Re: fools foundation, racist? Posted by Liz on 2006-01-04 6:57:44pm

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I have to say that music shows @ Fools Foundation are not racist. I know Nilesh and Sandra are upset, but I have nothing to apoligize for. I have tried to make a beautiful place for people in this town to enjoy, not a haven for hatred against specific peoples. For this to get posted on undietacos and elsewhere is really painful and I can only hope that everyone reading this will see what the true matter is. I think it is very insensitive for the gallery to be brought into this. -Liz

: This just in FOOL'S FOUNDATION has changed its name to RACIST
:FOOL'S FOUNDATION (R.F.F). That's right people. I heard about it
:when my wife and I went to Scott M's New Years Eve Party. We
:arrived around 2:30 AM and the party was pretty much over. There
:were a few stragglers left. We proceeded to the balcony where a
:couple of friends of ours were engaged in a heavy conversation with
:RACIST FOOL co-proprietor Eason Donner. The mood was pretty serious.
:We were just at an awesome party at the Horsecow and it was my
:birthday so I was feeling pretty good. Eason acknowledged me and my
:wife. I have met him once before and so I started with some New Year
:pleasantries. He took my tie in his hands, made some vague comment,
:then talked about my shirt to the fact it was so blue. He made some
:sort of sarcastic shallow dig. Then the hate started. Now mind you
:this was entirely unprovoked. He started in calling me " a stupid
:Indian drinking a Pabst" then a "dirty Punjabi." Then the topper he
:turns to Sandra, my wife, and says "How can you be with a worthless
:Indian like him?" At that point she stands up and slaps the fool. I
:swing a punch at him. He has this stunned look on his face
:like "What did I do?" I then threw a beer in his face. Luckily for
:him my wife started pulling me toward the door. As we were walking
:down the street he comes running towards us. I tell him to back
:off. He tries a the lamest attempt to apologize. The only thing he
:could come up with was "I didn't know the word Punjabi was offensive"
:or some bullshit like that. I cussed his ass out and left the scene.
:
: To tell you the truth I was enraged and stunned and to some
:degree I still am. I am one of the handful of minorities in the
:downtown "scene". I don't know of any other South Asians that run in
:the same circles as I do. So I do feel a little alienated. When I
:go to shows in the Bay Area and see how racially integrated things
:are, I long for the same in Sacramento. For the most part Sacramento
:has been awesome. I have met and befriended an amazing group of
:musicians, artists and just all around cool fucking people that make
:me proud to call Sacramento my home. So the racist vitriol that
:spewed from this kid's mouth took me back with surprise. I expect
:that shit from Sac PD or from nazi skins. Hell I've been to the
:Second Level that was packed with white power boneheads seig heiling
:Sins of The Flesh. I was scared shitless but nobody messed with me.
:But that is the nature of racism. Its so insidious that it happens
:when you least expect it. It can be random as a burglary. Yet it
:leaves the victim just as violated if not more.
:
: So my resolution for 2006. Just as the US imposed sanctions
:on Iraq and half of the world for that matter I too will impose my
:own economic sanctions. I will longer support the RACIST FOOL'S
:FOUNDATION. That means no shows, no art exhibits, none of that
:shit. I pledge to spread this information to all of my friends and
:associates in Sacramento. I'm not going to tell you to boycott
:them. It's your choice. If you were to boycott the RFF, don't do it
:because of me or people of color for that matter. Do it because this
:kind of behavior goes against your values and ideals. Do it because
:you believe in creating a community that does not tolerate the kind
:of bullshit that this guy stands for. Do it for the marginalized
:kids who come out to downtown to catch a cool band that may inspire
:them to create. Make them feel welcome.
:
:PS: The RACIST FOOL'S FOUNDATION is attempting to produce "Abu
:Ghraib: The Musical." Eason apparently has had an ad on Craig's List
:soliciting "amateur" actors. I'm pretty certain Iraqi's are not
:lining up for this great opportunity to relive the degradation of
:their people. My guess it will probably be malnourished white boys
:with Star Trek hairdo's in brown face paint. Apparently the R.F.F.
:finds humor in hooking up electrodes to the genitalia of innocent
:Iraqi prisoners.
:
:Feel free to pass this along to whomever. Comments can be forwarded
:to: stoptherff@sacbeemail.com
:
:
:Nilesh S.
:
