Anti-Defamation League Calls Weekly Dig Feature 'Hateful' & 'Hurtful'
By AAN Staff
december 13, 2007 01:01 pm
"This is not a question of mere bad taste," Andrew Tarsy, the ADL's regional director and James L. Rudolph, chairman of the regional board of directors, said in a written statement about the
Dig's annual "
Kiddie Kroakers" feature, a satirical list of dangerous toys. The ADL says the Dig "exceeded the bounds of acceptable language” and resorted to "slurs in the name of humor" with items like a book called
The Diarrhea of Anne Frank and Trivial Prosciutto, a board game "easy enough for Italians to play." The ADL is asking the
Dig to apologize, but publisher Jeff Lawrence says no way. "We are the
Weekly Dig. This is what we do,” he tells the
Boston Herald. "We are known for pushing boundaries. We take on stereotypes and voodoo politics. At the end of the day, we are really trying to provoke people and get them to think."