Mattel apologizes to China for toy recalls – USATODAY.com
“Mattel, the world’s largest toymaker, apologized on Friday for damaging China’s reputation after recent massive recalls of its Chinese-made toys, admitting it targeted some goods that were actually up to scratch.”
(tags: china toys)

Shakira goes back to school – VivirLatino
No one at UCLA realized who she was: “Apparently [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Yesssssssssssssss!
I can’t wait to Netflix this. Long-time Racialicious readers will know how much I love movies with multiple dance-offs. But this movie looks extra-special because it stars that tiny little magical dancing machine, Omarion!
(My dream dance-off would be Omarion vs. Chris Brown. Omarion would crrrrrrush him.)
It must be so [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Pairing America’s Next Top Model with American Apparel makes for true comic genius. Nice find, Wendi!
“You know, you just don’t get it! This is American Apparel! This stuff is made in the good old US of A! These clothes are 100% cotton!… Which means you need to look slutty.”
Also check [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
If any of you are Wingate University students, I’m going to be doing a workshop there on Monday evening. If you’d like more details, please email me. (Sorry, the event is open only to students at the school.)
Not Just Fetishists and Race Traitors: Challenging the Ways We Look At Interracial Relationships
60-minute presentation [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Even though my usual policy on Racialicious is to only post things that make white people look stupid (although, I guess that makes me a self-hating white person), I had to share this with you.
Uh, WTF?
(Hat tip to Stereohyped and Angry Black Woman)

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I’m excited to announce that starting next week, Fatemeh Fakhraie will be joining Latoya Peterson and Wendi Muse as a special correspondent for Racialicious!
She’ll be writing one post every other week for the blog, and will also be helping me with some odds and ends behind the scenes. Here’s more about her:
Fatemeh [...]

by Racialicious special correspondent Wendi Muse
This post won’t be deep.
Nope, not nearly as deep as the disdain I have toward Tila Tequila (trademark) and all the other televised, world wide webbed, and radio-aired exploitations of women. And as a person who identifies as a bisexual woman of color, I’m disappointed that images perpetuated by the [...]

Jesse Jackson Must Be Ecstatic about Jena – Jack and Jill Politics
“Jackson sharply criticized presidential hopeful and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for “acting like he’s white” in what Jackson said has been a tepid response to six black juveniles’ arrest on attempted-murder charges in Jena”
(tags: barackobama politics jenasix)

Today Is The Day We Wear Black – [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
WTF? From the Charleston Daily Mail:
The victim in an alleged weeklong torture in Logan County was arraigned in Kanawha County Magistrate Court on multiple counts of writing bad checks.
Megan Williams is charged with offenses in Summers, Raleigh and Greenbrier counties. There are 11 misdemeanor counts of writing worthless checks, one misdemeanor count [...]

by guest contributor Laura Martinez, originally published at mi blog es tu blog
Tired of your typical board game? You might want to try The Illegal Game, an “educational game” that depicts the lives of illegal aliens in New York City.
According to an online retailer The Illegal Game begins as players arrive at JFK airport, get [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Thousands of people are gathered in Jena, Louisiana today to protest the the injustice being done to the Jena Six.
But you don’t need to go to Jena to get involved.
ColorofChange.org has put together a set of tools so that you can lend your support today, no matter where you are geographically.
You can [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
What woman could resist such a charming invitation? (Thanks Christopher!)
More commentary on this CraigsList ad here, here and here. And if you never read Wendi Muse’s classic post analyzing the racism of CraigsList personal ads, what are you waiting for?

by guest contributor Rob Schmidt, originally published at Newspaper Rock
The new magazine Redskin describes itself like this:
Redskin is an Indigenous owned and operated provocative publication penetrating the critical intersection of indigenous beauty, power, politics and art through the explosive forces of sexuality and humor…This adult oriented publication hopes to disrupt common stereotypes and barriers associated [...]

Shades of Mexican – Los Angeles Times
“Mexicans long have used and manipulated race to improve their social status. Unlike in the United States, where race is understood as purely biological, in Mexico it’s defined by culture and class as much as it is by DNA.”
(tags: via:thatphil latino hispanic race)

NO TO OPRAH! – Page Six – [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Back on episode 71 of Addicted to Race, Dumi Lewis and I discussed the phrase “no homo.” It’s hilarious to see someone take this on in a satirical way. Hat tip to Stereohyped.