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March 22, , 2007
Hate radio station promotes "Operation Cuca Gotcha" against undocumented immigrants
An FM radio station in New Jersey with a history of racial and ethnic intolerance is encouraging its listening audience to report suspected "illegal aliens" to their radio station known as New Jersey 101.5 WKXW-FM or to the federal Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE). The two bigots who run the radio show call themselves the "Jersey Guys" and real names are Craig Carton and Ray Rossi. The two radio hate jocks are calling their effort "Operation Cuca Gotcha". "Cuca" is another name for the insect cucaracha.
New Jersey area political and community leaders are concerned about the racist and bigoted radio show because it may encourage racial profiling and other bias incidents against Latinos as similar radio programming has done in the Los Angeles area. Similar anti-Mexican radio hate programming at KABC 790 AM ( a Disney station) in Los Angeles against an elementary school that serves children of Mexican descent caused an arson threat and a bomb threat to be left on the school's telephone recorder.
The racist "Operation Cuca Gotcha" campaign has mobilized many New Jersey Latino organizations and elected officials. Assemblyman Wilfredo Caraballo of Newark said, "It's a despicable campaign and clearly slanted at Hispanics. The campaign describes us as bugs that have to be stamped out." Assemblyman Caraballo added that the campaign "encourages a vigilante movement against illegal immigrants, or people who look different." Assemblyman Wilfredo Caraballo will be obtaining a list of the show's sponsors and ask Hispanics to boycott their products. The tactic of boycotting hate radio commercial sponsors is very powerful and Los Angeles Latinos have used it very effectively in Southern California.
Hate radio jock Craig Carton is of Jewish descent. In his MySpace website http://www.myspace.com/craigcarton he describes himself as, "I'm a loveable, hate-mongering JOO." Ray Rossi may also be of Jewish descent. See his photograph below. Also see http://www.myspace.com/rayrossi
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