipino.

As Filipinos everywhere, we see the most prized overseas Filipino and we give in to the narrative.

Manny sure mentions God a lot. That may bother more secular Filipinos (there are a few). They  just believe in Manny.

BY THE NUMBERS

This megafight is producing some meganumbers.

I’ll share a few numbers that produce a different kind of ” tale of the tape” in this boxing match. These two boxers aren’t heavyweights.

But they are when they stand on their piles of money.

Pay-per-view: $300 million (3 million purchases @$100)

Estimated splits and payday for fighters:

Floyd Mayweather: 60 percent.

Manny Pacquiao: 40 percent

Payday for Mayweather: In excess of $180 million

Payday for Pacquaio: In excess of $120 million

Per capita income in the Philippines: $2,765 a year

Number of Filipinos forced to work overseas to make a decent wage: 2.4 million people

Amount in back taxes Philippine government wants from Pacquiao: $75 million

Amount in back taxes IRS wants from Pacquaio’s 2006-2010 earning: $18.3 million

Number of convictions for Mayweather on battery and domestic violence since 2001: 5

Jail time served in 2012 in Nevada by Mayweather on a plea deal to avoid felony charges on wife battering: 2 months.

Number of suspensions by Nevada boxing officials to Mayweather: 0

Fight’s economic benefit to Las Vegas, according to Las Vegas Convention Bureau:$150-200 million; 300,000 visitors.

That last graph no doubt is the reason boxing, a state regulated sport, did what it did.  Floyd’s no saint. He’s a money generator.

But  he beats women.

Manny also generates lots of money. He may not be a saint, but if  Arum is to be believed, he may have helped save a woman from her death.

 

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