Viva la revolución! - Asia Pacific Arts
Thx Geraly. “Viva recalls the story of a Hapa woman named Barbie, played by Anna Biller…and her struggle to find herself, happiness, love (and potentially a few STD’s) in 1970s Southern California during the sexual revolution”
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Imus producer: Sharpton a ‘race-baiter’ - Yahoo! News
Thx Ananser. “Bernard […]

by Racialicious sports correspondent Luke Lee
The latest issue of Sports Illustrated features Cleveland Indians’ outfielder Grady Sizemore who is known for possibly being the best all-around young player in the game today and for his soon to be ownership of the Derek Jeter “most beautiful/popular man in baseball” crown (Seriously. The Indians sell “Mrs. Sizemore” […]

by Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson
I love to take a peek inside the mind of someone else.
I have always been interested in the reality and perspectives of others, especially when it is one that is so different from my own. My love of reading is rooted in this desire to know.
With that in mind, I am […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
A brand-new episode (No. 69) of Addicted to Race is out! Addicted to Race is New Demographic’s weekly podcast about America’s obsession with race.
It’s another all listener feedback episode as we continue our semi-hiatus here at Addicted to Race:

Jason, a new listener, calls in with his thoughts on the show
Liam McGrath encourages […]

Tom the Dancing Bug - Salon Comics
Thx Kyla. Poking fun at Uncle Ben’s rebranding and imagines how other racist marketing icons might be reinvented: Chief Wahoo, The Frito Bandito, Lucky the Leprechaun, and Mrs. Butterworth, an “offensive stereotype of the WASP matron.”
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Indictment in civil rights-era killing - Yahoo! News
Thx Kyla. “A 73-year-old […]

by Racialicious special correspondent Latoya Peterson
In browsing the Adrants blog, I came across a mini-rant on why stock photography blows.
As a person who uses/dabbles in stock photography, I was intrigued. I follow the original adrants link, and end up at this page.
The first thing that pops up is a random stock image from a […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Here we go again. Our supposedly racism-free youth at their finest. Thanks to Tereza and Kyla for the tips. I’ll have some links coming out tomorrow, but in the meantime you can read about it here.

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
This is too awesome. It’s Alfonso Ribeiro, aka Carlton from Fresh Prince. Hat tip to Stereohyped.

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I’m excited to announce that New Demographic’s seminar, Racialicious! When Race and Pop Culture Collide, is now available in both audio seminar and e-book formats!
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From the neo-minstrelsy of Flavor of Love to the racial segregation on Survivor, from the race-swapping families on Black.White. to the fascination with interracial sex, from Gwen Stefani’s […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I watched the latest episode of Family Guy last night on the Tivo and this scene cracked me up so much!

(The boob joke is a bit tasteless, but the other stuff is on-point.)
I have to admit that I am totally guilty of this stereotype. I remember this one time I was […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I’m excited to announce that starting next week, Wendi Muse will be joining Latoya as a special correspondent for Racialicious! She’ll be writing one post per week for the blog, and will also be helping me with some odds and ends behind the scenes. Here’s more about her:
Wendi was born and raised […]

Fewer Americans call themselves multiracial - USATODAY.com
Thx HighJive. “The share of Americans who identify themselves as multiracial has shrunk this decade, an unexpected trend in an increasingly diverse nation.”
(tags: mixedrace census identity)

Lessons of the Game - New York Times
Thx Eileen. “Most of them, like my own sons, had lived their entire little lives in a […]

Beyond Books: Oprah Winfrey’s Seal of Approval Goes Presidential - New York Times
Thx Tereza. “Last week, for the first time, Ms. Winfrey endorsed a political candidate, Senator Barack Obama…In an interview on “Larry King Live” on CNN, she said she was backing the senator “because I know him personally.””
(tags: barackobama oprah politics)

A booker’s bias in […]

by Racialicious special correspondent Latoya Peterson
While I was browsing the Stereohyped blog, I came across this posting:
If You Want Black Girls To Go Wild, You Better Have Your Checkbook
Breast-lover Tyra Banks must have felt slighted by the lack of brown mammaries on display in Joe Francis’ Girls Gone Wild videos. It prompted her to ask […]

The Right of Peaceful Assembly. Gone - The Unapologetic Mexican
“the city of LA—a city infamous for their brutal and lawless police—sent out their goons in riot gear to chase Americans out of a public park and fire weapons at them, disregarding the children, of all things.”
(tags: immigration hispanic latino)

$5 million OK’d for boot camp death […]