CVK
Interesting article from The San Francisco Chronicle about how the impending UPN and WB merger into the new network, CW, will impact diversity on TV:
UPN has been the only network to actively program for an African American audience. The network’s entire Monday night lineup… targets the demo, as they say. What’s more, three of the […]

CVK
Asianweek just profiled Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War vet who’s running for Congress:
Political newcomer Tammy Duckworth has become one of the most watched candidates for this year’s congressional elections. The Iraq War veteran is a democrat running in the 6th Congressional District in Illinois, a seat vacated by retiring U.S. Representative Henry Hyde, a powerful […]

GUO (new MMW guest contributor!)
Nick at Night picked their new Funniest Mom in America on Tuesday, and she’s hilarious.
Her name is Rubi Nicholas and she is a Pakistani muslim mom of two who is married to a Caucasian man. She won $50,000 and the opportunity to launch her own show for the network.  Here are some articles […]

CVK
This story out of Pennsylvania is a bit bizarre. Bobbi Jo Quarzenski pled guilty to bilking three parties out of thousands of dollars by offering to give them her child in an adoption scam:
Police said she was pregnant and put her child up for adoption. She accepted money for rent, bills and other living expenses […]

CVK
I recently came across the Web site for Youth Radio, an award winning nonprofit broadcast journalism training organization. There are a couple of commentaries on there from high school kids on the topics of interracial relationships and diversity on campus:
Diversity in College by Nora Harrington
“Everyone knows about the lawsuit against the University of Michigan. For […]

CVK
The Guardian reviews a new film called “Love + Hate,” about the interracial relationships between a white boy and an Indian girl:
Like Ae Fond Kiss by Ken Loach, Dominic Savage’s movie tackles young love, interracial relationships and double standards. There were times when I wondered quite how convincingly drawn some of these relationships were, but […]

JC & CVK
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MIXED MEDIA WATCH NEWS UPDATE
Carmen discusses several recent news items. First, Halle Berry admits that for much of her childhood, she felt ugly […]

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I wasn’t sure if this would fall under any MMW categories, but it cracked me up nonetheless! Steven Seagal just came out with an energy drink.
When Steven Seagal traveled to Asia searching for the ingredients for Steven Seagal’s Lightning Bolt, he wanted a universal Asian character to summarize its energy and […]

JC
Nice story from the Journal Star about high schoolers in Lincoln, Nebraska who put on a multi-ethnic production, Rowing to America. It includes stories of the students, stories about their ancestors, how they immigrated to America, etc. A nice example of a coming together of a diverse group in order to educate. I like that the students […]

JC
Actress Parminder Nagra is interviewed by Craig Ferguson about her role on TV show, ER. He brings up the fact that her character is in an interracial relationship and asks whether she has gotten flack for it. She mentioned that she has been contacted by media numerous times to comment on this, but that she doesn’t […]

JC
Thanks to Tariq for the heads-up on this. A blogger reviewed Tonya Oliver’s book, Inside the…Negroes are Foolish League (the book was actually published a couple of years ago). It basically explores the *problem* of interracial relationships. That’s right — unfortunately, yet another piece that perpetuates the idea that black men who inter-marry basically hate themselves, hate their […]

CVK
Over the weekend I listened to this fascinating episode of NPR’s Latino USA, in which they discussed a new exhibit at The Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in Chicago titled “The African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present.” Here’s info on the exhibit from the museum’s Web site:
For nearly 500 years, the existence […]

CVK
(Thanks to Phil C. for the tip!) According to a new study from the University of Washington, “multiracial adolescents in middle school are significantly more likely to engage in such problem behaviors as violence and substance use than single-race young people.”
…the study found that multiracial adolescents were significantly more likely than white, black or Asian-American youth […]

Merq (MMW guest contributor!)
I was just about to crash, but this Burger King ad came on and I had to e-mail you. The basic premise is, a guy’s at dinner with his girlfriend, and he’s repulsed by the gourmet-portioned meal presented to him. So he breaks into song, “I am man,” dammit.
As he goes off […]

CVK
I’m on a parenting roll today. I just read this great post on Kimchi Mamas, a blog written by a group of Korean and married-to-Korean mothers. One of the contributors, Twizzle, was telling her coworker about the blog, and he sheepishly asked her, “Why Korean culture? You don’t speak Korean. You’ve only been there […]

CVK
Not me, but daddy in a strange land, one of the men behind Rice Daddies, a blog written by a group of Asian-American fathers. We’ve mentioned Jess before, she’s the mixed Asian/white American Girl doll, but it’s interesting to hear a parent’s take on it. Also, I’ve never set foot in one of these stores […]

CVK
I just read in Vogue about a new film that sounds really good. And no, it’s not only because Gael Garcia Bernal is in it… You can watch a trailer here and below is the Vogue review:
If movies have taught us anything, it’s to beware of mysterious strangers. Equal parts thriller and allegory, The King stars […]

CVK
(Thanks to T for this!) Sad news today from California — Tiger Woods’ father, Earl Woods, died at his home in Cypress, CA. From the San Francisco Chronicle:
“My dad was my best friend and greatest role model, and I will miss him deeply,” Tiger Woods said on his Web site. “I’m overwhelmed when I think […]

CVK
The Washington Post reviews Natasha Trethewey’s Native Guard : Poems.
In Native Guard, Trethewey traces the buried history of the South to the point where her personal narrative begins. “In 1965, my parents broke two laws of Mississippi;/they went to Ohio to marry, returned to Mississippi,” begins a ghazal (a poem in two-line stanzas linked by a […]

CVK
(Thanks to Tariq for this!) Filmmaker Craig Brewer, the man who brought us “Hustle & Flow” (one of the most ridiculous movies I’ve seen in a long time) is at it again with his new film. Check out this New York Times article:
If Craig Brewer hoped to shock with his “Black Snake Moan,” the filmmaker got […]