If you are disappointed with the new CNN show, "DL Hughley Breaks the News", please contact the producers and decision-makers with CNN and express your concerns.  If you do not wish to write a letter of your own, a sample letter/email is presented below.  Feel free to modify the letter as you see fit.  Also, please place your name and any other contact information you wish to share at the bottom of the letter before you send it.  After you use the letter, you can then email it to key decision-makers at CNN to express your concern for the show.

We ask that you forward this letter via email to anyone you believe to be a partner in this cause.  We should firmly, and with dignity, let CNN know that programming based on stereotypes and distorted racial norms will not receive the patronage of fair-minded Americans.

 

 

To CNN and its key decision-makers,

 

As a member of the Your Black World coalition, I am writing to inform you that I found your recently released show, “DL Hughley Breaks the News” to be a tremendous disappointment.  While I certainly respect CNN’s effort to develop itself as “The most trusted name in news”, I did not find the new DL Hughley show to be consistent with the degree of trust that CNN has worked to obtain with the American public.

 

The 2008 Presidential campaign represents an amazing landmark for change within our country by allowing an African American male to present himself to the world as a dignified and educated member of our society, an image which lies in stark contrast to media representations of Black men as criminals, rappers, athletes and entertainers.  I found it disheartening that this progress was reversed by CNN’s decision to create a show which relied on the very same stereotypes to build a consistent stream of laughs at the expense of African Americans everywhere.  The show was also degrading to those in the broader community who support the candidacy of Senator Barack Obama, and who wish to see our great country move past the deep and painful wounds created by our nation’s legacy of racial inequality.

 

We ask that you discontinue the show, “DL Hughley Breaks the News”, and consider a brand of political humor that is respectful to all ethnicities and shows greater appreciation for the tremendous gains made in the 2008 Presidential election.  Perhaps then, CNN can regain its status as “The most trusted name in news”.

Sincerely,

 

The Your Black World Coalition