Released on: December 12, 2007, 9:35 am

Press Release Author: Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Industry: Media

Press Release Summary: Call for Public Apology by Atlanta Falcon's Owner for
Racially Offensive Remark about Michael Vick

Press Release Body: Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable


December 12, 2007
for Immediate Release
Contact: Earl Ofari Hutchinson
323-296-6331


Call for Public Apology by Atlanta Falcon's Owner for Racially Offensive Remark
about Michael Vick

Atlanta Falcon\'s owner Arthur Blank was a guest on Monday Night Football December
10. He was asked about former Atlanta Falcons quarterback and convicted animal
abuser Michael Vick's future with the team. This is what he said: "There\'s a lot of
roadblocks to Michael coming back and even playing in the National Football League,
Tony. Let\'s assume he\'s out for three seasons, 07, 08 and 09. If he doesn\'t watch
himself and eats a lot of fried chicken and fries in prison, comes out 215 pounds
he\'s not going to be the same athlete he was.\"
The remark was racially insensitive and offensive. The remarks continues a recent
pattern in which leading media and public figures from Don Imus to Dog the Bounty
Hunter have routinely demeaned African-Americans with wise cracks, slips, gaffes and
off-color jokes. Each time these public figures have been called on the carpet for
their racial insensitivity, they have publicly apologized. Blank must do the same.
African-American fans and players, and that includes Vick, have played a major role
in the Atlanta Falcon's financial success. They also are major patrons of Home
Depot, co-founded by Blank. This makes it even more imperative that Blank publicly
apologize for his remark.




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