by Carmen Van Kerckhove
What’s beef? Beef is when Hong Kong CPAs come after Singapore’s Media Development Authority flunkies! (Hat tip to Zhu)
Ok, so there’s no actual rivalry, but that would be kinda awesome.

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
A double-dose of cute babies with attitude. (Hat tip to DISGRASIAN)

by guest contributor HighJive, originally published at MultiCultClassics
This mom and son may be the most overused stock photo family in America.

Al Sharpton Plays Three-Candidate Monte With Obama, Clinton, and Edwards — New York Magazine
“that’s partly what this primary season comes down to for Sharpton: a race to see which candidate can kiss his ring the most, the fastest, and with the most sincere pucker…the jockeying to secure the black vote in the primaries has never […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
The bloggers behind DJ Black Adam and the field negro and I will be on NPR News & Notes’ blogger’s roundtable segment tomorrow.
We’ll be discussing the New American Media survey about tensions among communities of color, John Edwards responding to question about the OJ verdict being “payback” from black America, and blacks […]

by Racialicious special correspondent Fatemeh Fakhraie, originally published at Muslimah Media Watch
Amnesty International has run a new campaign to raise awareness about female genital mutilation. These images of flowers sewn up are visually striking because of the implied violence against a delicate object. The ads are effective because they give the viewer a graphic idea […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
You gotta read Lauren’s excellent post on Stereohyped, in response to James Hannaham’s recent Salon piece in which he had this to say about singer Amy Winehouse (emphasis mine):
Winehouse answers that question by digging deep for scraps of authenticity. In addition to foregrounding her knowledge of R&B history in her lyrics, she […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Love this. Courtesy of dnA.

by guest contributor Luke Lee
First things first. Of course, there is the expected bombshell unleashed in the MLB world from the Mitchell Report which implicated dozens of ballplayers for performance enhancing drug use. Notably, players such as Miguel Tejada, Andy Pettitte, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were named for violations ranging from steroids to human […]

Who will speak for Aqsa Parvez? - CBC News
“Did these little girls really make a choice to wear the hijab? Did they make a declaration to their parents that they want to be religiously pious and sexually modest? Common sense indicates that these children did not choose for themselves.”
(tags: via:matttbastard muslim religion gender)

The Obama Effect […]

by guest contributor Rob Schmidt, originally published at Newspaper Rock
Usually I don’t watch reality shows. They’re too hokey and manipulative for my taste. But I had to look when the penultimate episode of Kid Nation (airdate: 12/5/07) featured Indians.
If you don’t know the premise of Kid Nation, it’s simple. A bunch of kids have been […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
After all these months, the Soulja Boy viral phenomenon doesn’t seem to be letting up. What do you think of this spoof, Kosher Boy? (Thx Latoya!)

by Racialicious special correspondent Wendi Muse
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of enjoying the indie design fabulosity that is the Craftacular, an annual market sponsored by Bust Magazine. For those of you who may not know about Bust, here’s the mag in a nutshell: feminism meets DIY meets up-and-coming musicians, writers, artists, and actors. […]

by Racialicious special correspondent Latoya Peterson
What do you hope to accomplish in 2008?
What do you want to do? What do you want to study? What actions do you want to take?
We are not yet half way through the month of December, but resolutions are already on my mind. Heavily into self-evaluation, I tend to […]

International Adoption, It’s a One-Way Dialogue - Mother Jones
About adoption blogs: “it’s clear to me that if you are an adoptee and want to say something critical about adoption, you had better make it abundantly clear that you truly, absolutely love your mom and dad or you risk getting berated.”
(tags: adoption race)

Seven years more - […]