by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I’d never heard of this guy Loren Feldman until Jay Smooth told me that the videoblogging community was dealing with its own Don Imus-esque scandal.
On August 3rd, Feldman posted an entry on his videoblog 1938 Media titled “Where are all the black tech bloggers?” But instead of actually seeking them out, he […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
A brand-new episode (No. 77) 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 why women of color sometimes feel ambivalent about feminism.
Overly opinionated and a prime candidate for MAA (Media Addicts Anonymous), freelance writer and blogger Latoya Peterson […]

Black Men Need Not Apply: No Love for Neil, Devon, and Chad, on Daytime Soaps - AngrygayblackCanadianman
“The question I keep on thinking about is why are black men on the American soaps treated differently then white males? Its something that has been bothering me for a while.”
(tags: africanamerican black tv)

Venus Williams wins Wimbledon for […]

by Racialicious Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson
I grabbed the final issue of Vibe Vixen off the newsstand today.
Ever since I read about the magazine’s demise on MediaBistro.com, I’ve been on a hunt to make sure I got my last copy. I search the shelves of my local Borders until I spot it, wedged between DC Style […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I was on Fallout Central’s podcast last night. We talked about a variety of topics: from The Bratz movie (which I now have to see) to “I Pronounce You Chuck and Larry,” from racism to the future of activism, from oppression olympics to um, a pickup artist named Asian Playboy. Check it […]

Patrice Evans: Procter & Gamble: A Goliath In Sheep’s Clothing - The Huffington Post
“One of the five finalists in a contest to select an idea that will win up to $5 million from American Express turns out to be a project that involves distributing Procter & Gamble products, submitted by a P&G employee.”
(tags: business poverty)

Newspaper […]

by Racialicious special correspondent Wendi Muse, originally published at Does Race Matter?
If only I had a dollar for every time Diddy said something totally racist against white people, I’d be a millionaire. I was (regrettably) watching the new season of his Making the Band reality show last night and noticed that the entire time, […]

HIP HOP REVOLUTION: NO GIRLS ALLOWED - The North Star
“amazingly, of the fourteen performances scheduled this weekend for the main stage, only one featured a woman performer - erykah badu played one set on early sunday evening, as the sole woman included amongst the festival’s main attractions.”
(tags: via:josh hiphop gender class race)

it ain’t privilege, it’s […]

by guest contributor Jason, originally published at microscopiq
OK, we all know zombies gotta die. And I loved Resident Evil 4. So why do these early images from the next installment of the Resident Evil franchise make me so queasy?
After all, in RE4, you spend the game shooting equally out-of-their-mind Spaniards. But, then, the Spanish haven’t […]

Learn Chinese in Five Minutes (Pic) - Digg
Oh how surprising. Racism on Digg. “A stereotypical and some might say, slightly offensive look at how Chinese speak English. ” SLIGHTLY??
(tags: via:ariah racism chinese language)

And when they came with their torches and nooses, the Chinese fled to restaurants - The Fortune Cookie Chronicles
“Imagine the unease about outsourcing […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I’ll be a guest tonight at 6 pm Eastern on the LaGuardia Community College web radio show, “The Perez Notes,” hosted by Roberto Perez. You can listen to it streaming here, or find it on the archive later on here.

by guest contributor Manish, originally published at Ultrabrown
Oh, wow. This Aliens in America sitcom pilot is far worse than Apu and Fez (thanks, Jyoti):
The previews being shown on the CW Web site… have drawn criticism on the Internet saying the program perpetuates negative stereotypes of Muslims — not to mention of the clueless American Midwesterners […]

I’ve got a stupid racist ditty playing in my head - Salon Life
WTF. The advice columnist’s answer is basically, why don’t you care about some REAL issues, like poverty and stuff? Worrying about racism is just trying to be in sync with “political fashion.”
(tags: via:latoya racism)

Nerds - Dress and Apparel - Intelligence - New York […]