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Singer Jose Feliciano protests ‘Feliz Navidad’ parody

News & Views on December 24th, 2009 1 Comment
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Grammy winner Jose Feliciano finds the parody of his song, "Feliz Navidad", disgusting and revolting. The parody, titled "Illegals in my yard" has been praised and celebrated at the anti immigrant nativist site ALIPAC.us

Grammy-winner Jose Feliciano is outraged that the theme from his holiday song “Feliz Navidad” was used for a musical spoof about undocumented immigrants.

Feliciano released a statement Wednesday saying that he was “revolted beyond words” and that the song was created to be a bridge between cultures and “never as a vehicle for a political platform of racism and hate.”

The parody, titled “The Illegal Alien Christmas Song,” was produced for radio by Matt Fox and A.J. Rice of the show “The Fox and Rice Experience” and posted on the conservative Web site HumanEvents.com.

Human Events Editor Jed Babbin apologized for posting the song and said it would be removed from the site.

The Puerto Rican-born Feliciano composed “Feliz Navidad” in both English and Spanish.

On the anti-immigrant website Alipac.us, the parody has been celebrated and praised by founder Willy Gheen and others.

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One Response to “Singer Jose Feliciano protests ‘Feliz Navidad’ parody”

  1. Advocate says:
    2009/12/25 at 17:04

    Feliciano gets half assed apology for anti-immigrant Feliz Navidad

    Grammy-winner Jose Feliciano has gotten an apology after accusing a pair of radio producers of trashing the spirit of Christmas by using his popular holiday song, Feliz Navidad, for a racist musical spoof about undocumented immigrants

    “We regret any offense that Mr. Feliciano may have taken from this parody,” HUMAN EVENTS web site editor Jed Babbin said Wednesday.

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