by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Horrendous. Angry Asian Man reports on a new sitcom that brings us a stereotype double whammy:
I’ve been seeing commercials for this new ABC midseason comedy In Case of Emergency, starring Kelly Hu. As reported here previously, she plays Dara Lee, a once-high school valedictorian, now a hooker in a Korean massage parlor. [...]

Raising Cain by Debra Dickserson | Salon.com
Thanks Jason! “Black people always demand that I focus only on the holy calling of raising a black man, period. But it seems to me that if I get the manhood part right, the black part will take care of itself…”
(tags: parenting africanamerican black)

More on Racism and Racists – [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Funny stuff, from MollyGood:
Three years ago, Nicole Richie was arrested for heroin possession, so following this morning’s DUI arrest, The Smoking Gun was kind enough to compare the changes in her booking sheets from 2003 and 2006. Wheee. The picture accompanying the 2006 sheet is her mugshot, while the 2003 pic is [...]

by guest contributor Susan Ito
On Thursday, December 7th, the nonprofit group Death Penalty Focus, led by actor Mike Ferrell, held a benefit comedy night at Cobb’s Comedy Club in San Francisco. It included a great lineup of comics and stars like Aundre the Wonder Woman, Will Durst, Billy Steele and even James Cromwell, most famous [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I guess Rosie O’Donnell, like Michael Richards, believes she’s not a racist.
First came the non-apology via her blog (for some bizarre reason she blogs in uh, poetry, not prose):
1) Rosie:
for someone who comes off to be so sensitive and aware of lgbt issues, why did you think it was alright to mock [...]

by guest contributor Dumi, originally published at BlackatMichigan.com
“I’m not a racist.” Another variation on it is often, “I’m not a racist but…” or better yet, “Are you trying to say I’m a racist?” All three of these things are beginning to make me literally sick to my stomach. A few weeks back Michael Richards’ outburst [...]

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 is joined by guest co-host Karen Walrond in this episode. Karen is a writer and photographer, and author of the [...]

Racial ignorance still plagues campuses – Yahoo! News
Thanks Kimberly! “Now if only more students, whites specifically, would rise up to condemn racial indifference and insensitivity. There is strength in numbers. Slave auctions, ghetto parties and sexual stereotypes have done enough damage on campuses.”
(tags: college racism blackface)

Dartmouth’s Conservatives (Try to) Demonize Indians – Blue Corn Comics
“A [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Huh interesting… Guy Aoki, co-founder and president of the media watchdog group Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) practically anointed Adam Carolla as an honorary Asian when he appeared on his show on Thursday to discuss the Rosie O’Donnell ching chong incident.
From Angry Asian Man:
Guy Aoki was the Adam Carolla Show [...]

Conform to our society, says PM Blair – BBC News
“‘So conform to it; or don’t come here. We don’t want the hate-mongers, whatever their race, religion or creed.’…Mr Blair also announced a crackdown on funding for religious and racial groups, saying in the future they would have to prove they aimed to
(tags: assimilation diversity religion)

Once [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Just a quick note to congratulate a couple of our friends in the blogosphere for winning awards recently.
First up, congratulations to Tariq Nelson, who blogs about “the problems faced by different groups within the American Muslim community, the American Muslim Community as a whole and the Ummah in general in hopes of [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Every Friday afternoon we sum up the week’s best posts from New Demographic’s various projects. Here we go!
ADDICTED TO RACE
a podcast about America’s obsession with race

Episode 50: Jen and Carmen discuss Jen’s transition out of the New Demographic co-director role.

ANTI-RACIST PARENT
a blog for parents who are committed to raising children with an [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
The latest installment in The Assimilated Negro’s Ghetto Pass series for Gawker (”helping you safely navigate among the people and places of browner territories”) is absolutely hilarious.
So far he has tackled the ghetto Chinese spot, the corner bodega, and gypsy cabs. His latest tutorial is one that I think all women in [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove

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Thanks to Johnny for the tip! From Overheard in New York:

Blond Tourist Bimbo: I’ve never even heard of the G Train.
Blond Local Bimbo: Yeah, it’s a ghetto train.
Blond Tourist Bimbo: Where does it go?
Blond Local Bimbo: Nowhere.
Black eight-year-old boy: Except my home, bitch.
–G train Hoyt/Schermerhorn station

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Check out this teaser clip promoting the next season of Showtime’s The L Word, starting again on January 7th. I can’t wait! (Hat tip to Best Lesbian-ish Day Ever.)

I’m a huge fan of this show. Unlike Grey’s Anatomy and Heroes, it doesn’t play the “color-blind” card. Instead, it actually addresses racial issues, [...]