CVK & JC
Our November New Demographic newsletter features a double-dose of advice. First up, we answer a question from a woman who feels that her friend’s insistence on dating only Asian men is a subtle attack on her interracial relationship. Check out our answer here:
Q: I’m an Asian woman married to a white man. One […]

CVK
(Thanks to Anthony Yuen for this one!) The Los Angeles Times interviews actress Q’Orianka Kilcher, who has been chosen to play Pocahontas in Terrence Malick’s upcoming historical epic, The New World. The film is about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.
…at age 14 — “I […]

CVK
I just came across an article that briefly mentions this book, recommended for readers in grades 5 to 9. Published earlier this year, “The Black Canary” by Jane Louise Curry is about a mixed boy who finds himself transported back in time to the Elizabethan era:
Growing up in a close-knit, biracial American family with […]

JC
Thanks for this tip, T! …Nick Carter to marry Bai Ling?! Where did this come from?
Singer Nick Carter is ready to marry Chinese actress Bai Ling — just one year after he split from hotel heiress Paris Hilton. Ling, who starred alongside Jodie Foster in “Anna and the King,” says the pair are deeply in […]

CVK
Has anyone out there seen the movie Domino? According to a review on Amazon.com, there’s a scene in the movie where they classify mixed people or something?
…comedian Mo’Nique causes a very memorable ruckus on the Jerry Springer show when she presents her own chart of classifications for mixed-race individuals.
I’m just wondering what it’s […]

CVK
Kidada Jones seems to be carving out a new career for herself as a designer. She has just launched a new line of home decor and jewelry for Disney’s new couture collection, inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Check out pics from the launch party at FashionTribes.com, and below is their write-up:
How did L.A. bag the […]

CVK
The Jewish Week profiles Aaron Dworkin, who has just received one of only 25 Macarthur fellowships this year. He is the founder of Sphinx Music, which he started in 1996 to increase the involvement of black and Latino youth in classical music — in music schools, orchestras and audiences. He’s also mixed and Jewish, and […]

JC
Lisa Bonet hasn’t been seen around much, but she will appear in a film scheduled to come out in 2006! Whitepaddy is a drama about interracial love. Check out the trailer here.

CVK

The New York Times Vikram Seth’s new book, Two Lives. It’s the story of his uncle Shanti Behari Seth who married a Jewish woman who fled Hitler’s Germany for England:
Some of Mr. Seth’s most moving pages are devoted to Shanti Uncle’s long, painful struggle to establish a dental practice, and the gradual evolution of […]

CVK
Newsday reports on a new study by researchers at Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania that says that while interracial relationships are on the rise, they are significantly less likely than same-race relationships to lead to marriage.
The study found interracial relationships were most common among young people, and not only because they live […]

CVK
As you might know, supermodel Tyra Banks has a new daytime talk show. She devoted yesterday’s episode to the drama that so many women have with their hair. One of her guests was a black woman, who admitted that she married an Asian man because she didn’t want her children to have the same nappy […]

CVK

(Thanks to Wayne for this!) Sports blog Deadspin mentioned in passing that members of the NFL Wives Yahoo! Group had been blasting Tiki Barber and his brother Ronde for both being married to Asian women. (Who knew?) Here’s how the discussion got started:
Asians are only 4% of the U.S. population - yet both Tiki […]

CVK
(Thanks to Jeff for this one!) I had seen a brief clip of this a long time ago but completely forgot until we got this email from Jeff:
So, I was watching the sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” on CBS right now (no, I don’t usually watch this, I’m just eating dinner and flipping channels), […]

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 8:
RANT:
Carmen counts down the top 8 most racist stereotypes of black men and women perpetuated by the […]

CVK
We just got a note from Elizabeth Liang about a new production of the classic Anton Chekhov play, Three Sisters. The twist? All three sisters in this version of the play are mixed women. If you’re in LA, check it out from November 4 to December 11 at the Gene Bua Acting for Life Theatre. […]

CVK
(Thanks to Darla and Naomi for this one!) Oh no… not the dreaded “E” word!!! MSN News reports on Nicolas Cage’s take on the wacky name he picked for his son. Um, are all Asians now considered “dewy?” What’s up with that?
Nicolas Cage has an explanation as to why he and dewy wife Alice gave […]

CVK
(Thanks to Anna for this!) New York Times columnist Brent Staples writes on okay editorial about race not being “as black and white as we think.” Where I had to start stifling my giggles though, is when he revealed that he too has fallen for those DNA tests that promise to reveal the full spectrum […]