FARTs are racist. The recent ads PETA (partners with NYCLASS) paid for to persuade city council members to vote to ban NYC carriage horses are actually doing just the opposite... Councilman Jimmy Vacca blasted a celebrity-studded PETA ad campaign intended to persuade him to get behind banning the city’s horse-drawn carriages. Vacca said he was offended by the choice of Sopranos star Edie Falco to target him in a heavily Italian Bronx district. Meanwhile, fashion guru Tim Gunn starred in ads targeting openly gay Councilman Corey Johnson in a Manhattan district with a large gay population, and hip hop mogul Russell Simmons was featured in ads targeting several black Council members. “I believe the choice of a star from the Sopranos to persuade an Italian-American Council Member in a district with a large Italian-American population is profiling, and I resent it,” Vacca said. “This is yet another example of insensitive stereotyping that has too long been used against the Italian-American community. I will decide this matter on the merits of the legislation – not on the opinions of celebrities.”... (Full article in the link below...)
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 01:24:51 +0000