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:
How to build your personal brand
What do people say about you when you’re not in the room? If you don’t know, it could hinder your career opportunities. Whether we like it or […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
A brand-new episode (No. 68) of Addicted to Race is out! Addicted to Race is New Demographic’s weekly podcast about America’s obsession with race.
This is an all listener audio comment episode:

Frances shares her thoughts on the Don Imus controversy
Jeff weighs in on misogyny in hip hop
ME discusses the word “queer”
Tereza responds to […]

by Racialicious special correspondent Latoya Peterson
Back in the day, there was Jessi Ramsey and Rainbow Jordan.
Jessi, the only black member of the Babysitters Club, was one of my girl idols back when I was a nerdy tween who had yet to blossom into full teenagehood. I remember avidly the adventures of all the girls in […]

Records show the Walker branch of President George W. Bush’s family, which settled in central Illinois, included slave owners. - Features - History Talk - Illinois Times
Thx RD. ” Add President George Walker Bush to the list of top-tier U.S. politicians whose ancestors include slaveholders. U.S. Census records for 1790 to 1830 testify to the […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
What do you think of this spoken word piece? It’s an excerpt from the documentary What Black Men Think.
I love so many of the points he makes in this video, but I think it’s a bit of a stretch to suggest that it’s only white people who are supporting these images in […]

The dragons among us are feeling the heat - NY Daily News
Hat tip to Highjive. “After convincing so many that it was invincible to criticism and no more than a fresh voice of the street that was holding up a mirror and expressing unpleasant truths through its music and its poetry, the hip-hop dragon has […]

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 wish my grandfather (the Chinese one) was as cool as this! Hat tip to Angry Asian Man.

R. Kelly writes song for Virginia Tech - Yahoo! News
Thx nsekuye. Just who we wanted to hear from about this tragedy: The Pied Piper himself. “R. Kelly has written a new song, “Rise Up,” about healing in the aftermath of the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech.”
(tags: virginiatech hiphop music)

Obama gains on Clinton in US […]

by guest contributor dnA, originally published at Too Sense
I used to hate hip-hop… yup, because the women degraded
But Too $hort made me laugh, like a hypocrite I played it
A hypocrite I stated, though I only recited half
Omittin the word “bitch,” cursin I wouldn’t say it
Me and dog couldn’t relate, til a bitch I dated
Forgive my […]

Education equals higher chance of abuse for black women - Louisiana Weekly
Thx Kimberly. “Black women who walk across the stage and receive college degrees become 145 times more likely to suffer sexual, domestic or other abuse than those who did not finish high school, according to a recent study.”
(tags: africanamerican black gender)

NASCAR seeks diversity but […]