CVK
This video is hilarious! The Zebro comedy group describes it as “a documentary of white progressive people fighting racism the only way they know how.” 
These are the same guys who created the now-famous Brokeback to the Future trailer… Thanks to blac(k)academic for constantly finding such fab YouTube videos!

LL (returning MMW contributor!)
In the latest issue of Sports Illustrated, Cleveland Cavalier forward Drew Gooden makes an appearance in the “SI Players: First Person” Q&A.
On Finnish saunas: I’m half Finnish [his mother, Ulla, is from there], and the sauna originated in Finland.
(##irrelevant, goes on to elaborate about how he doesn’t like saunas)
On having parents from […]

SLJ (a returning MMW guest contributor!)
The Philadelphia Inquirer has been running a bunch of articles about an interracial foster family in Chester County (AKA ChesCo, a suburb of Philadelphia).
Here are the facts as presented in the paper:

2 parents with 2 step-children, a 11 year old niece in their foster care, and a 3 year old unrelated […]

CVK
(Thanks to Gdoganimator for the tip!) It’s no secret that some Japanese are fascinated with black people and black culture. Many magazines have documented the various subcultures that exist among Japanese youth (ganguro girls, etc.)
I’m not sure how these guys fit into this picture, but apparently there’s a group of musicians in Japan that call themselves […]

CVK
(Shout-out to Angry Asian Man for this one!) A beauty pageant called Miss Asia USA–which apparently has been going on for 18 years–is currently looking for contestants.
No, I’m not suggesting that all our MMW readers should apply, I just thought it was interesting that they specified a racial cut-off point in the description of candidate […]

JC
Well, just some of them. CVK and I have been dumbfounded by recent polls that took a look at people’s attitudes towards interracial relationships — asking whites, blacks, and Latinos, while leaving out Asians completely. This article in the Korean Times takes a look at attitudes among Korean men and women, so I guess […]

CVK
Blog Latina Lista has been doing an awesome job tracking media coverage of the immigration issue. Below are a couple of her posts I particularly recommend:
Has A Sleeping Giant Really Awakened?
The 12 million undocumented immigrants here have no influence over elected leaders. They’re not citizens. They can’t vote. They can make a lot of noise; […]

CVK
LOL! I almost feel like this news story is some kind of prank - like someone sent it to us on April Fools to see if we’d post it. But I guess it’s legit! From the BBC:
The Middle East broadcaster has brought the rights to screen 52 episodes of S4C’s The Baaas, as well as […]

CVK
(Thanks to Takara for this!) OMG this article is pissing me off so much. We’ve talked a lot in the past on MMW and Addicted to Race about these fancy new DNA tests that supposedly reveal your racial heritage. Today, The New York Times reveals the kind of havoc these tests are wreaking.
Basically, people are […]

CVK
Nooooooooooooooo!!!
Los Angeles, CA (AHN) – The Oscar winning racial drama “Crash” will be adapted for the small screen and appear on nationwide television next year.
The film version starred Sandra Bullock, Terrence Howard, Matt Dillon and Don Cheadle and won Best Picture at the Academy Awards in March.
Producer Cathy Schulman says, “I hope it will air […]

CVK
UPDATE: Great background piece about McGee’s artwork and the genesis of this caricature from Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot. Check it. Thanks as always are due to the prolific Angry Asian Man!
There’s an interesting debate brewing in Asian-American circles over a new limited-edition Adidas sneaker named the Y1 HUF. On the tongue of the sneaker […]

CVK
The Toledo Blade trashes the new Dangerous-Minds-meets-Sister-Act-meets-Dirty-Dancing-Havana-Nights Antonio Banderas vehicle, ‘Take the Lead.’
I’m totally gonna rent this when it comes out on DVD (like, a week from now). As Jen can attest, there’s nothing I love more than a good dance-off. Loved ‘You Got Served’ and was hoping to enjoy ‘Roll Bounce’ but there was way […]

CVK
(Thanks to Shelisha and mtevc for this!) Back in January, our guest contributor Luke Lee ranted about the ridiculously over-the-top, Imitation of Life-style, tragic mulatto treatment that ABC’s 20/20 gave Angela Nissel’s story. Nissel is the author of the new memoir Mixed : My Life in Black and White.
Luckily, NPR is not quite so ham-handed […]

CVK
(Thanks to Luke Lee for this!) Two white students (pictured) at Colorado University are charged with a hate crime against Greg Castro, a fellow CU student who is Latino and white. You can watch a video of the interview with Castro. He talks about being proud of his mixed heritage and how he doesn’t have the heart to […]

CVK
(Thanks to Robert for this!) Canadian broadcaster CBC reviews the new Spike Lee film Inside Man on their Web site, and uses the film as a jumping-off point to explore the lack of black male/white female relationships on the big screen.
The writer pretty much rehashes the “The Critic” column that appeared in the June 2005 […]

CK (returning MMW guest contributor!)
I’m not a huge sports fan, but one positive thing that you can say about American sports teams is that they are racially diverse.  However, the question that arises is whether or not the races are integrated.  I thought that this recent article by Stephen Rodrick about mixed-race baseball star Johnny […]

CVK
(Thanks to Terence for this!) 60 Minutes recently profiled Tiger Woods and in one segment of the show, asked him about the whole Cablinasian thing. You can watch the video here, but he basically says the same thing he said on Oprah many years back. That he sees himself as a product of both his […]

CVK

Blog FourFour (the blog that does the AWESOME Top Model recaps) does us all a favor and summarizes Usher’s movie “In the Mix”, so we don’t have to actually waste our time watching it. Click over for screencaps and the Three Morals of the movie. The verdict?
I swear, that’s all you need to know about […]

CVK
There’s been a TON of discussion about this story in the blogosphere. Of course, Angry Asian Man has been all over it, but I also want to thank Eric and Christopher for emailing us about it!
Hmmm… where do I begin? Well basically, a white guy born and bred in Boston is launching a freebie magazine […]

CVK
I’ve been meaning to post about this for a long time now, but I needed some time to sit down and sort through all the information out there. I’m hoping that by now you’ve already heard about this story from other media outlets. Anyway, bear with me–this will be a long post.
Several white members of Duke University’s […]