Top Hillary Supporter: Obama Only Doing Well Because He’s Black - Too Sense
“She’s appealing to people who do believe that Obama’s success is because he’s black. These same people are very likely among the “victimized white people,” those who think that somehow they have been denied something…because of affirmative action”
(tags: barackobama race affirmativeaction)

The old joke […]

by Racialicious Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson

Stuff White People Like has been linked by about 20 of the blog feeds I read on the regular. That’s saying a lot. I finally decided to go check it out to see what I was missing.
Reading the blog with my boyfriend, I was amused - until my […]

by Guest Contributor Mo Pie, originally published at Big Fat Deal

Those of you out there who have seen Fantasia and who fondly remember the hippo ballet sequence might appreciate this rare glimpse into the history of Disney animation: photos of actress Hattie Noel, who was the live action reference for Hyacinth Hippo in the film. […]

“the father of japanese baseball” - angry asian man
“MLB.com has a good story on Kenichi Zenimura, popularly known as “The Father of Japanese Baseball” for his efforts to keep baseball alive and thriving for Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II”
(tags: asianamerican sports athlete)

Memoirs and Street Cred: II - Where The Hell Am […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Spotted this bumper sticker on a car round the way. Ew.

by Racialicious Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson

Ladyjax hosts the 8th PoC in Sci-Fi carnival, with a most interesting theme:
At the end of 2007, I found myself experiencing a bit of fannish fatigue. Although there had been some definite highs (like IBARW 2), there were just as many lows (yet another round of white fans talking to […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove and Latoya Peterson
The latest fake memoir scandal erupted last week. Margaret B. Jones’ critically acclaimed book “Love and Consequences,” about a half white, half Native American girl’s experiences with sexual abuse, foster care, and gang violence, turned out to be a complete fabrication. Not only did Margaret Seltzer (her real name) […]

13-Year-Old Blazes a Lane in Swimming’s Olympic Pool - New York Times
“The youngest child of an African-American father and an Asian mother, she has been compared to another biracial prodigy who blossomed in a mostly white sport. The connection to Tiger Woods is perhaps inevitable…”
(tags: sports stereotypes race)

Even Black Dogs Face Bigotry - Stereohyped
“every person […]

Originally published by the GamePolitics blog

In recent months, GamePolitics has been tracking the development of ICED [I Can End Deportation], a serious game designed to publicize the issues faced by immigrants in the United States. The final version launched earlier this month.
Published by human rights organization Breakthrough, ICED examines immigration issues from the perspective […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Fatemeh and reader Nae tipped us off to this upcoming Ben Stiller comedy, in which Robert Downey Jr. appears in blackface.
But wait - his character is a white actor who dons blackface to play a role that was originally written for a black man. So… is this a way of skewering the […]

by Racialicious Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson

A few weeks ago, while browsing Jimi Izrael’s blog, I came across this piece on Tionna Smalls, former advice columnist for Gawker. Now, I am only passing familiar with Gawker as I am a non-New Yorker, I didn’t really get into the blogosphere until last year, and the content on […]

What makes Pepsi great? - Feb. 19, 2008
“Indra Nooyi is an entirely different kind of CEO, a product of her native India as well as of PepsiCo’s family-values approach to grooming CEOs. She is not hung up on pay. She’s not shy about asking for help when she needs it.”
(tags: desi business asianamerican asian)

Leonce Gaiter: […]

by Racialicious special correspondent Wendi Muse, originally published at The Coup Magazine (blog)
I didn’t get a chance to see the entire episode of Saturday Night Live this weekend, but I came across a segment clip from NBC’s website that made my blood curdle. SNL’s guest this week was the young actress of Juno fame, Ellen […]

by Racialicious Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson
The latest K Chronicles on Salon.com: (click image below for larger view)

Everyone who enjoyed this comic, please take a moment to let Salon know how much you appreciate Keith’s perspective.
(Also, I find it amazing that Keith’s comics attract thoughtful letters - it is a complete change from the normal level […]

by Racialicious Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson
East West

Billing itself as the complete Asian-American lifestyle magazine, East West runs the gamut from business advice to romance. East West (formerly East West Woman) is also the only magazine that regularly features Desi contributors as well as Desi cover girls.
In terms of articles, East West has a wide […]