May 11, 2006
Cingular pulls racist ring tone
According to M&C Tech, a ring tone offered for sale online that makes fun of illegal Hispanic immigrants has been pulled from the Cingular Wireless Web site.
"In the ring tone entitled La Migra, a siren is heard, followed by a male voice that says in a southern accent: \'Calmate, calmate, this is la migra. Por favor, put the oranges down and step away from the cell phone. I repeat-o, put the oranges down and step away from the telephone-o. I`m deporting you back home-o.\'."
Hours after Cingular received complaints of the "la Migra" ringtone, it was pulled from the company website, reports WROC TV News. Eight people had purchased the ring tone since it was available in March.
"Cingular agreed the ring tone should have never been a part of its collection and called it "blatantly offensive." The tone was made by Barrio Mobile, a brand owned by a French media company. Cingular says the company will monitor its ring tones more closely in the future".
Related: - Response to "offensive" ringtone's removal mixed
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