In his first trip to the Middle East, Peurto Rican popper Ricky Martin is pledging to become a spokesperson for the Arab youth, declaring he will try to change "negative perceptions" of Arabs in Western countries.
Incredibly, Martin said those words while wearing a traditional Arab kaffiyeh headscarf with the Jew-bashing slogan "Jerusalem Is Ours" written in Arabic on it.
"I promise I will become a spokesperson, if you allow me to, a spokesperson on your behalf. I will defend you and try to get rid of any stereotypes," the 33-year-old singer told teenagers from 16 Arab countries at an Arab Children's conference on Monday.
"I have been a victim of stereotypes. I come from Latin America and to some countries, we are considered `losers,' drug traffickers, and that is not fair because that is generalizing," said Martin. "Those comments are made out of ignorance and we have to sometimes ignore the ignorant, but we also have to educate the ignorant. You have me here as a friend."
Later, the ignorant Martin apologized for wearing the Arab scarf without knowing its anti-Israel meaning: "I had no idea that the kaffiyeh scarf presented to me contained language referring to Jerusalem, and I apologise to anyone who might think I was endorsing its message."
Comments
Ricky, you are an idiot
Posted by: julie | October 23, 2005 10:49 PM
good on you ricky...
Posted by: Anad | April 19, 2006 1:40 PM
No dout jerusalem is Islamic
Posted by: sara | May 12, 2006 8:32 PM
veryyyyyyyyyyyyyy gooooooooooooood ricky i love you
Posted by: melek | September 11, 2006 3:09 PM
very good ricky we all love u , thank u
Posted by: yousra & nassiba | October 21, 2006 2:14 AM
Dear sir,
hi i am subhash
from india
best regards
subhash
Posted by: Subhash | December 9, 2006 6:02 AM