Today, 10/18/09 on CNN.com It became obvious that both Walgreens and Amazon.com were offering for sale an "illegal alien" halloween costume. This is not only derogatory, but it is wrong and racist. The costumes clearly are an attempt to further dehumanize the undocumented people. Here is a link to the cnn article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/17/illegal.immigrant.costume/index.html Please sign this petition to ask Walgreens and Amazon.com to stop selling these illegal alien costumes. Your attention to this matter is appreciated.
Today, 10/18/09 on CNN.com It became obvious that both Walgreens and Amazon.com were offering for sale an "illegal alien" halloween costume. This is not only derogatory, but it is wrong and racist. The costumes clearly are an attempt to further dehumanize the undocumented people. Here is a link to the cnn article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/17/illegal.immigrant.costume/index.html Please sign this petition to ask Walgreens and Amazon.com to stop selling these illegal alien costumes. Your attention to this matter is appreciated.
We the undersigned have discovered that you are offering an "illegal immigrant halloween costume." We are outraged that you would even offer such a distasteful and racist halloween costume for sale on your website or at your stores. The costume clearly dehumanizes the people who are the victims, the economic refugees, who come here to work hard and who seek to find a way to feed and care for their families, while providing their children with the possibility of a better future. By selling this trash on your website and stores, it is as if you condone the view that immigrants are less than human, and that discrimination and racism are acceptable at both Walgreens and Amazon.com. We request that you cease offering the "illegal immigrant halloween costume." Otherwise you can count on a large scale boycott nation wide. Here is a link to the cnn article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/17/illegal.immigrant.costume/index.html Your attention to this matter is appreciated.
We signed the "Stop Selling "Illegal Alien Halloween Costume"" petition!
# 49:
4:34 pm PST, Nov 1,Carole Hagen, Oregon
# 48:
7:13 am PDT, Oct 26,Caro Liu, Pennsylvania
# 47:
6:35 am PDT, Oct 24,Julie Linder, Florida
# 46:
8:13 pm PDT, Oct 23,Priscila Carmona, California
# 45:
8:09 pm PDT, Oct 23,Sabina Hussain, California
# 44:
8:06 pm PDT, Oct 23,Cesar Gonzalez, California
# 43:
8:04 pm PDT, Oct 23,Jose Caramona, California
its ugly to our culture
# 42:
7:58 pm PDT, Oct 23,Sue Hontalas, California
NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THIS
# 41:
7:56 pm PDT, Oct 23,Michael Velmonte, California
# 40:
7:54 pm PDT, Oct 23,Dounia Kardosh, California
Degrading STOP IT !
# 39:
7:52 pm PDT, Oct 23,Patti Bruce, California
# 38:
7:51 pm PDT, Oct 23,Stacy Becker, California
# 37:
7:50 pm PDT, Oct 23,Steve Allekotte, California
# 36:
7:47 pm PDT, Oct 23,Aimee Reed, California
# 35:
7:45 pm PDT, Oct 23,Sunny Singh, California
# 34:
7:42 pm PDT, Oct 23,Noelle Cahill, California
# 33:
7:40 pm PDT, Oct 23,Derek White, California
# 32:
7:39 pm PDT, Oct 23,Lauren Nakasako, California
# 31:
7:37 pm PDT, Oct 23,Ki Ota, California
# 30:
7:35 pm PDT, Oct 23,Natasha Issaqueva, California
# 29:
7:31 pm PDT, Oct 23,Celeste Perez, California
WE ARE HUMANS TOO !
# 28:
7:29 pm PDT, Oct 23,Francisco Gomez, California
RESPECT OUR RACE LIKE WE RESPECT YOURS
# 27:
7:27 pm PDT, Oct 23,Juan Gomez, California
RACIST
# 26:
7:25 pm PDT, Oct 23,Yaritza Dealeou, California
# 25:
7:23 pm PDT, Oct 23,Jenny Mota, California
# 24:
7:19 pm PDT, Oct 23,Noe Jimenez, California
# 23:
7:16 pm PDT, Oct 23,Angie Barros, California
its racist to our race
# 22:
7:12 pm PDT, Oct 23,Jan carlo Carthy, California
it bad it should be stopped
# 21:
7:20 pm PDT, Oct 21,Maura Rojas, California
To make this a better country, we must understand each others differences and not make them a joke. We must respect everyone. If this is supposed to be funny, then why aren't all races represented?
# 20:
6:09 pm PDT, Oct 21,Maria Talamantes, California
RACIST!!
# 19:
8:22 pm PDT, Oct 20,Velia Calderon, California
I think this portrayal of undocumented residents is in very poor taste and I will no longer patronize Walgreen's or Amazon. Continue to dehumanize and disrespect human beings and I will continue to boycott your business!!
# 18:
2:37 pm PDT, Oct 20,Name not displayed, California
# 17:
1:55 pm PDT, Oct 20,Yolanda Collins, California
# 16:
5:19 am PDT, Oct 20,EFMohammed Martinez, California
I will NO longer purchase any AMAZON or WALGREEN'S products, unless it ceases to sell this dehumanizing product ASAP.
E.F. Mohammed Martinez
# 15:
7:52 pm PDT, Oct 19,Maura Raquel Ponce, California
I think it's racist that people are making costumes that make fun of certain people. It's not fair that just because some people break the law that people have to make a costume to make fun of it.
# 14:
4:43 pm PDT, Oct 19,Osiris Millan, California
this isnt funny to sell a racist costume... PLEASE take this costume OFF THE MARKET
# 13:
12:00 pm PDT, Oct 19,RAQUEL PONCE, California
THIS IS WRONG AND RACIST, I ASK THAT WALLGREENS AND AMAZON.COM STOP SELLING THIS HALLOWEEN COSTOM
# 12:
11:59 am PDT, Oct 19,RAQUEL PONCE, California
THIS IS WRONG AND RACIST, I ASK THAT WALLGREENS AND AMAZON.COM STOP SELLING THIS HALLOWEEN COSTOM
# 11:
9:07 am PDT, Oct 19,Elisabeth Norman, Georgia
# 10:
7:22 am PDT, Oct 19,Dan Cappelllo, Pennsylvania
# 9:
6:55 am PDT, Oct 19,Guadalupe Cuevas, Mexico
# 8:
6:52 am PDT, Oct 19,Rodrigo Davila, Mexico
mejor vendan un disfraz de gringo gabacho
# 7:
4:19 am PDT, Oct 19,David N Moore, Connecticut
# 5:
2:53 am PDT, Oct 19,Steve Klein, Virginia
# 4:
11:15 pm PDT, Oct 18,Pilar Fuenzalida, California
I love a good joke at the expense of pretty much anyone... but the problem is how many people are quick to blame immigrants for everything and the history of damage done to people when they are dehumanized.
# 3:
9:33 pm PDT, Oct 18,Name not displayed, Canada
# 2:
8:51 pm PDT, Oct 18,Anthony Ponce, California
It is completely inexcusable for Amazon.com and for Walgreens to be selling this product. In fact, I think that while Amazon.com and Walgreens owe the people an apology, as well as, a commitment to to stop selling the costumes, I also feel that Target owes the public an explanation as to why they even offered this costume, even if it was only done briefly. I also think that the manufacturer of this costume, Forum Novelties, must be held accountable. These costumes make immigrants look like they are not people. Bigotry and racism are just wrong.
