2004 Racism Watch

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2004 Racism Watch was an organization founded in January of 2004 that called upon the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign to change or pull a political ad they deemed offensive from the air. The ad in question contained a partial face shot of a man who could be construed as "Middle Eastern".

Actor Ed Asner was a spokesman for the group and member of its advisory committee. Asner called the use of the picture "disturbing," comparing it to the Willie Horton ad that an independent political action committee funded by supporters of the Bush-Quayle campaign ran in 1988 criticizing the Massachusetts prison furlough system.

Other members of the group’s advisory committee were actors Ed Begley, Jr., and Susan Sarandon; former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Georgia, author Noam Chomsky, feminist author Barbara Ehrenreich, Manning Marable, Elizabeth Martinez, Phil Tajitsu Nash, Ron Walters, Tim Wise and author Howard Zinn.

External links

• 2004 Racism Watch from commondreams.org