CVK
One of my favorite podcasts is Cinecast (soon to be renamed The Cinema Show). It’s basically these two guys named Adam and Sam from Chicago, both film geeks, who review movies Ebert & Roeper-style. Anyway, on one episode they were talking about the films to be released later this year that they were most looking […]

CVK
(Thanks to Angry Asian Man for this!) Australian film Little Fish opened today. The movie stars Cate Blanchett as Tracy Heart, a 32-year-old recovering drug addict who manages a video store in Cabramatta, a Sydney suburb nicknamed Little Saigon for its large Vietnamese population and known as the heroin capital of Australia. Here’s a shocker: […]

JC
Another great example of a neutral depiction of a mixed family! While the show is cheesy or chock full of drama at times, I have to say that their handling of mixed families and interracial relationships continues to be refreshing! Rebecca Sweet, a new MMW contributor, gives her take!
RS (a new MMW contributor)
Already known […]

CVK
From EURWeb.com:
In this month’s Vibe Vixen cover story, Simmons denies that her marriage is one of convenience. She says: “One thing my marriage is not is convenient. I am inconvenienced as sh**! Russell and I have been together 14 years. That’s a long time - almost half my life.”
Simmons says she and her […]

JC
The Indianapolis Star explores the issue of racial formation in young children. At what age do they start recognizing “racial” or ethnic differences among people? And how can parents teach them about racism, prejudice and bias? MMW’s very own Carmen Van Kerckhove shares her thoughts on the problematic compliments that mixed children often receive:
These days, […]

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 17:
This is a bonus mini-episode in which we share with you an interview that Jen did on […]

CVK
An article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette discusses the difficulties that Latinos of African descent face when they move to the U.S.:
Mrs. Del Orbe loved and embraced all the strands of her heritage. She was never just black — until she came to this country. For her, and thousands of other black Latinos, coming to America […]

CVK
We lost a great woman this weekend–renowned science fiction writer Octavia Butler. The Seattle Times remembers her life and work:
“Octavia was one of the purest writers I know,” Barnes recalled Sunday. “She put everything she had into her work - she was extraordinarily committed to the craft. Yet, despite her shyness, she was also an […]

LL
Columnist Rick Reilly of Sports Illustrated continues the media frenzy surrounding Toby “Awesome” Dawson’s search for his birth-parents with a surprisingly poignant yet still questionable piece on Toby’s Olympic journey. I say “surprisingly” because Rick Reilly’s columns almost single-handedly caused me to cancel my subscription to SI. This is the guy who, in past columns, […]

CVK
Just as I get done bashing pseudo trend stories, I’m putting together one of my own. But seriously, what’s up with all the undercover experiments lately? Here’s a rundown of just the ones I’ve noticed in the last 6 months or so:
1) Tyra Banks (pictured) goes undercover in a fatsuit to examine prejudice against […]

CVK
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CVK

Eric Byler’s new film Americanese, based on Shawn Wong’s novel American Knees is making its premiere at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival next month. Byler’s directorial debut, Charlotte Sometimes, was a critically acclaimed film about a love quadrangle. (Some Asian viewers were upset that one of the characters was mixed, leading Byler […]

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 16:
RANT:
The ridiculous ways people talk about race is the subject of Jen’s rant today. Not only is […]

CVK
(Another story I saw on AAM!) Interesting profile of Linkin Park frontman Mike Shinoda from The Mercury News. He’s working on an album called “The Rising Tied” which includes a song that pays homage to his family’s painful history:
Shinoda’s father, Leslie Shinoda, is a second-generation Japanese-American and was about 3 years old when his family […]

CVK
(Thanks to Angry Asian Man for this!) CNN correspondent Alina Cho blogs about her recent experiences working on a story about racial tensions in Ohio, during which she interviewed KKK member Jarred Hensley:
Personally, this has been a hard story for me to report. As an Asian-American journalist, I found it difficult at times to listen […]

CVK
That’s the question asked and imagined in CSA: Confederate States of America, a satirical mockumentary I’ve been hearing a lot buzz about. It’s formatted as a sort of fake History Channel special, with fake commercials and all, about the history of this country after the South won the Civil War. From EURWeb.com:
For instance, the first […]

CVK
As we’ve already discussed on MMW, Superbowl MVP Hines Ward has become something of a national hero in South Korea. There’s a great new article in the International Herald Tribune that really delves into the extraordinary hypocrisy that surrounds his new-found fame and popularity. Mixed people have historically been ostracized and discriminated against in that […]

CVK
Today’s DiversityInc discusses an article by Rinku Sen that just came out in ColorLines magazine titled Black Men, Asian Women. (The link seems to be down right now so I haven’t had a chance to read the actual article yet.) Sen writes that the most intriguing of the many interracial relationships on TV right now […]

CVK
Man, DNA tests are all the rage! The latest person to explore her ancestry using DNA tests is CBS Early Show anchor Renee Syler. (Thanks again to Emilie for this!) You can watch a video of the segment here.
Syler says she has always wanted to know more about her background because the color of her […]

CVK
Interesting article in the Los Angeles Times about the future of New Orleans:
No matter what all the politicians and activists want, African Americans and impoverished white Cajuns will not be first in line to rebuild the Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast and New Orleans. Latino immigrants, many of them undocumented, will. And when they’re done, they’re going […]