Lawmaker affirms Muslim remarks - Los Angeles Times
Thanks Rob! “Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr. (R-Va.) on Thursday stood by his demand for strict immigration controls that he said would prevent Muslims from being elected to Congress and using the Koran during swearing-in ceremonies.”
(tags: muslim religion politics)

One Author’s Tactics for Women, Minorities - Jobs in […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
If you missed it, check out part 1 of this post from yesterday, which includes numbers 4 and 5, as well as my honorable mentions.
3. Vince Masuka on Dexter
Played by: C.S. Lee
You can watch it: Sunday nights on Showtime. The season just wrapped up but I’m sure they’re doing reruns now.
If you […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
We talk a lot on Racialicious about how the media perpetuates tired stereotypes about Asian men (they’re weak, asexual, nerdy, kung fu masters, evil, slithery, inscrutable , the list goes on and on).
But I’ve always believed that if we’re serious about creating meaningful advances in media representations, we can’t rely just on […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which is sort of like the U.K.’s version of the FCC but specifically for ads, has ruled that the commercial below is not racist. From The Manchester Evening News:
the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has decided the commercial was a tongue in cheek pastiche of Hollywood cowboys and […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
The movie Blood Diamond has the diamond industry so freaked out that they’ve been waging a massive PR campaign to refute the movie’s revelations about conflict diamonds. From LA Weekly:
The timing of the film’s release, moved up from December 15 to December 8, is a nightmare for the diamond industry since the […]

by 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.
Carmen interviews Kenneth Arroyo Roldan, author of Minority Rules: Turn Your Ethnicity Into a Competitive Edge about race in the workplace […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove

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Well, not literally. But as of today I am going on a much-needed vacation with Mr. Carmen.
Not to worry though, I’ve queued up several posts (even an Addicted to Race episode!) that will be released over the course of next week. But please keep in mind that this blog will be on […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Long-time readers of Racialicious will know that I’m a total sucker for those cheesy-ass dance movies, where someone gets served or someone takes the lead, or someone gets roll bounced.
So that’s why I cannot wait for this gem! Chris Brown and Ne-Yo? If only they could have thrown that little […]

by guest contributor Stella Q

I am warming up to My Boys, a by-the-numbers, sitcom-ish TBS series about PJ, a cute tomboy navigating life as only a twentysomething can. The gimmick is that her friends are exclusively guys (all white and straight) with whom she talks sports, plays poker and generally hangs out. Her best (and only) girlfriend Stephanie is her polar opposite–a girly, high maintenance African-American woman she met in J-school. (Still not clear what said best friend writes about, but our tomboy is, of course, a sports writer.)

CAIR protests ‘kill Muslim kids’ Web call - UPI
Thanks Tariq! “The Council on American-Islamic Relations has urged a Florida-based Internet Web hosting company to drop a hate site. The controversial Web site has carried a call from its operator to “kill all Muslim kids,” CAIR said in a statement Thursd
(tags: muslim hatespeech religion)

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It seems like several different publications are using the Ask a [Member of Ethnic Group] format to tackle race issues and/or poke fun at race and racism. Check out episode 21 of Addicted to Race for a discussion of the limitations of racial satire.

We all remember Paul Mooney’s Ask a Black Dude segments on The Chappelle Show. But have you checked out Seattle Weekly’s Ask a Mexican columns? (Thanks to Mark for the tip!) I’m not such a fan, especially not of the rather offensive caricature they use to illustrate the column. Here’s an excerpt:

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Check out the clip below from Eric Byler’s (director of Charlotte Sometimes and Americanese) new TV show, My Life Disoriented. If you like what you see, send email PBS to express your support! Here’s some background from Angry Asian Man:
My Life Disoriented, a short film directed by Eric Byler is scheduled to […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
If you haven’t finished your holiday shopping yet, consider supporting some Asian-American filmmakers this year by purchasing some of these newly released books and DVDs as stocking stuffers.
Robot Stories: And More Screenplays
As a leading Asian American writer, Greg Pak has been recognized as an important new voice in popular culture and media. […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Wow. Check out this interview (hat tip to Newspaper Rock) in which Mel Gibson shares his inspiration for the film Apocalypto:
CS: What was it about the Mayan people or that era that got you interested in trying something like this?
Gibson: Well, no, it wasn’t that. At first, I was just trying to […]