by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I’ve shut down comments to a few recent posts and turned comment moderation back on. So when you post a comment, it will no longer be automatically be posted to the blog. It will be held in a queue until I approve or reject it.
The last thing I want to do is […]

Students apologize for ‘gangsta’ party - MSNBC.com
“More than a dozen Clemson University students apologized at an emotional campus meeting… The university organized the meeting, allowing 15 partygoers to stand up one by one and express remorse in front of about 200 people.”
(tags: campusracism college racism blackface)

NYC considers n-word resolution - Race in America - MSNBC.com
“A […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
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by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Given the proliferation of “ghetto” and “gangsta” parties, blackface and racist “satirical” student newspaper articles lately, the results of this study come as no great surprise.
From The Associated Press:
A University of Dayton sociologist who analyzed journals kept by 626 white college students found the students behaved substantially differently when they were in […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Jay Smooth’s latest video blog post (is that the right terminology?) on having two black coaches at the Superbowl had me cracking me up. I thought it would make a good Friday Fun item. Plus, I know that we’re always a little light on the sports side of pop culture (although I […]

Biden Unwraps ‘08 Bid With an Oops! - New York Times
Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware…spent the day struggling to explain his description of Senator Barack Obama…as “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.”
(tags: politics africanamerican black)

White Hip Hop fans discover Indie Rock - face prejudice […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I found this gem on Screens, The New York Times blog about online video:
Just as Bill Murray showed in “Lost in Translation,” the Japanese Suntory ad appears to be a rite of passage for a cadaverous-complexioned American male actor of a certain age.
Bill Murray’s Japanese ad campaign, of course, was just fiction.
But […]

Students Against Racially Themed Parties - Facebook
It’s great to see that students are organizing against these ghetto parties. Hat tip to Rachel. “This is a group for all students that are against derogatory and demeaning racially themed parties and their universities response (or lack there of) to them.
(tags: campusracism costumes college racism)

On Stealing a Native […]