Poppa Culture: what it means to be an Asian pop - ASIAN POP
“In the wake of Father’s Day, Jeff Yang muses on what it means to be an Asian pop, and he dishes with his fellow bloggers on the Asian American fathers’ forum Rice Daddies on how they spent their special day”
(tags: asianamerican parenting)

Bill honoring […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
This cartoon is brilliant. I’m sure a lot of us can identify!

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
A brand-new episode (No. 72) of Addicted to Race is out! Addicted to Race is New Demographic’s weekly podcast about America’s obsession with race.
Carmen and Latoya discuss body image for women and how it correlates to race. This episode features the song “Feel The Change” by Baba & Yako, courtesy of Spectre […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Go check it out at Tereza’s (aka teachergirl) blog, White Anti-Racist Parent.  She has grouped the blog posts by theme:
- Race in the Media & Pop Culture
- Defining the Self, Discussing Whiteness & Privilege
- Teaching, Learning & Parenting
- Race & Immigration
- The Justice System

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Yes, according to Debra Dickerson’s latest article for Salon.com:
Shouldn’t the NAACP have been using its moral authority to extend black influence throughout the nation’s institutions instead of submitting those institutions to unceasing frontal attacks designed merely to expose their racism? Instead of playing the faux martyr on the steps of the Supreme […]

China Orders Labor Abuse Crackdown - Guardian Unlimited
“Typically, slaves were sold to kilns for $66 by people traffickers who abducted the young and weak from train and bus stations or off the street, and lured the stronger with false promises of good paying jobs.”
(tags: slavery china)

add another guy to the list - angry asian man
Yung […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
This clip is from a 1996 video, bell hooks on Video: Cultural Criticism & Transformation, and in this segment, bell hooks discusses hip hop in the context of patriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalism. It’s fascinating stuff. Thanks very much to Chris for the tip!

Home Alone: Does ethnic and racial diversity foster social isolation? - New York Times Magazine
“Diversity seems to trigger not in-group/out-group division, but anomie or social isolation,” Putnam writes… “In colloquial language, people living in ethnically diverse settings appear to ‘hunker down’ — that is, to pull in like a turtle.
(tags: diversity race)

What Does Africa Need […]

by Racialicious special correspondent Latoya Peterson
A Mighty Heart has gotten a lot of play on this blog (see here and here).
We’ve debated everything from the motives in selecting the lead actress to Marianne Pearl’s experiences to neo-blackface.
Personally, I’ve been keeping an eye out for an answer. In last month’s Glamour (or it could have […]

by Racialicious Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson
Dear average-sized penis,
Ugh. I don’t really know how to say this. We’ve been in and around so much together. And I really do appreciate the effort you’ve put in thus far. But I’m sure you have sensed my growing disappointment over the years. I guess the bottom line is I […]

ABC made business calculation dumping Isaiah Washington from ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Thx Harry. “The operation to remove Washington, 43, was quick and neat. The studio declined to exercise his contract option for another season - Washington would have earned about US$2.7 million in salary - and he was dumped shortly after the May finale”
(tags: tv homophobia glbt)

Miss […]

by guest contributor Kay Olson, originally published at The Gimp Parade
Back in March the story of the Andrews family of Long Island came to public attention. The NY Daily News announced “What a mess, baby: Parents say fertility clinic botched in-vitro & girl’s got the wrong dad“.
[Note from Carmen: Racialicious covered it too.]
The story […]

Morehouse College and Goldman Sachs deepen ties - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
“Morehouse College will get $2 million from Goldman Sachs to endow The Goldman Sachs Leadership Chair in Civil and Human Rights, a position that will oversee the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection.”
(tags: college africanamerican black)

Clinton seeks support of minority women - Yahoo! News
Thx […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Wow. I just read about it in the Mavin newsletter.
I never met Ramona Douglass, but I know that she was one of the OG’s of the multiracial movement and was one the people who played a crucial role in securing the “check one or more” option on the Census forms.
If any of […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
As you’ve probably noticed, I publish a post (almost) every day with links to various articles and blog posts on topics related to race, racism and pop culture.
If you’d like to suggest a link, the best way to do it is through del.icio.us.
del.icio.us is a way to bookmark pages and keep your […]