by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Nice find from Angry Asian Man. In this interview with Entertainment Weekly, Gwen Stefani attempts to defend her use of the Harajuku Girls. I love Margaret Cho’s sarcastic response :
But not everyone warmed to Stefani’s ”whole fashion thing” — in particular, the showcasing of her admiration for Tokyo trendsetters via an […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
LOL! ebogjohnson is at it again. The man who brought us the brilliant Should I use blackface on my blog? flowchart is back with a vengeance.
Click over to see all 9 storyboards of his interpretation of the Michael Richards incident. As you can see, he was inspired partly by Jenn’s racist fairy. […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
As we reported yesterday, comedian Paul Mooney has vowed to stop using the n-word as a result of the Michael Richards incident. He joked about Richards, “He’s my Dr. Phil. He’s cured me.”
The question is, would abolishing the word really do any good? Here’s what a few other bloggers had to say […]

by guest contributor Karen Gilmore
One Tree Hill pulled out a refreshing plot twist: Peyton’s real half-brother Derek is biracial (black and white). And the really surprising part was that it didn’t take them five episodes to explain “how” that could happen. The writers deserve big kudos for that alone.
Ernest Waddell’s (Derek) portrayal of the tough […]

Spanish airline discriminates against Peruvian politicians - VivirLatino
“…an airline employee apparently answered something that roughly translates to “how can you be congresswomen if you don’t even know how to speak the language? Obviously you don’t speak Spanish very well, so complain all you want”.
(tags: latino hispanic racism)

Television execs love “real” Asian men - Sepia Mutiny
“The […]

by guest contributor Pat Miller, originally published at Token Minorities
Well, I finally got to sit down and get a somewhat satisfying session in with True Crime Streets of LA. I haven’t finished it, but I think I can safely say that the elements of the game’s plot that caught my attention - the strong presence […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I actually think this ad is kind of cute. But hopefully people will realize that this isn’t quite representative anymore of China today.
The art direction is pretty accurate, puke-green paint on the wall and all. When I lived in Shanghai in the mid-80s, local schools really did look like this. Students had […]

‘Borat’ could mar Universal’s $42.5-million deal - Los Angeles Times
Thanks Rob! “Universal agreed to pay the hefty premium for the actor’s next film, “Bruno”…a flurry of lawsuits filed against Fox and the “Borat” filmmakers has led to predictions by some legal experts that Universal could be a target too…”
(tags: borat hollywood movies celebrities)

Activists urge boycott […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I know I can’t be the only Heroes fan on this blog, right?

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
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by guest contributor Bryan Thao Worra, originally published at Tripmaster Monkey

When People magazine asked Daniel Craig to name his ideal Bond girl, he pointed to the Japanese American film producer at his side, his girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell. The chap sure knows how to dodge a bullet. Sadly, Mitchell’s not 007’s love interest in the latest release of the franchise, Casino Royale. But that doesn’t mean the British superspy exists in a whitebread world of international intrigue. No, Asians have been central to the 21 films, from evil genius Dr. No to Hong Kong masseuse Peaceful Fountains of Desire. Join us now for a look at the best, the baddest and the bedded.

50 Shots Fired, and the Experts Offer a Theory - New York Times
It is known in police parlance as “contagious shooting” — gunfire that spreads among officers who believe that they, or their colleagues, are facing a threat. It spreads like germs, like laughter, or fear. An officer fires, so his colleagues do, too
(tags: police […]

by Jen Chau and Carmen Van Kerckhove

A brand-new episode of Addicted to Race is out! If you haven’t already, please subscribe to our podcast in iTunes. Click here to launch iTunes and subscribe today, it’s absolutely free.

INTERVIEW WITH TEDDY ZEE
Carmen chats with movie producer Teddy Zee about the current state of representations of Asian-Americans in film and television. Zee is president of Ironpond, an entertainment company that bridges Hollywood and Asia. Previously, he was a top-level studio executive at Columbia and Paramount. He produced Hitch, Saving Face, The Pursuit of Happyness, and recently completed West 32nd.

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
It’s not clear to me who the client is, but I saw this ad campaign mentioned on Adrants, produced by the ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi.
I guess the concept is that racism is like a face cream: the more you “apply” it, the uglier you become. You can see another version here […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I’ve always thought that Sinbad was corny as hell (maybe because I associate him with his parachute-panted self in A Different World) but he’s actually really on-point in this CNN interview about the Michael Richards incident.
And I think his suggestion that Richards should go to a comedy club on a Sunday night, […]