by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Gee – Asian shopkeepers who speak with funny accents sure are hilarious! Our target demographic of racist males aged 13-29 will love these ads!

We “Got” To Find A Better Name – Stereohyped
“Surrounded by massive, widespread, vitriolic criticism of BET’s new show, Hot Ghetto Mess, network execs made a decision to change the program completely. Actually, no. They made a decision to change the name to We Got To Do Better”
(tags: tv stereotypes africanamerican black)

TV’s ‘Hot Ghetto Mess’: Too [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I realize I have brought shame on this blog with my admission today. So I must make amends!

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Last night’s panel discussion at the Museum of Chinese in the Americas (MoCA) was great. It was pretty exciting for me personally to be in a room with so many awesome people.
I’ll try to write up more of my thoughts and will probably include them in the next monthly New Demographic email [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
A brand-new episode (No. 76) of Addicted to Race is out! Addicted to Race is New Demographic’s weekly podcast about America’s obsession with race.
Carmen and Manish Viij discuss the way 7-Eleven is turning some of its stores into real-life Kwik-E Marts to promote the new Simpsons movie. In order to do this, [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I have to admit I’ve never watched Robert Townsend’s “Hollywood Shuffle,” but this clip is hilarious and touches on just about every problem with media representations of people of color in a matter of minutes. Thanks Wendi for the tip!

Kate Winslet and Clive Owens: A little racist? – Slant Eye For The Round Eye
Should L’Oreal spokespersons Kate Winslet and Clive Owens be held accountable for L’Oreal’s racist hiring practices? Should we expect them to take a stand?
(tags: via:slanty workplace discrimination advertising celebrities)

Fingerprint technique could reveal sex, race – MSNBC.com
“Now researchers find tape made from [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Just a reminder that I’ll be one of the speakers on a panel discussion TONIGHT at the Museum of Chinese in the Americas (MoCA). If you’re in the NYC area, I hope you’ll come by!
It’s going to be a great discussion on Asian-American media activism, and they’ve put together a really impressive [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
And I am sooooooooooo there! This description of the first episode already sounds too good to miss.
Inside her home, the first episode of the weekly show begins with her uniformed staff preparing for the day and a distressed Simmons trying to find the person who moved her teddy bear from [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I need your help!
As many of you may know, one of New Demographic’s other blogs is Race in the Workplace, which is all about how race and racism influence our working lives.
I’m looking for stories to use in our Watercooler section, where we share real-life horror stories from the frontlines of race [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I don’t know if this is funny, enraging or just sad. I guess this is the psychological damage that happens when your whole career is based on being a Giant Negro.
Hat tip to Stereohyped.

U of T student to get apology for email – TheStar.com
“A University of Toronto honours student applying for a job at Queen’s Park will receive an apology from the government after he was referred to as a “ghetto dude” in an email from a part-time contract employee in the cabinet office.”
(tags: via:spaceinvaders2000us workplace stereotypes racism)

APA [...]

R. Kelly Gets Indie Film Cred Now, Too – Stereohyped
Huh? “In an industry-wide effort on the part of cable networks to completely dumb down their programming, formerly high brow channel, IFC, has aquired the rights to R. Kelly’s “Trapped In The Closet” and is developing 10 new episodes with him.”
(tags: music tv)

Indian Cholo — Learning [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Seems like people are in a confessional mood this month when it comes to race. Check out this gem from PostSecret (thanks Angela!) and the response email that they received:
—–Email Message—–
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 7:14 PM
Subject: PostSecret
I am a racist and I am in a long-term relationship with someone of a [...]

by Racialicious Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson
While flying through the blogosphere, I happened upon a quick newsbyte from Willow_Dot_Com:
Angelina Jolie has been tapped to play The Fox in a movie version of Mark Millar’s WANTED. Fox in the comics is a brown female play off of DC’s Catwoman. She’s sleek, she’s smooth, she’s a jewel thief [...]