by guest contributor Swerl, originally posted at Swerl
Pop quiz! Who said…
a) To be plain, I wish to get quit of Negroes…
b) I advance it therefore as a suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are inferior to the whites in endowments both of body and […]

208 Arrested at Puerto Rican Day Parade, a Steep Increase - New York Times
Thx Wendi. “People said they were being told by the police that they needed this group to turn the corner; then when they obeyed, the police were waiting around the corner”
(tags: latino hispanic police)

Nashua interpreter sues over book, files discrimination complaint - […]

by guest contributor BB, originally published at Brady Braves
Well, this was a rare moment: a story on Indianz.com involving Martha Stewart. She has a place (i.e., 153-acre estate purchased in 2000 for the trifling cost of $16 million) in Katonah, NY. Now, Stewart wants to trademark “Katonah” for some of her products. Never mind if […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
A brand-new episode (No. 71) of Addicted to Race is out! Addicted to Race is New Demographic’s weekly podcast about America’s obsession with race.
Carmen and Dumi discuss the “no homo” phenomenon, as well as BET’s recent episode of “Meet the Faith,” which focused on the state of black marriage.
Guest co-host L’Heureux Lewis, […]

by guest contributor rikyrah, originally published at Jack and Jill Politics
Senator Obama was in Hampton, VA last week at the Hampton University’s Annual Minister’s Conference.
Barack Obama gave a MAJOR POLICY speech …did you know that? If you don’t know, I’m not surprised, because of how the ‘Mainstream’ Media did NOT report on the substance of […]

High Self-esteem May Be Culturally Universal, International Study Shows - ScienceDaily
“The notion that East Asians, Japanese in particular, are self-effacing and have low self-esteem compared to Americans may well describe the surface view of East Asian personality, but misses the picture revealed by recently developed measures of self-est
(tags: via:womunofcolour mentalhealth asian)

Blue Corn Comics — Stereotype […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Wow. Now it’s not only college students playing with blackface, faculty and staff members are getting in on the act too. This Fresno, CA Christian school even played a game of “catch the runaway slave!” From Fresnobee.com:
Members of Fresno’s black community said they were stunned this week to see pictures of adults […]

by guest contributor Dumi Lewis, originally published at Black At Michigan
So for the past few years nearly every time I hear Black men nearing a point of emotional intimacy two words quickly have haunted the moment, “no homo.” Picture this Sicily… err, I mean, so picture this, you’ve mentored a brother for the past 5 […]

You’ve heard of Matthew Shepard. Why not Sean Ethan Owen? - The Last Plantation….is the Mind
“the details do not flatter the victim, who could not be said to appreciate his seducer as a person when he anticipated that he was “going to get some black meat tonight.”
(tags: hatecrime glbt interracialrelationships)

N*W*C - Racial Slurs - Theater […]

‘My son is a foreigner’ - Resist racism
“They don’t think about how racist laws make it easy to bring an adopted child into the country while preventing parents from bringing their birth children. And they don’t see how their anti-immigrant bigotry affects their children. Do you think being
(tags: internationaladoption immigration whiteprivilege)

Steven Gilliard Jr., 42, Dies; […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
What do you think of this video?

Oh Word sees it as payback for all the years of white people making fun of hip hop:
imagine my joy when I saw a bunch of perfectly ignant crunk kids accidentally pissing on the whole concept of mainstream punk-metal. By being just as clueless and careless […]

Enrique Iglesias and the gay serenade - gay persons of color
“during Enrique Iglesias’s performance of his hit song “Hero” at the G-A-Y nightclub in London last Saturday night, he brought a male audience member on stage and serenaded and danced with him, and, at the end of the song, kissed him on the forehead.”
(tags: music […]

by Racialicious special correspondent Wendi Muse
If Spike Lee said it, then it must be true . . . right?
Not exactly.
In a 1992 interview with Barbara G. Harrison for Esquire Magazine entitled “Spike Lee Hates Your Cracka Ass,” Spike Lee informed readers of a racist statement made by popular women’s clothing designer Liz Claiborne during a […]

A Niche Strategy Now Under Stress - New York Times
“now that Avandia is dogged by safety questions…some black advertising executives wonder if Glaxo’s advertising strategy could end up working against the company.”
(tags: advertising healthcare africanamerican black)

Obama Warns of ‘Quiet Riot’ Among Blacks - My Way News
Thx Tereza. “Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Tuesday that […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
So folks, what do you think of the covers from Vanity Fair’s special Africa issue, guest-edited by Bono?
Above is just one of the 20 different covers shot by Annie Liebowitz. You can check out the rest at vanityfair.com. (Hat tip Stereohyped)