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 […]

Message to the Candidates: “Black White Whatever” and “That One Bigot”

by Latoya Peterson
I recently had the pleasure of watching two amazing videos that really cut to the heart of the racial issues at play in this election cycle.
The first is “Black, White, Whatever” by Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, a ridiculously talented spoken word artist who has appeared on Def Poetry. Her work and bio are found […]

Schlepping toward the Ballot Box?

by Guest Contributor Matthew Egan

*Warning: Explicit Language*

(Sarah Silverman’s video for the Great Schlep)
There’s a thing you might have heard about, The Great Schlep.
Behind it is an organization called Jews Vote. Looking at their bios at Jewsvote.org, they look like pretty great guys. One’s the son of a partisan. There’s a video with Sarah Silverman […]

Massive Video Post

Reader Rose Anne sends in this video, which is the Young Turks analyzing the Fox News videos on the financial meltdown. Apparently, it was loaning to minorities that caused the financial meltdown. (Notice the link between minorities and poor, or minorities and non-credit worthy.)

Secretary-Treasurer of theAFL-CIO Richard Trumka talks about unions, race, internalized […]

Yellowface Puppet on YouTube

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

What the hell is this?
Seriously, what is this? This video, and more like it, can be found on this YouTube channel which is apparently part of CBS’s Mobile programming. And there are twelve more videos in this idiotic “Farnfucious” series. I know it’s just […]