Race & Video Games Update - Animal Crossing and Black College Football

by Latoya Peterson

As I have mentioned before, I am behind on my game related reading. So luckily, reader Tony sent in this item from Game Politics, as it would have slipped under my radar:

Louisiana game publisher Nerjyzed Game Studios is readying the launch of an Xbox 360 version of its Black College Football Experience game, […]

Open Thread: Uncle Toms and House Negroes

by Latoya Peterson
Okay, so first, it was Nader talking about how Obama “might” act like an “Uncle Tom.”
Now, Al-Qaeda’s called him a house negro.
What did Eric D. say in the comments? Stop the world, I want to get off? I concurr. I need a damn nap, so there isn’t much intelligent commentary from […]

Retro Flashback: Ruminations on a Song and on a Word

by Latoya Peterson

Warning - Explicit Language
While I was researching a piece for Feministe, I stumbled across an old video.
The video is of a TV appearance for John Lennon and Yoko Ono, performing their song “Woman is the Nigger of the World” on the Dick Cavett show.

John Lennon goes into great detail as to […]

Only Muslims Can Be “Terrorists”

by Guest Contributor Jesse Singal, originally published at Pushback.org

Over the weekend a disturbing story ran in the Dayton Daily News:

Baboucarr Njie was preparing for his prayer session Friday night, Sept. 26, when he heard children in the Islamic Society of Greater Dayton coughing. Soon, Njie himself was overcome with fits of coughing and, like the […]

Quoted: Kate Rigg on Racism and Comedy

Excerpted by Latoya Peterson
Warning: Explicit Language

Is there stuff either of you won’t make comedy about? Is there anything you think will always be off-limits?
Kate Rigg: Not to me. […] That’s a very personal question, though. Do I think that people should get up on stage and wantonly use racist language? No, I do […]