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message:	:I have to say that music shows @ Fools Foundation are not racist. I know Nilesh and Sandra are upset, but I have nothing to apoligize for. I have tried to make a beautiful place for people in this town to enjoy, not a haven for hatred against specific peoples. For this to get posted on undietacos and elsewhere is really painful and I can only hope that everyone reading this will see what the true matter is. I think it is very insensitive for the gallery to be brought into this. -Liz : :: This just in FOOL'S FOUNDATION has changed its name to RACIST ::FOOL'S FOUNDATION (R.F.F). That's right people. I heard about it ::when my wife and I went to Scott M's New Years Eve Party. We ::arrived around 2:30 AM and the party was pretty much over. There ::were a few stragglers left. We proceeded to the balcony where a ::couple of friends of ours were engaged in a heavy conversation with ::RACIST FOOL co-proprietor Eason Donner. The mood was pretty serious. ::We were just at an awesome party at the Horsecow and it was my ::birthday so I was feeling pretty good. Eason acknowledged me and my ::wife. I have met him once before and so I started with some New Year ::pleasantries. He took my tie in his hands, made some vague comment, ::then talked about my shirt to the fact it was so blue. He made some ::sort of sarcastic shallow dig. Then the hate started. Now mind you ::this was entirely unprovoked. He started in calling me " a stupid ::Indian drinking a Pabst" then a "dirty Punjabi." Then the topper he ::turns to Sandra, my wife, and says "How can you be with a worthless ::Indian like him?" At that point she stands up and slaps the fool. I ::swing a punch at him. He has this stunned look on his face ::like "What did I do?" I then threw a beer in his face. Luckily for ::him my wife started pulling me toward the door. As we were walking ::down the street he comes running towards us. I tell him to back ::off. He tries a the lamest attempt to apologize. The only thing he ::could come up with was "I didn't know the word Punjabi was offensive" ::or some bullshit like that. I cussed his ass out and left the scene. :: :: To tell you the truth I was enraged and stunned and to some ::degree I still am. I am one of the handful of minorities in the ::downtown "scene". I don't know of any other South Asians that run in ::the same circles as I do. So I do feel a little alienated. When I ::go to shows in the Bay Area and see how racially integrated things ::are, I long for the same in Sacramento. For the most part Sacramento ::has been awesome. I have met and befriended an amazing group of ::musicians, artists and just all around cool fucking people that make ::me proud to call Sacramento my home. So the racist vitriol that ::spewed from this kid's mouth took me back with surprise. I expect ::that shit from Sac PD or from nazi skins. Hell I've been to the ::Second Level that was packed with white power boneheads seig heiling ::Sins of The Flesh. I was scared shitless but nobody messed with me. ::But that is the nature of racism. Its so insidious that it happens ::when you least expect it. It can be random as a burglary. Yet it ::leaves the victim just as violated if not more. :: :: So my resolution for 2006. Just as the US imposed sanctions ::on Iraq and half of the world for that matter I too will impose my ::own economic sanctions. I will longer support the RACIST FOOL'S ::FOUNDATION. That means no shows, no art exhibits, none of that ::shit. I pledge to spread this information to all of my friends and ::associates in Sacramento. I'm not going to tell you to boycott ::them. It's your choice. If you were to boycott the RFF, don't do it ::because of me or people of color for that matter. Do it because this ::kind of behavior goes against your values and ideals. Do it because ::you believe in creating a community that does not tolerate the kind ::of bullshit that this guy stands for. Do it for the marginalized ::kids who come out to downtown to catch a cool band that may inspire ::them to create. Make them feel welcome. :: ::PS: The RACIST FOOL'S FOUNDATION is attempting to produce "Abu ::Ghraib: The Musical." Eason apparently has had an ad on Craig's List ::soliciting "amateur" actors. I'm pretty certain Iraqi's are not ::lining up for this great opportunity to relive the degradation of ::their people. My guess it will probably be malnourished white boys ::with Star Trek hairdo's in brown face paint. Apparently the R.F.F. ::finds humor in hooking up electrodes to the genitalia of innocent ::Iraqi prisoners. :: ::Feel free to pass this along to whomever. Comments can be forwarded ::to: stoptherff@sacbeemail.com :: :: ::Nilesh S. :: :: : :

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