by Racialicious Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson
[Note: Please read this post after reading Racism as a Lifestyle Choice. While the two posts are independent, it helps to understand how this post started, and why it is on a race blog and not a gender blog.]
Men, please grab your pencils and take a few notes.
I am about […]

by Racialicious Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson
Listening to people rationalize their racism is both hilarious and infuriating.
This week, Carmen posted a link to a RaceWire posting about an article that explored one white woman’s journey into racism.
Initially I viewed the post with skepticism. My neighbors made me racist? Are you kidding? I perused the article, made […]

Disney accused of profiling black teens — OrlandoSentinel.com
H/t Resist Racism. “Records of those cases provided to the Orlando Sentinel show that 45 of the 46 people banned from Disney for life during the past two weekends were blacks or Hispanics.”
(tags: racialprofiling africanamerican black)

Charge reduced in ‘Jena 6′ case - Chicago Tribune
“The district attorney prosecuting a […]

by guest contributor Jennifer Fang, originally published at Reappropriate
(Hat-tip to Angry Asian Man)
Like most of y’all, I am desperately addicted to Heroes. I mean, where else can I get my dose of smart drama, good acting, good plot and comic book geekdom all in one sitting. Even though most found the Season 1 finale anti-climatic, […]

Lesbians sentenced for self-defense - Workers.org
“Their crime? Defending themselves from a physical attack by a man who held them down and choked them, ripped hair from their scalps, spat on them, and threatened to sexually assault them—all because they are lesbians.”
(tags: via:benjamin glbt homophobia queer)

Racial stereotype gets an F - The University of Chicago Magazine
“Choi […]

by guest contributor Rachel Sullivan, originally published at Rachel’s Tavern and Alas
Ok, I’d be remiss if I didn’t say something about the latest crime to become a media circus. I’m sure by now most of you have heard about the murder of Jessie Davis, who was almost 9 months pregnant and was likely killed in […]

by Racialicious Special Correspondent Wendi Muse
A few years ago, when M.I.A. was more commonly known as a military acronym than as the stage name of a Sri Lankan-born singer with a seductive British accent, my friends and I were busy spreading the word via burnt cds and “have you heard?” interjections about Ms. Arulpragasam. Her […]

On Thursdays We Grab Titties - The Assimilated Negro
Semi-NSFW pics. “Kimberly Klinger, racist, who has been keeping some sort of cat-call spreadsheet in the interest of launching a two-part attack on the neighborhood heterosexual immigrants who harass her with come-ons once or twice a week.”
(tags: sexism racism)

Black hair, comics and you - Digital Femme Online
“If […]

by guest contributor Jennifer Fang, originally published at Reappropriate
A little less than a month ago, a panel discussion was put together by The Asian Society focusing on Asian American male identity. The panel, consisting of three prominent Asian American men in pop culture today: The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi, the single best Asian American writer […]

Ohio Slaying Suspect Appears in Court - SFGate.com
“A police officer accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her nearly full-term fetus made his first court appearance Monday and was ordered held on $5 million bond.”
(tags: via:ananser interracialrelationships crime)

The Manny - gay persons of color
“There is something very disturbing about this video, “The Manny”…With a script […]

L.A. Fire Department finally wins in court - LA Daily News
“In a legal victory for the beleaguered Los Angeles Fire Department, a jury declined to award any damages today to an African-American firefighter who alleged his superiors harassed and retaliated against him for complaining about racism in the LAFD.”
(tags: via:stereohyped workplace discrimination racism)

teenage girls charged […]

by Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson
I am done, done, done.
I intended to work on my follow up to Internalizing Stereotypes.
Key word: intended.
However, the sequel is not happening this week.
The sequel is not happening because my mind is cluttered with two articles that came to my attention in the last half of the week.
The first was a […]

That’s Racist! The Unjust Crusade Against Video Games - GameDaily BIZ
“some people slammed Deadline for being bigoted towards Mexicans. While we did employ stereotypes we considered lighthearted and humorous, our intent was most certainly not to cast Mexican individuals in a derogatory light.”
(tags: videogames racism stereotypes)

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I don’t want to give them any link love, but suffice it to say that there’s a T-shirt retailer out there peddling this particular number. (Thanks to Leigh-Anne for the tip.)

by Racialicious special correspondent Wendi Muse
After Latoya wrote the excellent article “Know Your Place, Woman: BET’s Meet the Faith on Black Marriage,” I decided to do a little additional research by checking out the BET site for the show with the all the questionable content. I ended up reading very little on Meet the Faith. […]