Racism

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 07:31pm

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 11:19am

by Latoya Peterson On Wednesday, I went to check out the National Day of Action to Stop Stupak up on Capitol Hill. Running late and plagued by a persistent and annoying rain, I stumbled upon two other pro-choicers (easily identified by their hot pink signage) and ended up tagging along with them. I found myself in the perfect place – the basement of the Church of the Reformation was al[...]

Tags: feminism, activism, Stupak-Pitts, Reproductive Rights, SPARK, reproductive justice

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 10:02am

AP Covers Hyphen Magazine's Mr. Hyphen Contest–NYT [Pahole Sookkasikon's] total package exemplfies what one contest judge, the activist and writer Helen Zia, called the growing "Asian-American renaissance." "It really is taking a page out of what W.E.B. DuBois and the African-American leaders of that period were talking about: culture," Zia said. &[...]

Tags: Uncategorized

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 08:00am

Twenty-six students were attacked yesterday at South Philadelphia High School: The school’s principal, LaGreta Brown, declined to comment, but Michael Silverman, who oversees the city’s 32 neighborhood schools, said that assaults in the school are down by 50 percent. Well, that’s heartening. Why isn’t this bigger news?

Tags: wtf

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 07:00am

Hosted by Special Correspondent Arturo R. García What, you thought these guys taking a week off was going to stop us? First off, we’re happy to welcome a new addition to Team Snarklight Express: the boss of bosses at New Demographic herself, Carmen Van Kerckhove! Carmen: Hey there! Thought it was about time I started pulling my weight. And if that means taking on the burden of wat[...]

Tags: tv, diversity, John Cho, flash forward

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 05:00pm

I tend to think this fascination with Tiger Woods has to do with the fact that he has a blonde, white wife.  But anyway, the racist jokes are flying.  And people can’t even be original about it.  Basically the same joke came out of the mouths of George Lopez, Wanda Sykes and Jo Koy.  It goes like this: You know, Tiger Wo0ds is half black and half Asian.  So his b[...]

Tags: internalized crap, wtf

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 12:00pm

I think I need a category. I was all excited when I saw the Bruce Lee weather forecast over at Angry Asian Man.  That is, until I saw the clothing selected for him: The characters on the first shirt are too small to read (maybe 普京知something? is that Putin on the shirt?) but the second t-shirt reads something like “Taking application for a Japanese girl.”  And t[...]

Tags: co-opting identity

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 10:44am

By Guest Contributor Lisa, originally posted at Sociological Images Controversy over the casting of white actors for the film version of The Last Airbender, a show filled with Asian characters, and the producers’ sketchy decision to re-cast one evil character as Asian in response to the protests, inspired Claire at Hyphen to put together a trajectory of the whitewashing of Asian characters t[...]

Tags: Film, tv, race &amp, representations, images, casting, colour-face

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 10:02am

How Is AP Defining "Flesh-Colored" Again? Funny because that gown is showing a lot of Mrs. Obama’s flesh, and it doesn’t appear to be the same color as the gown. (tags: via:molecularshyness fashion media memes beauty) In Job Hunt, College Degree Can’t Close Racial Gap – NYTimes.com But there is ample evidence that racial inequities remain when it comes to em[...]

Tags: Uncategorized

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 08:55am

by Special Correspondent Nadra Kareem “Invictus,” a film about Nelson Mandela’s efforts to unify post-apartheid South Africa through rugby, opens Dec. 11. The film stars Matt Damon as captain of South Africa’s 1995 rugby team and Morgan Freeman as Mandela. I’ve little interest in seeing this film, but the commercials for it caught my attention when I noticed someone a[...]

Tags: movies, authenticity, casting, hollywood, Nelson Mandela, Matt Damon

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 07:49am

New research suggests that people’s political views influence how they see biracial candidates (h/t Louise Seamster).   When it comes to President Obama (who is biracial), supporters tend to view him as ‘whiter’ than those who are not supporters.  The research, published in a recent issue of the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, was conduc[...]

Tags: Politics, Racism, scholarship, research, skin-tone, colorism

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 01:16pm

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy What did you think? Have at it. The full transcript of last night’s speech is here, and you can watch it above, courtesy of NBC.

Tags: Politics, news, war

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 01:00pm

I’m ready to call it and it’s just the beginning of December: Today, Meredith Baxter revealed the gender to which her heart is truly tied: women. Today, Sheila Marikar revealed the profession to which her brain is truly disconnected: writing. But maybe writing is just a lifestyle preference for her.

Tags: bwahaha

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 10:02am

Young Latinos, Blacks Answer Call Of Mobile Devices : NPR "About a third of Americans have gone online using a cell phone or other hand-held device. And an increasing number of people are using the devices for activities such as texting, sending e-mails, playing music and instant messaging. According to a new report by the Pew Hispanic Center, most of those hyperusers are young Latinos and bl[...]

Tags: Uncategorized

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 07:00am

by Special Correspondent Wendi Muse I have to give companies credit for coming up with unusual names for the merchandise. One such company that comes to mind is Irregular Choice, a flamboyant Britain-based shoe company who goes all out to wow consumers. With asymmetrical heels, bizarre accessories, and designs that stop traffic, Irregular Choice is the Lady Gaga of the shoe world. The company has [...]

