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‘All My Babies’ Dropped
Network acts
after campaign
by activists
Oxygen Media has pulled the
plug on "All My Babies' Mamas," a
reality special the network was de­
veloping about Atlanta-based rap­
per Shawty Lo, who has fathered 11
children by 10 women, and a girl­
friend the same age as his oldest
daughters.
The network offered no reason
for curtailing the project. In a state­
ment issued last week, Oxygen said
that, "as part o f our development
process, we have reviewed casting
oxygen
and decided not to move forward
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with the special."
SHOW
*Ww.
The one-hour program would
*ygen
have featured the rapper, the vari­
ous mothers and children. It was
expected to air later this year on
Oxygen, an NBCUniversal cable
network owned by Comcast that
was previously owned by Oprah
Winfrey and Nickelodean.
"All My Babies' Mamas" got a
hostile public reception. A petition
from ColorOfChange.org called for
Oxygen to shut it down.
Activists called the reality TV
show an exploitation o f black fami­
lies.
“As we celebrate the birthday of Best-selling author Sabrina Lamb delivers over 37,000 signa­
the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, tures from her Change.org petition asking Oxygen Media to drop
who fought for justice for all, and a proposed show starring Atlanta-based rapper Shawty Lo, his 11
especially children, he once said, children, and their 10 mothers.
‘Our lives begin to end the day we the plight o f children and targets
P re v io u sly , O x y g en d en ied
become silent about things that young women with stereotypical, charges that the show was meant to
m atter.’ I am pleased that Oxygen dangerous, unsafe messages. This be "a stereotypical representation
Media has heard the outrage o f over petition, this victory is for them,” o f everyday life for any one demo-
37,000 consumers and sharehold­ Lambsaid.
graphic or cross section o f soci-
ers who said, ‘enough is enough,’”
The Parents Television Council ety," but rather would reveal "the
said Sabrina Lamb, a best-selling called the program’s concept "gro- complicated lives o f one man, his
A frican -A m erican au th o r who te sq u e ly
irre s p o n s ib le
and children's mamas and their army of
started the petition.
exploitive" and pledged to contact children."
“We will not support any net­ advertisers of the show if it reached
The Associated Press contrib-
work and advertiser which exploits the air.
uted fO this story.
Destination Experience Grows
continued
from page 9
faced with declining enrollment
throughout the Portland School
District, officials closed Kennedy,
declaring it too old and crumbling to
repair.
Scrambling to ward off several
demolition orders, a coalition of
neighbors, form er students, past
PTA presidents and the Portland
Development Commission fought
successfully to save the building.
Mike and Brian McMenamin pre­
sented just one o f several propos­
als for reviving the condemned prop­
erty. Other ideas ranged from a re­
tirement home to an indoor soccer
facility. After receiving the approval
o f the city and the support o f the
n e ig h b o rh o o d , M cM en am in s
launched its renovation in the spring
of 1997, infusing the 80-year-old
structure with new life. In particular,
a river o f artwork was inspired by
the sto rie s o f g e n e ra tio n s o f
Kennedy's students and teachers.
On Oct. 22, 1997, the original
principal's bell was rung on the front
steps at 7 a.m. sharp to herald the old
sch o o l's new b eg in n in g as
McMenamins Kennedy School. Of­
fering a unique and fun lodging, din­
ing and meeting experience, Kennedy
remains a lively gathering spot for
neighbors and newcomers alike.