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“Mr. Kennedy had become increasingly disenchanted with the tone of the Clinton campaign, aides said. He and former President Bill Clinton had a heated telephone exchange earlier this month over…misleading statements by Mr. Clinton”
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“was Bendixen’s blanket statement true? Far from it, and the evidence is overwhelming enough to make you wonder why in the world the Clinton campaign would want to portray Latino voters as too unrelentingly racist to vote for Barack Obama.”
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“This contest challenges students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the country to answer the question, “In remembering the past, what will you do to contribute to a brighter future?”
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Harris-Lacewell is my new brain crush. “The hypnotic racial dance of cultural authenticity that Bill Clinton performed in office lulled many blacks into perceptual fog…He relished this bond and often acknowledged his honorary blackness.”
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“Author Toni Morrison, who famously labeled Bill Clinton “the first black president,” has endorsed Obama.”
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As a costume, no less. “This truly disgusts me. A Brazilian model plans to have nylon wires implanted in her eyes to give them an “Asian slant.”"
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“The Washington Post launched a new online magazine with news and views geared toward African Americans called The Root. With Henry Louis Gates of Harvard (and African American Lives) at the helm, there’s a heavy emphasis on genealogy”
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“Talk about a marketing conundrum: Revive Colt 45 malt liquor — once seen as an exploitative product that preyed on the urban poor — as an edgy choice for young hipsters.”
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of 
G.D. wrote:
re: your new brain crush, MLH.
Could you explain that column of hers? I’ve read it several times, and I thought the points she made were so disparate that they bordered on incoherence.
And that stat about black people thinking they were wealthier than white people during the ’90s? It makes me think the peopel surveyed didn’t understand the question.
Posted 29 Jan 2008 at 7:09 am ¶
Cynthia wrote:
On the Brazilian woman: It’s insulting to many, but I have to wonder if people in Brazil see race differently.
Posted 29 Jan 2008 at 8:37 am ¶
alfish wrote:
the article about Colt 45 doesn’t even mention race or ethnicity…therefore I can only assume that this blog sees “malt liquor” and automatically associates it with a certain race or ethnic group, thereby perpetuating the very stereotypes it is ostensibly trying to deconstruct. why else is it being linked to here? would it be okay to link to a press release about Popeye’s new flavor of fried chicken? to me, this is just as bad. what is going on inside your mind that made you decide to link to this?
Posted 29 Jan 2008 at 9:15 am ¶
Nichelle wrote:
Nice politically correct try there Alfish. What are you, 23? 24?
The article doesn’t have to mention race or ethnicity. It is common knowledge that Colt 45 is associated with Black folks - particularly poor black folks, so Racialicioius is not “perpetuating a stereotype” out of thin air. Anyone within 10 feet of a black neighborhood in the 80s or 90s saw Billy Dee on those Billboards (or they saw him in magazine and TV ads) for Colt 45.
Common. Knowledge.
However, apparently it is not common knowledge to the Pabst Brewing company that designer paper bags to market their beer is NOT a good look! Drinking beer out of a paper bag is associated with drunks and losers. It was never “cool” or “hip” and a designer bag is not going to change that.
Posted 29 Jan 2008 at 10:10 am ¶
Wendi Muse wrote:
let’s hope the porto da pedra dancer will be able to SEE after her surgery. carnaval is this week/next week. i’m keeping my eyes crossed for her.
Posted 29 Jan 2008 at 10:34 am ¶
Wendi Muse wrote:
p.s. just in case yall missed it, that was a joke…
i agree with angry asian man that it’s a bit odd/kind of offensive, esp considering that it’s a surgical procedure for her COSTUME…then again, lots of women and men do things here to their bodies to advance their careers. couldn’t we say that a porn star getting big boobs is part of her “costume”? and then the same could be said for women who enhance their butts in hopes of looking like stereotypical black and/or latina women. people modify their bodies to match the times, and, as annoying as it may be, some races (or at least features considered inherently of that race) are “in” more than others depending on the era
Posted 29 Jan 2008 at 10:36 am ¶
Persia wrote:
The upstate NY chapter of NOW has responded to the Kennedy endorsement. Apparently in their worldview gender trumps all and black women don’t exist (I wish I could say it was surprising).
Posted 29 Jan 2008 at 10:59 am ¶
gatamala wrote:
Thanks for that Persia.
NOW won’t ever get $.10 from me.
Posted 29 Jan 2008 at 3:13 pm ¶
Alston wrote:
About that woman getting her eyes medically slanted: is this the fetishization of the Asian taken to an extreme, or a potential challenge to the beauty standard defined and perpetuated by white people (and pretty much everyone else)?
Posted 29 Jan 2008 at 4:44 pm ¶