Tags: Racism, marketing

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 04:30pm

As someone who knows a thing of two about the bad blood political history between the Mark Boughton and David Cappiello camps, I was wondering where Cappiello found all the new love came for Boughton at last night's swearing-in ceremony.Now, my questions have been answered.Two prominent GOP mayors announced today that they are backing Republican Linda McMahon's U.S. Senate bid.Mark Bough[...]

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 04:30pm

As someone who knows a thing of two about the bad blood political history between the Mark Boughton and David Cappiello camps, I was wondering where Cappiello found all the new love came for Boughton at last night's swearing-in ceremony.Now, my questions have been answered.Two prominent GOP mayors announced today that they are backing Republican Linda McMahon's U.S. Senate bid.Mark Bough[...]

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 04:30pm

As someone who knows a thing of two about the bad blood political history between the Mark Boughton and David Cappiello camps, I was wondering where Cappiello found all the new love came for Boughton at last night's swearing-in ceremony.Now, my questions have been answered.Two prominent GOP mayors announced today that they are backing Republican Linda McMahon's U.S. Senate bid.Mark Bough[...]

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 04:30pm

As someone who knows a thing of two about the bad blood political history between the Mark Boughton and David Cappiello camps, I was wondering where Cappiello found all the new love came for Boughton at last night's swearing-in ceremony.Now, my questions have been answered.Two prominent GOP mayors announced today that they are backing Republican Linda McMahon's U.S. Senate bid.Mark Bough[...]

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 03:33pm

Images of the increased water runoff from Hospital Ave onto Osborne Street. Nov 30 2009.As someone who's been very active in issues involving irresponsible development in Danbury, one of the biggest concerns when it comes to clear cutting land is environmental damage caused by a result of the cutting down of trees.For instance, one of the many functions tree serve have to do with the absorpti[...]

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 03:23pm

Today is World AIDS Day, when people around the globe stop to reflect on those lost to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which is almost in its third decade. While many people may associate the disease with white, gay men because they were one of the groups initially infected and affected by HIV and among the most political vocal about it, the fact is the epidemic has changed.   Within the U.S., if you [...]

Tags: Racism, gendered racism, homophobia, black women, AIDS + racism, HIV/AIDS

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 02:01pm

Rosa Parks refused to give up that seat. And the bus boycott went on for 381 days.

Tags: History, heroes

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 01:00pm

When it comes to superhero fiction, there are certain iconic archetypes; Superman is the iconic whitebread hero, Batman the iconic OCD loner. But did you realize that Iron Man’s James Rhodes is the accidental iconic black superhero? We’ll explain. [...] He’s A Sidekick At Heart If there’s one rule for black superheroes, it’s that they’re [...]

Tags: Uncategorized

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 12:25pm

The New York Times has a useful article touching on some recent research on discrimination in employment against black workers with college degrees: College-educated black men, especially, have struggled relative to their white counterparts in this downturn, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate for black male college graduates 25 and older in 2009 has bee[...]

Tags: systemic racism, Racism, discrimination, economic, employment

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 12:00pm

By Guest Contributor Aymar Jean Christian, originally published at Televisual For my first post on black web series, including links to shows, click here. From my Wall Street Journal post: “Doing a Web series, working in this new medium, you have a little bit more autonomy, an ability to tell the story you want to tell,” Ali told me in an interview. With a little help from Will Smith&[...]

Tags: race &amp, representations, african-american, celebrities, BET, Buppies, Tatyana Ali

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 11:13am

Three blind miceAs I stated in a previous post, Mayor Boughton, his administration, and the elected officials who are directly responsible for dividing this city among ethnic lines are doing everything in their power to make the general public believe that the topic of xenophobia and anti-immigrant racism is not an issue in Danbury....and as evident by the hate-crime that was committed in October,[...]

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 11:00am

by Latoya Peterson So, details are still emerging about what happened to Tiger Woods. TMZ alleges that Wood’s injuries stem from domestic violence, not the accident: We’re told he said his wife had confronted him about reports that he was seeing another woman. The argument got heated and, according to our source, she scratched his face up. We’re told it was then Wood[...]

Tags: Gender, race, violence, Tiger Woods

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 08:14am

By Guest Contributor Tami, originally published at What Tami Said I’ve been thinking about Max Reddick’s post, “Oh, the places we could go…,” which we crossposted last week on Love Isn’t Enough: A couple of months or so ago at the end of the summer, my wife and I planned a trip with a few other African American couples we know just to ha[...]

Tags: The Things We Do to Ourselves

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 01:26pm

Corner of Hospital Ave and First Street: Across the street from the BRT/Jeffery Court development While residents around Hospital Avenue are still in an uproar over the BRT/Jeffery Court development, I decided to take a little trip back in time and show readers the history of opposition towards the development of this particular piece of land. BRT Hillside Gardens proposal of 2005 Going back[...]

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 10:39am

By Guest Contributor Gwen, originally published at Sociological Images On her blog, Deepa D. posted about what she calls the “Slumdog Shooting technique,” using this video from Greenpeace about climate change: Deepa says, Ishan Tankha, photographer…sitting in casually imperial isolation on one of the many historical monuments peppering Delhi… Meanwhile every other [...]

Tags: India, Film, images, globalization, Slumdog Millionaire, south asian