by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Yikes… Check out this Goodbye Cellulite Choir ad for Nivea. Hat tip to HighJive!

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
One of our readers (thanks Alice!) spotted this on PostSecret:

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
It’s been a busy few days. On Saturday at 1:30 pm I’ll be doing a workshop on interracial relationships at University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. If you’d like to attend, please email me at carmen@newdemographic.com and I’ll give you the details.

Saul Williams: An Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey – Counterpunch
Thx Eric. “Hip Hop is simply a reflection of the society that birthed it. Our love affair with gangsterism and the denigration of women is not rooted in Hip Hop; rather it is rooted in the very core of our personal faith and religions.”
(tags: donimus oprah [...]

by guest contributor Nina
Over two days this week, Oprah dedicated her show to a Town Hall Meeting to address misogyny in hip-hop. All this as a result of Don Imus’ “nappy headed ho” comment, and his trite excuse that black women are called these names by their own men. I was interested to [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
If you’ve ever read any of the XXL blogs, you’ll be familiar with the phenomenon of “first commenting.” You know, those guys/gals who wait with bated breath for a new post, and then rush over and write “First!” in the comment box.
I had a chuckle at this video, which pokes fun at [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Believe it or not, today is our third birthday! This blog was started on April 20, 2004 as Mixed Media Watch, a lowly little Xanga that tracked media representations of mixed race people, couples and families:

(Sidenote: Whatever happened to Fefe Dobson?)
In January 2005 we decided to become a “real” blog [...]

Invisible Women? A Black Woman’s Response to Don Imus’ Sexist-Racist Remarks – AllHipHop.com
Thx Tereza. “I never got the impression that “the media” was even remotely interested in feedback from the young Black women hit, or from any other Black woman for that matter. The respondent faces of this controversy have been predominately male.”
(tags: donimus gender [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
In case you haven’t been checking out New Demographic’s latest blog, Race in the Workplace, here’s what you may have missed:
The HR department protects the company, not you
I interview career columnist and blogger Penelope Trunk about her new book, “Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success.” She’s full of counter-intuitive advice, [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Did any of you catch the two consecutive shows Oprah did this week, in which she convened town hall-style conversations to discuss the fallout over Don Imus’s remarks?
I’ve recorded both on my Tivo and probably won’t be able to watch until Sunday. But I wanted to create this as an open thread [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Just a heads-up that my internet access will be spotty over the next 2-3 days so comments may take longer than usual to be approved. Please be patient. Thanks!

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I know I’m a bit late with this, but I recently came across this video in my (looooooong) del.icio.us list of online videos I need to check out for Racialicious.
This guy made a music video all about young white women who flash gang signs in photos. What’s up with that? Is it [...]

Nike Builds Ad Campaign Out of Imus Controversy – Advertising Age
“The sports-apparel giant took out a full-page ad in the Sunday, April 15 edition of The New York Times, followed by banner ads on several websites that indirectly thank Mr. Imus for bringing the issues of race relations and sexism to the forefront. “
(tags: donimus [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Super-late notice, but if any of you are in the Los Angeles area, I’m going to be doing a workshop tomorrow evening at Pomona College in Claremont. It’s open to the public so feel free to come by and say hi! Here are the details:
Cute But Confused: Myths and Realities of Mixed [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
(Thanks Rob for the link!) What do you think of this segment from an old Dave Chappelle stand-up special, in which he talks about Native Americans? Is he skewering stereotypes or simply reinforcing them?