by Carmen Van Kerckhove
More racist crap from T-shirt Hell, the same company that brought us the lovely Bros Before Hoes design. (Thanks Leigh-Anne)

by guest contributor Tami, originally published at What Tami Said
The social construct we call race is complicated, but there are a few things about it that I know to be true. One thing is that everyone who grows up in this country absorbs some prejudice–everyone, no matter their race. Also, many people have no real [...]

Journeyman – reappropriate
“Olivia’s casual references to the racism… is remarkable because it’s one of the first instances I can recall where a thoroughly Americanized Asian American character actually experiences real racism but isn’t defined by it.”
(tags: asianamerican tv racism)

by guest contributor Jasmine
Note: The N, the American home of Degrassi, doesn’t always show the same episodes in the same order as CTV. So while it is the seventh season on both sides of the St. Lawrence River, it may not always be that way.
The WGA may be striking, but that doesn’t mean there won’t [...]

Note from Carmen: This post is about Heroes’ new online promo, Create-Your-Hero and is a critique of Week 1’s choices
by guest contributor Elton
What pathetic attempts at corporate creativity have resulted from the writers’ strike. New characters are now being created from a grid of four variables: Gender (male/female), Place of birth (Asia, Europe, [...]

by guest contributor Elton
This week’s episode revolves around the deaths of two fathers, Noah Bennet and Kaito Nakamura, and the struggles of their children, Claire and Hiro, to come to terms with the tragedies.
The episode opens with the funeral of Kaito Nakamura, who, a few episodes ago, was killed in a plunge off the Deveaux [...]

A 19th-Century Ghost Awakens to Redefine ‘Soul’ – New York Times
Absolutely fascinating. “Mrs. Russell’s book suggested that a more nuanced view might be in order. Instead of rustic Southern “soul food,” it served up complex, cosmopolitan food inspired by European cuisine.”
(tags: via:stereohyped food africanamerican black slavery)

Target refuses to answer NAACP’s diversity survey
Petition: “For the third [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
This is a little teaser video I put together to help publicize a workshop I’m presenting at The Partnership’s 2007 Annual Winter Conference in Boston on Thursday, December 6th. To find out more and/or register for this event, click here.
All Mixed Up? Myths and Realities About Multiracial Professionals
“She doesn’t know if she’s [...]

by Racialicious Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson
“No one ever means bougie as a compliment. It’s never ‘Oh, you’re so bougie!’ It’s ALWAYS a negative trait.”
I had asked one of my close friends about being bougie and how the word is perceived in black circles. Depending on how it is used, bougie can almost [...]

Five GM Brands to Shift Multicultural Work to General-Market Shops – Advertising Age – Agency News
“Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Hummer and Pontiac — will move responsibility for African-American advertising to their general-market agencies effective Jan. 1.”
(tags: via:hadji advertising diversity africanamerican black)

I Am Not a Bridge – Relative Choices – New York Times Blog
“its use is misleading, [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I know this isn’t exactly a new movie, but I just saw it this weekend on DVD. I’m curious to see what you all thought of it.
I was interested in seeing it because it seemed like a subversive reworking of the old angelic white teacher saves the ghetto genre. Subversive because the [...]

by Racialicious special correspondent Fatemeh Fakhraie
Unfortunately, the first image that comes to mind when anyone mentions Islam isn’t a room full of people laughing. But if Maz Jobrani, Shazia Mirza, and Preacher Moss have their way, that will change.
Jobrani, Mirza, and Moss are Muslim comedians; Jobrani and Moss are part of the Axis of Evil [...]

uc expands api applicant categories – angry asian man
“Next year’s undergraduate application will include 23 Asian American and Pacific Islander categories, up from the eight that are currently recorded. This…will go a long way towards dispelling the harmful minority myth in higher education. “
(tags: asianamerican education stereotypes)

CMU student admits to role in leaving nooses in [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
All animals in the jungle speak in proper British accents. Except, of course, for the jive-talking, gibberish-spouting monkeys. Did we mention they desperately want to become “real people?”
Great stuff from Cracked.com (hat tip to Stereohyped). The list is:
#9. The Merchant from Aladdin
#8. Sebastian from The Little Mermaid
#7. The Crows from Dumbo
#6. King [...]

by guest contributor Jasmine, originally published at news from the flip front
OMG.
So in last week’s episode of “America’s Next Top Model”, Tyra reveals that the models not eliminated in tonight’s episode will travel to China to continue in the competition.
So how did she tell them? Did she say “Hey, y’all are going to China!” Fuck [...]