RM (a new MMW contributor!)
Over in the blogger community LiveJournal, members have the tendencies within the many different communities to get involved in ‘fandom wanks’ - so instead of actually articulating opinions well and engaging in open dialogue, some ppl just go off on the deep end and just get into mental masturbation.
The Interracial LJ […]

CVK & JC
Just in case our plugging of the new tees wasn’t bold enough in the preceding post, here it is again! You spoke, we listened, and we’re proud to announce that Addicted to Race t-shirts are now available for sale! Available in Lemon or Fuschia for women, Aqua and Lemon for men. Buy one […]

JC & CVK
A brand-new episode of Addicted to Race is out! If you haven’t already, please subscribe to our podcast in iTunes. Click here to launch iTunes and subscribe today, it’s absolutely free. Here’s a rundown of episode 10:
RANT:
The backlash against “political correctness.” Why is it happening now and what does it really mean?
BUY AN […]

CVK
Or so declares blog Crunk and Disorderly (I love this blog btw - and you will too if you’re a sucker for hip hop-related gossip!).
Trend Watch
Everyone from Diana Ross to Tyra Banks has one now. I’ve been thinking about trading mine in for one of the new models as well.
Just goes to show it’s […]

JC
Carmen and I joked on a segment of Addicted to Race about starting a whole category just to keep track of the amount of times that a mixed person was characterized as “exotic.” Consider this the official start of our “‘Exotic’ Watch”. So, Nicole Scherzinger is the lead singer of The Pussycat Dolls. They […]

JC
CBS News interviewed James Blake on his comeback to tennis. He is the pro that was making waves with his moves on the court (and off — modeling and showing up in ads and billboards everywhere) a couple of years ago. He talks to 60 minutes about his accident — he slammed neck-first into one […]

SA
I think there is no better way to celebrate positive representations of mixed people in the media than to note how many men of color were in People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive Issue. There was a young TV star in there who I had never heard of before but who had a hard to […]

CVK
Naima fans should check out the Tyra Banks Show on Wednesday:
Tyra and psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow help Naima and her twin sister, Nia, admit their relationship has suffered since Naima became “America’s Next Top Model.” Plus the twins open up about their struggles with alcohol.
Check out the show’s official Web site to watch a promo […]

JC
Thanks to Rea for this tip! “Something New,” an interracial romance/dramedy is scheduled to come out in February 2006. Sanaa Lathan knows exactly what she is looking for in a boyfriend — and then falls in love with her white landscaper to everyone’s surprise (including herself). View trailer here. Synopsis:
A romantic comedy about finding […]

CVK
(Thanks to our Canadian correspondent Phil C. for this one! ) Indolink.com profiles Indian-American academic Susan Koshy and focuses on her new book Sexual Naturalization - Asian Americans and Miscegenation This book sounds absolutely fascinating. There’s been a lot written about interracial sex and antimiscegenation laws in terms of black-white relations, but this […]

JC
The Boondocks has been on the air with a new TV show for a few weeks now. In tonight’s episode, “Grandaddy” gets a new girlfriend. Her name is Cristal and she’s a white prostitute. It’s soooooo bad it’s good.

JC
Keep an eye out for “In the Mix,” a new interracial flick featuring Usher. It debuts in a few days. In Usher’s words, the plot:
“What the plot of the story is, well, a young city DJ named Darrell Williams, aged 26, has one of the hottest clubs in New York City,” the singer began. “He […]

CVK

The Honolulu Star Bulletin reports on the launch of a new line of beauty products called Pure Hapa. They are the brainchild of Nadyne Keala Orona (pictured). I can’t believe this woman is 49!!!:
Feeling the sun on her skin, she not only imagined a line of skin-care products using the Hawaiian botanicals she remembers her […]

JC & CVK
Oops! We’re a few days late with posting this on MMW - apologies loyal readers! A brand-new episode of Addicted to Race is out! If you haven’t already, please subscribe to our podcast in iTunes. Click here to launch iTunes and subscribe today, it’s absolutely free. Here’s a rundown of episode 9:
RANT:
People’s […]

CVK
BBC News reports that The Ballad of Lee Cotton by Christopher Wilson has been shortlisted for the best novel category of the Whitbread awards:
The awards recognise the most enjoyable books of last year by writers based in the UK and Ireland and were established by Whitbread in 1971…
In The Ballad of Lee Cotton, Christopher Wilson […]

JC
Telegraph Arts published a piece on a forgotten “mulatto” musician. This article takes an interest in the artists who were overshadowed by the likes of Mozart and Haydn, but then focuses specifically on the most marginalized of the overshadowed — Le Chevalier de St-George, the son of a French aristocrat and a slave woman. […]

JC
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports on a biracial girl who has accused one of her classmates for tormenting her on the basis of her being mixed race.
The biracial girl, whose mother is white and father is black, fears she will be beaten by her tormentor, who lives in the same neighborhood, according to statements the girl’s […]

CVK
I just wanted to point MMW readers to two good articles about the situation in Paris. The first is from the blog Black Looks (thanks to HipHopMusic.com for this). It gives a chronological account of the events that have been unfolding, beginning with the deaths of Bouna Traore, aged 15, and Zyed Benna, 17, (pictured) […]

JC
An article from In Higher Ed explores the growing Ethnic Studies field. It’s nice to see that professors are expanding their students’ ideas about race and ethnicity. It’s no longer about discussing things in such finite terms. Mixed race literature is being utilized in the classroom, and professors are pushing the idea that racial classifications […]

CVK & JC
Our November New Demographic newsletter features a double-dose of advice. The second question we address comes from a parent who thinks of his mixed children as cultural bridge builders, and believes that more conmingling of races will lead to the eradication of racism. Check out our answer here:
Q: I am the white father […]