CVK
Our favorite tragic mulatta is speaking at the 92nd Y tonight in NYC–in case you have an extra 25 bucks to spare.

CVK
The Washington Post did a surprisingly good article about black women in interracial relationships, linked of course to this weekend’s release of the romantic comedy Something New. Props to the writer for actually going there and discussing the painful historical legacy of interracial relationships in this country:
Yes, folks of all colors have been mixing and […]

LL

As we all know, the tragic mulatto stereotype is a widespread and widely held belief in popular American culture. In media outlets for decades, it has come to the point of reaching a certain cultural norm.
This past Friday, 20/20 had a small piece on a mother-daughter relationship called “Conflicted Over Color.” In it, the […]

CVK
Sorry Asian dudes! According to E! Online, NBC has cancelled The Book of Daniel. As we told you a couple weeks ago, this show made history by including a hunky Asian male character who was actually sexually active–with a white girl, no less! Alas, the victory was short-lived. Honestly I’m not surprised. I watched a […]

RK
I was finally able to watch PBS Frontline’s Calcutta Calling last night and found it to be both touching and discussion provoking. Filmmaker Sasha Khokha (who’s mixed by the way, born to an Indian father and an American mother) follows three teenage girls, who were adopted as infants by white American families, in their first […]

CVK
Jump in on the heated discussions happening in the comments sections of Mixed Media Watch! Here are today’s most talked-about posts:
“Other” provides confusion
Lyonside: …Honestly, I think that since I happened to be the only part-black student in my grade (small school, and the lower classes were more diverse ethnically), the school wanted to show “DIVERSITY” […]

JC

The Mercury News talks with the Phantoms’ Jamie Storr and includes the Kings’ Paul Kariya in this story about the mixed NHL players. Both are of mixed Asian heritage. Jamie Storr talks about some of the difficulties he faced growing up and shares his thoughts on how he would like to raise his children.
Going to […]

JC
Looks like schools in California may start thinking about allowing students to check more than one box. A study was done by the James Irvine Foundation’s Campus Diversity Initiative and it seems that the little “other” box is starting to cause frustration to schools that can’t gather information on all of the students who decide […]

CVK
Okay I’m sorry but I really have to say something here. What on earth is the NAACP thinking with its Image Awards? They just announced their nominees and who’s up for Outstanding Motion Picture?
Coach Carter
Crash
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Hitch
Hustle & Flow
It gets better. Guess who’s going to receive “The Trailblazer Award?” That’s an award […]

CVK
(Thanks to Luke for this!) I’m starting to think we may need to add a “Hybrid Vigor Watch” section to MMW - to complement “Exotic Watch.” The latest issue of Sports Illustrated profiles Florida center Joakim Noah in an article full of corny cross-cultural metaphors. Just check out the lede of the story:
On the cluttered […]

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 13:
RANT:
The “oppression olympics” is the subject of Jen’s rant today. What she means is the way people […]

CVK

From EURWeb.com:
Rain Pryor, the daughter of late comedic legend Richard Pryor, poked fun at her dad’s Jungle Fever during a surprise set at Caroline’s on Broadway last weekend. According to the New York Post, the 36-year-old actress stepped on stage and told the crowd that her dad had a weakness for white women. “It’s […]

CVK

(Thanks to Angry Asian Man for this!) Interesting… two mixed actors–Kristin Kreuk and Jimi Mistry–are starring in the upcoming film Partition, about forbidden love between a Sikh and a Muslim:
Partition is an epic romantic story of two people caught in the events that divided India and Pakistan in 1949 – the partition. Determined to leave […]

CVK

Some people are really pissed about Diddy’s ad campaign for his new fragrance, Unforgivable. Why? Because he used Asian, Latina and white models - but no black women. Some sarcastic commentary from SOHH.com:
Now, I can already see you BLACK WOMEN complaining about he doesn’t have you in the ads. Even as you read this, you’re […]

CVK
(Thanks to Mashadi for this tip!) The Village Voice just did a piece about Chasing Daybreak: A Film About Mixed Race in America. That’s the Mavin foundation film about their Generation Mix tour last year (featuring of course, our good friend Jamie Tibbetts from Like Minded People–the one who makes our awesome Addicted to […]

CVK
Wow this sounds really lame. From EURWeb.com:
Rocker Lenny Kravitz and Absolut Vodka have teamed to create Absolut Kravitz, a new music project based on the singer’s interpretation of the Absolut brand. Kravitz recorded the song “Breathe,” in New York with instructions to “present your personal interpretation of Absolut and its core values.” The result is […]

CVK
As you probably know, we have spent some time discussing the Cartoon Network animated series The Boondocks on Addicted to Race. The latest episode was in honor of Martin Luther King day and not everyone liked what he had to say. (Thanks to ByronCrawford.com for this!) Here’s blogger Bomani Jones on Boondocks creator Aaron […]

CVK
Jump in on the heated discussions happening in the comments sections of Mixed Media Watch! Here are today’s most talked-about posts:
Hot 97 DJ Miss Jones defends her racist statements
Lord Tsunami: This racist non-accountable attitude is why Miss Jones is still ON AIR today - because she’s BLACK! And Americans have been programmed to think that […]

CVK
Great article on Alternet by Maria Luisa Tucker, a writer of mixed Ecuadorian and white descent:
I had no language to talk about these divides of difference. “Race” meant white or black. “Ethnicity” meant … well, most people weren’t exactly sure what it meant, but ethnic food was anything spicy, and ethnic clothes were folksy […]

JC
Elliott Lewis, author, television journalist, and diversity speaker, just published Fade, his memoirs. Check it out!
Fade: My Journeys in Multiracial America: Elliott Lewis weaves his memoirs as a black-and-white biracial American with the voices of dozens of multiracial people who are challenging how we think and speak about race today. With Fade, Elliott offers a […]