Award Winning Native Actor Jay Tavare statement against MTVs The Dudesons

Award Winning Native Actor Jay Tavare statement against MTVs The Dudesons
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Award Winning Native Actor Jay Tavare statement against MTVs The Dudesons

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My name is Jay Tavare and I have been working in Hollywood as an actor and writer for almost two decades. In my time I have learned I the media has a very powerful influence on how any one race of people are represented. After all it was not long ago that all American Indians in movies were nothing but bronze savages riding around getting shot by the white heros of the movie.



I have made a career by playing against those very stereotypes, that Hollywood worked so hard to put into place. We are now in the later half of 2010, and when I see the MTV show Cowboys and Findians, it seems there are still folks who have no respect for the content of their programing !!!! There must be a way to be entertaining and have humor, without making a mockery of an entire race of people and their culture ????



The American Indian Nations have had a rough ride so far, to put it mildly, and I think its time to give them the deserved respect.

I personally think MTV should green light shows that have better, more intelligent humor. After all MTV was the station that changed so much of our culture and how we view our music, that kind of renovation is totally lost when shows such as Cowboys and Findians are aired.



This is not funny at all and much more damaging than a simple laugh at a cost of humiliating a race !!!!

Time for change... time for respect... time for a better shows.
With a sad heart
Jay Tavare.