by Guest Contributor SLB, originally published at PostBourgie

In grad school, I took an elective called Autobiografiction in Black, a course in first-person narratives illustrating a broad pastiche of Black life. The first novel we were asked to read was Sapphire’s Push. I read it in three days, growing more and more uncomfortable by the page. […]

Speaking Engagments
Just a quick announcement as to where Carmen and I will be speaking in 2009. We’ll post updates when we add engagements.
Carmen:
February 3, 2009
University of New England - Portland, ME
Latoya:
February 2, 2009
Feminism 2.0 Conference - George Washington University
Panelist: Injecting Feminism into Popular Culture
(Also attending: Veronica Arreola, Melissa Silverstein)
February 5, 2009
Yes Means Yes Reading […]

by Guest Contributor Melissa Silverstein, orginally published at Women and Hollywood
Cherien Dabis is having one of those dreamlike weeks. She was named one of Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch in 2009, and her film Amreeka had its world premiere at Sundance this past weekend to a standing ovation and positive reviews. Now all […]

by Guest Contributor Monica Roberts, originally published at TransGriot

One of the beauties of surfing the Net is that from time to time, you’ll stumble across a nugget of history or some photo that you weren’t even aware existed.
I’ve mentioned that JET, EBONY and the now defunct HUE magazines when they first started back in the […]

by Latoya Peterson

This could have been a good op-ed.
Reading through Jeff Jacoby’s rant about how some people have the nerve to wonder about racial parity in the press corps, I just kept shaking my head. One could have argued that if journalism, in general, is on the decline it follows logic that minority journalists […]

by Guest Contributor Angry Asian Man, originally published at Angry Asian Man

A lot of folks have wrote in this week to tell about this really bizarre Skittles commercial, featuring two dudes yelling at each other in Thai and Tagalog. It really makes no sense to me at all. And I don’t know what’s weirder — […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I hope you were able to get on my free call last week, as we had over 500 people registered! Thanks to all of you who wrote in to say how valuable the call was for you.
You should know that on the content-packed call, I also made a special invitation for listeners […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove

Addicted to Race is New Demographic’s podcast about America’s obsession with race. Here’s a rundown of what you’ll find in this episode:
Why did the mainstream media act as if President Obama’s inauguration was a moment that only African-Americans could celebrate? Now that we have a black family in the White House, who […]

Compiled by Latoya Peterson and Fatemeh Fakhraie
On Amreeka, a Sundance film that examines the lives of Arab Americans.

What distinguishes the film from others is its sense of humor. Laughter, not tragedy is the watershed of Munah’s life. “I wanted to tell a story that’s lighthearted,” Dabis said. “There’s a side to the experience that’s […]

by Guest Contributor Melissa Silverstein, originally published at Women and Hollywood

The thing that I love about Grey’s Anatomy is how great the women of color are. Strong, decisive, smart…awesome. Sandra Oh, Sara Ramirez, Loretta Devine. My favorite character is Miranda Bailey played by Chandra Wilson. No one even comes close to […]

by Guest Contributor Angry Asian Man, originally published at Angry Asian Man
Last weekend in Queens, a young Sikh man was attacked and beaten so badly he may lose his left eye: Brutal Attack Has NYC Sikh Community In Uproar.
18-year-old Jasmir Singh was walking on the street early Sunday morning when he was approached by three […]

by Latoya Peterson
Around New Year’s Eve, I started seeing commercials for He’s Just Not That Into You. I was amused at first - until the last five seconds of the clip. After carefully showing the tortured romantic lives of Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, Kevin Connolly, and Ginnifer Goodwin, the camera cuts to […]

by Guest Contributor Angry Asian Man, originally published at Angry Asian Man
Some intriguing news out of the San Francisco public defender’s office… A MySpace blog entry written by former intern Carrie Wiplinger has prompted the superior court and Public Defender Jeff Adachi to investigate whether a lawyer in Adachi’s office was once told to keep […]

by Latoya Peterson
Reader Elton sent in an intriguing article from The UK’s Telegraph. The headline says it all:

Charles Darwin’s research to prove evolution was motivated by his desire to end slavery.
The piece explains:
Science historians Adrian Desmond and James Moore have compiled compelling new evidence which reveals Darwin was passionately opposed to slavery and this […]

by Guest Contributor Angry Asian Man, originally published at Angry Asian Man

With the huge breakout success of Slumdog Millionaire, director Danny Boyle is crazy hot right now. Not that he wasn’t already a great director — I’ve been a fan for years. But I just came across this very interesting bit of news… Boyle recently […]