links for 2007-02-08
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Hat tip to Angry Asian Man. “Groups linked to the Ku Klux Klan, skinheads and neo-Nazis grew significantly more active…distributing leaflets and increasing their presence on the Internet — much of it focused on stirring anti-immigrant sentiment”
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Hat tip to AAM. “NYC Councilman John Liu protested against TV station CW 11 over two newscasts that reported a woman found a mouse in her Chinese food takeout. He said the coverage “perpetuates [a] ridiculous stereotype that does exist out there…”
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Thanks Rob. “concern that an increasing number of gang crimes appear to be born out of racial hatred…identified Latino gangs they say are indiscriminately targeting African American residents in what appear to be campaigns to drive blacks from some neig
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Thanks Rob. “Many Jewish organizations are warning of a “new anti-Semitism,” a growing phenomenon of prejudice “disguised” as criticism of Israel…”(tags: antisemitism jewish)
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Thanks Adrianna! “Fox Entertainment prexy Peter Liguori has a warning for the net’s showrunners, producers and creators: Pay attention to diversity, or risk losing out on a series pickup. “When you look at the top 10, top 20 shows out there, they’re diver
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“The survey, which researchers call the Black Youth Project, details the responses of nearly 1,600 black, Latino and white participants, ages 15 to 25, from several Midwestern cities.”
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Thanks Siddartha! “the big debate that has erupted in Britain…about the results of a survey and report…by a right-of-center think-tank…suggest a surprisingly large proportion of British Muslims would like to live under Sharia”
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Thanks Rob. “A gaggle of masseuses chatter in subtitles, proving that when all else fails, Asian women can be used as cheap comic stereotypes. (See also the chest waxer in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and the restaurant owner in “Freaky Friday,” among
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“that sort of uncomfortable media stereotyping was par for the course in this trial, which illuminated not just the kids’ hate crime, but the reactions of adults…as they struggled to discuss whether black children should be held to standards…”
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Thanks HighJive! “In China, a genre of self-help books purports to tell the secrets of making money ‘the Jewish way.’”
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O’Reilly And Beck Agree: We’re ‘Afraid’ To Have ‘A Lot Of African-American Friends’ – Think ProgressThanks Adrianna! “instead of exlusively focusing on why the remarks were condescending to African-Americans, he said blacks should “feel sorry for us white folks here, because I’m telling you now I’m afraid to say anything. … White Americans are t
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Read some of the disgusting emails Dr. Hill received after appearing on O’Reilly: “You are nothing but a racist f—–g n—-r. People like you are the cause for the racism in this country.”(tags: racism)
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“First- or second-generation immigrants made up 27 percent of black freshmen entering 28 top-ranked colleges in 1999, according to the study released Tuesday. Such immigrants accounted for only 13 percent of all U.S. blacks aged 18 or 19 that year”
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