by Latoya Peterson
So, I was browsing Jezebel and came across this Photoshop of Horrors entry:

And I thought to myself, what person is this supposed to be? I don’t quite recognize the…wait a sec, that’s supposed to be Beyonce?

by Guest Contributor Jessica Yee
One of the best kept secrets in American health administration is the existence of Indian Health Service.
Unbeknownst to many outside the Native community, our healthcare is actually delivered by the military.
Oh sure, they call themselves the “Public Health Service Commissioned Corps” which is just a nice way of saying they don’t […]

by Guest Contributor Tami, originally published at What Tami Said

Diamond purveyor DeBeers wants you to get your Africa-inspired bling on. The September issue of Elle magazine (originally spotted on Jezebel) features the company’s diamond pendants shaped like tribal masks. Hmm, let’s see…what part of this is most vomitously offensive?
The fact that Cecil Rhodes, DeBeers’ founder […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
No seriously, the Gallup Poll wants to know.
I, along with Amani Channel of My Urban Report and Aaron Laramore of Political Season were on News and Notes today to discuss a recent Gallup poll which shows that many African Americans reject the idea of having one person speak for them on issues […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Addicted to Race Premium is the premium version of New Demographic’s podcast about America’s obsession with race.
Since this is the public RSS feed, you will receive just a 15-minute preview of the interview. If you’d like to hear the hour-long interview in its entirety, subscribe to Addicted to Race Premium today!
Here’s what […]

Note: Del.icio.us changed some of their functions, and I haven’t been able to reach the inbox. Carmen and I are working to fix that, but as of right now we are not receiving del.icio.us links. -LDP
Stuff White People Like - Facebook

For a brief period of time, MySpace was the site where everyone kept their […]

by Guest Contributor Jenn, originally published at

by Guest Contributor BomberGirl, originally published at Girl in the Machine

I’ve recently been replaying Mass Effect, Bioware’s 2007 action RPG, and I’m totally in love. Though there’s plenty of things I could babble on about, I want to discuss the first thing I noticed when I brought the game home back during the holidays.
Women and […]

by Latoya Peterson
This is my second contribution to the interracial dating series. I originally wasn’t going to contribute after the intro post as my experience in this area is extremely limited. But, since we aren’t having the conversations I want to have, I’ll take a crack at it. I’m going to come […]

Excerpted by Latoya Peterson
Warning: Explicit Language.

Saying that this interview blew my mind is an understatement. Reading “It’s All One: A Conversation between Juba Kalamka and Tim’m West” in the Total Chaos anthology was an illuminating experience in reference to queerness and hip-hop culture. There were so many pieces I wanted to type to […]

by Latoya Peterson

So, here we are. Another editor’s letter. And wow, how things have changed in such a short period of time. Since I have a lot to cover, I’m going to go into the semi-bad stuff first, then flow into the good, and then flow into what’s coming up.
(This […]

by Guest Contributor Mimi, originally published at Threadbared
Today I rejected a comment on the entry Background Color for its sneering hostility. In short, the author of the comment called us stupid, too preoccupied with Gucci (as if) to know anything about art (which fashion, the author asserted firmly, was not). Furthermore, she scolded, we should […]

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

Saw this on the AAA-Fund Blog… Check it out this ridiculously racist political cartoon from Rolling Stone. Offensive on so many levels. As much as I dislike John McCain, I don’t think it’s cool to make fun of his P.O.W. experience in Vietnam—that’s despite […]

by Latoya Peterson

I wanted to post this Monday, but we had a little to much to get through.
Who went, who is going, and who wanted to go but missed it this year?
I know I’m not the only crabcake eatin’ muthafuckah who was at Merriweather on Sunday.

by Special Correspondent Thea Lim
When is it ok to laugh at comedy based on racial stereotypes?
After our past conversation on Bernie Mac and “in house” jokes and the sudden gruesome ubiquity of Esther Ku, the answer seems to be, Uh, never.
But then, where does that leave Indian Canadian comedian Russell Peters?

This is where I need […]