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The Racialicious TV Roundup: 2.26-3.3

By On March 4, 2013 · 1 Comment

By Arturo R. García and Kendra James

Kevin Hart hosts SNL: Not only did Kevin Hart get to host a funnier than usual Saturday Night Live this week, he got NBC to play an ad for his BET parody show, Real Husbands of Hollywood, during the broadcast. Miracles really do happen.

The gems of the evening included Hart’s opening …

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On South Korean “Superficiality”: We Are Deeper Than You Want To Know

By On February 6, 2013 · 14 Comments

By Guest Contributor Esther Choi

Existing in very distinct manifestations of Korean American diaspora, but occupying similar spaces, we the American-born Koreans defined “fobs” (Fresh Off the Boat, more recently immigrated Koreans) by their cutesy antics, superficial looks, plastic surgery craze, and love of K-pop. We may have considered it all in good humor, but ultimately it assured us …

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Introducing: The Racialicious Casting Couch

By On February 6, 2013 · 1 Comment

By Kendra James

Sutton Foster and Kelli O’Hara-esque young white ingenues are a dime a dozen on Broadway, but can you name  three Asian women who have risen to that level of fame on the Great White Way? And we all know it’s easier to become the next Julia Roberts than it is to become the next…is there an Asian …

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Black People Review Girls (2.1): A Letter From Joe To Kendra

By On January 14, 2013 · 1 Comment

By Joseph Lamour

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Dear Kendra,

Did you have a good weekend? I hope you did. Mine was pretty great: friends, karaoke, laughter, moderately priced alcohol, and other 20-something stereotypes…Instagramming, there was definitely a lot Instagramming. So… Is it as foggy in New York as it is in Washington, DC right now? Because I’m feeling a little like I’m trapped in …

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The Racialicious Entertainment Roundup 1.6-11.13

By On January 11, 2013 · 1 Comment

By Arturo R. García, Kendra James, and  Joseph Lamour

2013 Oscar Nominations: Nine-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis made history Thursday when she became the youngest actress ever nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress–part of the somewhat surprising nomination haul for Beasts Of The Southern Wild, which is also up for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay (director Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar), …

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Quoted: The Daily Beast On The Dearth of Latinos In TV News

By On November 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

There’s been a lot of talk on all the English-language television networks since the election about the increasing power of the Latino vote—but virtually all of the TV pundits pontificating about this subject this past week have been non-Hispanic. On MSNBC’s ”Morning Joe” on Friday morning, for example, four white males over 50 sat around and talked about the election,

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Why Is The ‘Normal Television Family’ Always White?

By On November 6, 2012 · 34 Comments

By Guest Contributor SL Huang

Oh, I know the answer, of course.  A white nuclear family is what networks think everyone can relate to.  And even if people can’t relate, they see and recognize that “ideal” and know what sort of cultural message the writers are trying to send.  It gets across the message of Normal, Everyday, Good Old Down-Home …

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The Racialicious Review Of New York Comic-Con

By On October 17, 2012 · 6 Comments

By Guest Contributor Kendra James

Before we get to criticisms, let’s start on a positive note: Overall, I loved attending New York Comic Con this past weekend. Entrenched in one giant convention center with my fellow geeks, I was mostly able to ignore the fact that most of us had no way to contact the outside world…or the friends we …

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