by Carmen Van Kerckhove
When I first moved to the U.S. and people asked me why my last name was Van Kerckhove, I would go into the whole explanation about how my mom is Hong Kong Chinese and my dad is Belgian. After I answered the question in detail, inevitably people would reply: “Oh. So you’re […]

by Racialicious special correspondent Wendi Muse, originally published at The Coup Magazine (blog)
In light of Reverend Wright’s speech, which you can view in full via the post below, Washington Post guest columnist Jacques Berlinerblau, the program director and associate professor of Jewish Civilization at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
This email has been making its rounds, apparently. Disgusting. From Snopes via Rachel’s Tavern.

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
The Los Angeles Times has a story today on whether Obama’s speech will be able to change the way this country talks about race.
I spent some time on the phone with the reporter as well, giving my views. Here are a few excerpts:
In his recent address on race relations in America — […]

by guest contributor Tami, originally published at What Tami Said
Last week I wrote about the furor surrounding Michelle Obama’s comments about being proud of her country. Some folks just don’t understand how one could not be proud of the United States of America. Luckily, Bill O’Reilly, that paragon of journalistic virtue, is reserving his judgement. […]

by Racialicious Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson

Alternet - Hillary Clinton’s Superdelegate “Firewall”
Al Gore’s 2000 campaign manager and superdelegate Donna Brazile describes the essence of this elitist practice. “One person, one vote? Forget about it. Some votes are worth more than others. You have to know the rules.”
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Tom Foreman of CNN.com provides a super brief history of […]

by guest contributor Jenn Fang, originally published at Reappropriate
On Friday night I just happened to turn CNN on, and heard something I really though I would never have heard before. Anderson Cooper was telling his viewers to stick around for a segment on (gasp!) “The Asian American Vote”. We exist!
I dutifully waited about a half-hour […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Sick of the race war hysteria in mainstream media? Yeah me too.
Check out this 3-way IM conversation I had with Lauren from Stereohyped and Maegan from VivirLatino, breaking down race and the presidential election, and that pesky question of just why Asian-Americans and Latinos voted for Clinton, not Obama.
Here’s a tidbit, but […]

“We could make history by being the first time in a very long time where a grassroots movement of people of all colors — black, white, Hispanic, Asian — rose up, and went up against the princes, the powers, and principalities, and actually won a presidency.”
–Barack Obama, January 13, 2008
It’s official — Racialicious […]

by Racialicious special correspondent Latoya Peterson

Alisa Valdes Rodriguez - Cuban Americans Should Support Barack
Obama is the only candidate in the race, either Democrat or Republican, who has a Cuba policy that makes any sense. He is the only candidate who is not afraid to state the obvious, which is this: The harsh U.S. economic embargo […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Am I the only one who finds this Bill-Clinton-has-black-cred story in today’s New York Times ridiculous?
While the blogosphere and commentariat rang this weekend with angry declarations that he had crossed a line in his criticism of Barack Obama, many in Harlem seemed to mull it over, shrug their shoulders and say […]

by Racialicious Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson
Colorlines Magazine
November/December 2007 Issue
www.colorlines.com

This entire issue of Colorlines is worth a full, thorough read, but here are a few of the articles that caught my eye:
Wasting Away in Margaritaville (p. 10)

Exploring the construction of mega-casino, Margaritaville (a $700 million dollar joint venture between Harrah Casino and Jimmy Buffet), the article […]

by guest contributor Jennifer Fang, originally published at Reappropriate
While in Las Vegas, this weekend, I had the opportunity to interview actress Kelly Hu. This is that interview. Many thanks to Cate Park, of Asian Pacific Americans for Progress, for setting up this interview, and of course to Hu herself for agreeing to do it.
Whether portraying […]

by Racialicious Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson
Ad Age - Obama’s Hispanic Supporters Attack Hillary
“Barack Obama’s Hispanic supporters in Nevada have attacked Hillary Clinton, claiming her supporters are trying to deny them their rights. ”
Clutch - Films We Love: “Street Fight”
Fought in Newark’s neighborhoods and housing projects, the battle pits Booker against an old style political machine […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
One of my pet peeves when it comes to this presidential election is hearing people say that they “just don’t know enough about” a candidate, or that they “don’t know what he/she stands for.” Um… why don’t you just look it up? Or is that too much to ask?
I’m glad I’m not […]