Ringtone threatens deportation
By Nick Farrell
CINGULAR Wireless has pulled a
ringtone from its website after discovering that it was 'blatantly offensive'
The ring tone which mimics the arrest of an immigrant with a copper speaking
pigeon Spanish, had been on the company's website until a hack from the
Brownsville Herald asked about it.
The ringtone started with a siren, followed by a male voice saying in a Southern
drawl, "This is la Migra," which is a slang term for the Border Patrol. "Por
favor, put the oranges down and step away from the cell phone. I repeat-o, put
the oranges down and step away from the telephone-o. I'm deporting you back
home-o," the voice continued.
Brent Wilkes, national executive director of the League of United Latin American
Citizens, told the newspaper said that the ringtone was a horribly offensive and
a disgusting thing.
A SpokesCingular said that the company deeply regretted and apologised for the
ringtone ever being there in the first place...
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