CVK
Viacom, the parent company that owns MTV, VH1, BET and many other media holdings, is doing a piss-poor job when it comes to media representations of black men and women. Judging by what we’ve seen over the last few weeks, Viacom seems pretty enthusiastic about furthering stereotypes of black men as inherently criminal and […]

Allen Quip Provokes Outrage, Apology - Washington Post
Virginia Senator George Allen was caught on video calling a volunteer in Democratic opponent, James Webb’s campaign “macaca”, and welcoming him to America. The volunteer is Asian Indian, and his name is S.R. Sidarth.
(tags: asian asianamerican caucasian white racism racialslurs)

Shoutout to Edward Said - Taking Steps
Excellent post on […]

CVK
The team over at Tripmaster Monkey has some choice words for M. Night Shyamalan and his latest film, “Lady in the Water.” Like the rest of the world, they think it’s a terrible movie, but what surprised me (haven’t seen it yet - would rather spend that ten bucks elsewhere, thank you) is that they […]

JCI have been wanting to see the newly released flick, Heading South, for some time now. It’s the story of 40 and 50 year old women who head to Haiti in the 1970s for some fun in the sun and for flings with the locals. The New York Times reviews and (not surprisingly), spends little […]

JC
Damn, CVK. How you gonna meme it up and tag 5 people and not make me one of them? I’m your partner in crime?! Not to mention that I am book-obsessed! Well, I guess there’s gonna be a lot of self-tagging going on at MMW! Lol. I just really wanted to play…
1. One book […]

JC
I learned of a recent Save the Children report on how children in transitional housing are faring in the wake of Katrina…from a blog that focuses primarily on the reconstruction of the Gulf Coast. The depressing thing is that those who were already suffering from inequality before seem to be in an even worse situation […]

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 the third and final installment of our special anniversary episode. In this part, we take a look at the humor of Jen […]

CVK
Gawker rightfully mocks a New York Times Sunday Styles story that claims Africa is the hot new destination/cause/culture:
That Madonna should suddenly be casting an ice-blue eye toward Africa should hardly be surprising. After all, she has always known how to spot a trend.
And much as it may strain the limits of good taste to say […]

JC & CVK
We were recently interviewed by Celina De Leon over at Feministing, one of the most popular feminist blogs. The interview was posted this weekend so if you’re interested, please go check it out! We talk about Addicted to Race, about Mixed Media Watch, about New Demographic, basically about what we’re trying to […]

Smokin’ Aces
We reported on Alicia Keys getting a part in this 2007 film a few months ago. Now you can check out the trailer.
(tags: movies mixedrace)

JudgeOJ.com claims to show the “real” OJ Simpson - MultiCultClassics
“…While the creators insist the project is designed to present the real O.J., allowing visitors to make their own judgments, things appear to be skewed anti-O.J…”
(tags: africanamerican celebrities crime interracialrelationships)

CVK
Hehe… great post over at Lorelle on Wordpress, a blog I discovered recently full of great tips for bloggers who use Wordpress software (as we do!) Thankfully the level of discussion here on MMW is pretty intelligent so we don’t really have to worry about a lot of the issues she mentions in her post.
That […]

LL (a returning MMW guest contributor!)
This “Face transformer image upload” link has been making the rounds on some tech sites and eventually made its way to Digg.com where it received, as of the time of this post, 361 diggs (aka “yea, this is cool!” props).Now, the basic idea of this “fun toy” is the same […]

CVK
(Thanks to Barbara for this tip!) According to The Denver Post, Colorado Republican Governor Bill Owens recently told a morning radio show host that he wished his three kids “had more of a Jewish and Asian work ethic.” Yes, he takes his model minority stereotype very seriously:

“There are many days … when I wish they’d […]

JC
The New York Times reported that the federal Education Department is actually going to make moves to comply with the 9-year old directive from the Office of Management and Budget to offer a check more than one option in its race question for federally required forms.
Under the proposed regulations, which were issued Monday and first […]

Not all accents are created equal - reappropriate
“…Foreign graduate students have come under increased scrutiny lately from (predominantly White) college students and their parents furious that a foreigner “with an accent” is compromising the academic standards of their chosen university…”
(tags: international asian asianamerican caucasian white education academia)

A Black Man in a Dress: No Laughing Matter […]

Nina (a returning MMW guest contributor!)
In light of the recent posts about the need for diversity and appropriate representation in the fashion world, let’s all take a look at the September fashion books. The September issues of Vogue, Glamour, Elle etc. are traditionally the biggest issues of the year and even Vanity Fair has got […]

SLJ (a returning MMW guest contributor!)
While browsing for short films from the Media That Matters Film Festival, I found one from last year’s festival, a very personal, very honest film about a young multiethnic family. In “Something Other Than Other,” Henry, an African-American dad, and Andrea, a multiethnic Asian mom talk about their […]

CVK
I spotted this over at Granny Gets a Vibrator, a very cool blog that I discovered just recently. I know you’re usually supposed to be tagged by someone else for these things, but for once I saw a meme that I thought was both interesting and relevant to this blog, so I’m tagging myself! […]

CVK
Spotted this over at KeithBoykin.com:
Two months after launching a controversial HIV awareness ad campaign, the city of Philadelphia has abruptly pulled those ads out of concern that they may glamorize gun violence in the city that is already plagued by crime…
The ads show young African-American men in the crosshairs of a gun with the tagline […]