Cingular Pulls Offensive Ringtone

May 11th, 2006 by Quan Tranh

The cell phone company became aware of the ringtone, which uses mixed English and Spanish and threatens deportation, after an inquiry from a reporter for The Brownsville Herald.

The newspaper reported in its online edition Tuesday that the ringtone started with a siren, followed by a male voice saying in a Southern drawl, “This is la Migra,” a slang term for the Border Patrol.

“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,” the voice continued.

Hispanic activists called the product racist.

This is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard.  It’s racist to have a ringtone!  First of all, it doesn’t matter what that ringtone is.  People spend money on these stupid things to personalize their phone.  That’s what free market capitalism is all about.  If said hispanic activists are so offended then they need to make a gringo ringtone rather than complain.

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