boston progress radio

Before BPRLive was a fully functioning…whatever it is right now, a good friend of ours - Beau Sia - had one of the featured videos on Youtube. It was a response to Rosie O’Donnell chingchonging all over The View. I’d rather not rehash the details here, but let’s just say she was less than sensitive in her original comment, then somewhat indignant in her “apology.”

Beau - who is so down with the cause he’s even helped fold Boston Progress event programs before - used his spoken word superstardom for good instead of evil, and worked on this piece included in the video below. In all likelihood, you have seen this video (judging by the over half a million views Youtube has it listed for), but just in case you haven’t, here’s your chance. The piece is sharp, warm, and satirical without being “funny” in that way that makes you forget the point.

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I’m definitely a fan of the public service announcement as a way of making people think a little bit harder. I like this piece for presenting a (for lack of a better word) diverse picture of who is Asian Pacific American. And yes, we shouldn’t just be focusing on our collective heritage one month out of the year. Life doesn’t segment itself so simply - everything is so much more connected than that.

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