Report Online Incidents of Racial, Ethnic, or Religious Bias

Please report any incidents of racial, ethnic, or religious bias, discrimination, or defamation, you discover online to defamation@onlinepolicy.org. Please include as much information about the incident as possible, such as your name, city/town, email address, the date/time, location on the Internet, type of incident and why you find it disturbing, and what action you have taken, if any, in response to the incident. Please take a screen snapshot, and save HTML, graphic, and video source files as evidence of the incident if possible.

Respond to Online Incidents of Racial, Ethnic, or Religious Bias Please respond to the following action alerts regarding online incidents of racial, ethnic, or religious bias, defamation, and discrimination.

"Mr Wong", Defamatory Animation from Icebox.com

Note: Icebox.com has gone out of business! Icebox.com, a popular online animated cartoon site has continued production of a defamatory cartoon called "Mr. Wong" despite protests from the Asian-American community. The cartoon depicts an elderly Asian man as a domestic servant for a young society woman who abuses him and ridicules his difficulties in pronouncing English and in driving cars, among other stereotypes. Find out how you can respond through an action alert, NAPALC, October 16, 2000.
Media coverage:
Rutgers U. Students Meet to Plan Action Against Web Site, AsianAvenue.com, October 13, 2000
Flier Raises Questions in Rutgers U. Asian Community, AsianAvenue.com, October 10, 2000
LA Weekly Issues Apology for Running Mr Wong Ad, LA Times, October 6, 2000
Artisan Entertainment Reportedly Nixes Bid to Acquire "Mr. Wong", aOnline.com, September 28, 2000
A New Season of Mr. Wong, aOnline.com, September 22, 2000
Funny or Racist? 'Mr. Wong' Draws Mixed Reaction, LA Times, July 31, 2000
Asian American Groups Demand Icebox.com Pull the Plug on "Mr. Wong", aOnline.com, July 12, 2000
Mr. Wong Just Not Right, Critics Say, The Standard, June 26, 2000
"Mr. Wong" Cartoon To Continue Airing Despite Mounting Criticism, aOnline.com, June 22, 2000
Web Cartoon Provokes Strong Reactions From Asian Americans, aOnline.com, June 19, 2000
Web Cartoon Provokes Strong Reactions From Asian Americans, aOnline.com, June 15, 2000
Hey, Hollywood – Over Here!, The Standard, June 5, 2000

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