by guest contributor Jasmine
“Survivorman” pits man against the nature (sort of) when Michael, jealous after Ryan invited Toby and all the other regional managers on a camping trip but not him, decides to spend some time in the woods. While Michael spends enough time in isolation to make his pants into shorts, and then back […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I’m on the road with spotty internet access, so probably won’t be able to post anything tomorrow. We’ll be back on Monday with lots of great new stuff for you though!
Sidenote: I’m in New Mexico right now and I have never seen so much sky in my life. It’s kind […]

by guest contributor Masheka Wood
Previously on Prison Break: Michael finally finds out Sarah’s dead, starts a chicken-foot fight against Whistler for a distraction, and watches his first Sona escape attempt go completely F.U.B.A.R. Lechero (a.k.a. Norman the Milkman) gets stripped of power, a newly released Mahone gets squirrelly without his vein-candy, and we discover […]

by guest contributor Tami, originally published at What Tami Said

Why was Don Imus vilified and fired for calling a group of young, black athletes “nappy headed hoes,” but able to return to the airwaves months later provoking barely a stir? Why is Michael Richards’ racist tirade in a Los Angeles nightclub all but forgotten? Why […]

21st Century Blackface: Hideous Imitation Or Flattery? Harmful or Harmless? - Happy Nappy Head
“What makes these incidents of blackface offensive and disgusting is their purpose and the message conveyed by those wearing the costumes. They aren’t intending to educate anyone…they aim to be as stereotypical in their imitation as possible.”
(tags: blackface racism)

Media Diversity on trial […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Great stuff from Jay Smooth.

by Racialicious guest contributor David Zhou
What is his name?!?
There is too much to be said about how a black character from Haiti, referred to as The Haitian and used as a weapon by dominating, white forces, still has yet to earn a name. Is his name too ethnic for us to pronounce? His history too […]

by guest contributor DISGRASIAN, originally published at DISGRASIAN
Diana and I realized this week that we are masochists. What else explains why we subject ourselves to shows like A Shot at Love with Tila Tiqueerla or the CW’s Gossip Girl, which is not unlike gouging away at our eyeballs with thumbtacks?
Truth be told, we’ve been […]

Man, 18, Is Fatally Shot by Police in Brooklyn - New York Times
“The police said they believed that the man, Khiel Coppin, 18, had a gun. But when the gunfire stopped, it turned out that he had been holding a hairbrush.”
(tags: policebrutality africanamerican black)

Demand an Official Statment by FAU Stating that Spitting on Students is […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Update 11/14 at 10:25 am: Please click here to digg this story so we can bring more attention to it.
Update 11/14 at 7:40 am: Yesterday evening, shady things started happening where the NYT apparently started to add back in some old comments that it had not previously approved. And they’ve now completely […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Wondering what’s going on in that photo? Well, that’s the scientific description of a Chinese male, according to this Hannity & Colmes guest. From Angry Asian Man:
Former homicide detective Wheeler, in defense of the police, says the the investigators had indeed narrowed down the suspect to a Hispanic male. “Not a Black […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Check out this great Boston Globe article about bloggers of color who are fighting racial stereotypes and getting their voices heard in the mainstream media. The reporter spoke with me, Manish from Ultrabrown, and Baratunde from Jack and Jill Politics, and name-checked a whole bunch of other blogs: Angry Asian Man, The […]

by Racialicious Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson
Michelle Singletary’s the Color of Money column in the Washington Post has been a must read for me for ages.
In her October 21st column, Michelle decided to tackle the issue of a financial report issued by two leading fund managers.
For 10 years, Ariel Mutual Funds and Charles Schwab have issued […]

In DNA Era, New Worries About Prejudice - New York Times
“The notion that race is more than skin deep, they fear, could undermine principles of equal treatment and opportunity that have relied on the presumption that we are all fundamentally equal.”
(tags: dna race science)

The history of interracial and cross-cultural relationships - Nerve.com
“The desire to be […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Check out this racist-ass web game on Yahoo! called Missionaries and Cannibals. Here are the instructions:
Move all the missionaires and cannibals to the opposite shore.
Watch out, when there are more cannibals than missionaires on one side, the cannibals will eat the missionaries!
Thanks to Steven for the tip!