15th Erase Racism Carnival is up!
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Go check it out on RaceWire.
Every month, a different blog gathers posts from throughout cyberspace that explore issues of racial justice. The goal is to enhance the discussion of race online and connect bloggers working hard to make that happen.
This month we wanted to highlight some topics we feel don’t get enough time in the sun. So we sought out several pieces on topics that matter: Media Representations, the Green Economy and Black/Brown relations.
In addition, we grouped the blogs under a few other topics we hope you find pertinent and interesting:
–Race and the Green Economy
–Race, gender, and the media
–Black/Brown relations
–Historical identities
–Whiteness revisited
–Darfur
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of 
Anonymous wrote:
Hi Carmen,
I know this isn’t exactly the best place to leave a comment regarding this, but I thought you should see it for yourself rather than me email it to you (seeing as I want to be anonymous).
Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton’s latest foray for their terrible show “The Simple Life”– behold, the blackface: http://celebdirtylaundry.com/2007/07/30/paris-nicole-go-black-for-simple-life-show/
Paris Hilton in blackface and Rob Schneider in yellowface (from his recent “role” in “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry”) are, to me, completely, wholly emblematic of EVERYTHING that is wrong with America in regards to popular culture and popular consumption and its treatment of race relations. Everything insensitive, crass, crude, stupid, blatantly racially offensive in popular culture can be seen in these two people’s roles. *shudders*
Posted 30 Jul 2007 at 9:48 am ¶
Malena wrote:
Whoop Whoop! We had a lot of fun putting the carnival together, especially realizing race is in focus for many many blogs! Malena, RaceWire
Posted 30 Jul 2007 at 10:17 am ¶
Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:
Anonymous, Thanks for the tip! I actually linked to an item on the blackface thing last Tuesday.
Posted 30 Jul 2007 at 12:25 pm ¶
georgia wrote:
I don’t want to sound stupid but who are the “brown” people in “black/brown relations”?
Posted 31 Jul 2007 at 12:15 am ¶