so, what do you study? - blac(k)ademic
“…the dominant myth of such programs is that, since we scholars of color dominate the ethnic studies fields and focus our work on other folks of color, our skin color produces a handicap on our intellectual capability…”
(tags: africanamerican asianamerican latino nativeamerican ethnicstudies academia)

A Few Notes on The Language of […]

CVK
The 4th Erase Racism Carnival will be at Rachel’s Tavern. You can submit here or directly to the Rachel’s Tavern email, mail at rachelstavern.com. The submissions are due on the 17th and the carnival will go up on the 20th. Please feel free to repost this call for submissions In September it will be […]

20th Carnival of Feminists - Super Babymama
The focus is on the intersection of feminism with issues of poverty and class.
(tags: womensissues feminism racism)

Facing Middle Age With No Degree, and No Wife - reappropriate
Great analysis by Jenn of a NY Times article that blames the increasing education of women for decreasing marriage rates of undereducated men. […]

Brad (a returning MMW guest contributor!)
I just saw an interesting thread on the ‘Net about how the Palestinian media have been using racially charged images and words to describe and vilify Condoleeza Rice. Although I have issues with her political stances, the use of racist imagery is appalling. The Palestinian media refer to rice as […]

JC
The Montgomery Advertiser talked to some interracial couples who are in the military. I think it’s pretty widely known that the military is quite accepting of mixed couples. This article provides a few reasons for why this is so.
Research by a Utah sociologist found that those in the armed services are more likely to marry […]

JC
Inside Bay Area takes a look inside Fusion, a summer camp dedicated to mixed heritage kids.
The Fusion program is in its second year and operates under the umbrella organization of iPride, which is one of the oldest mixed heritage organizations in the Bay Area. “The staff is not here to tell youth how to identify […]

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.
And we’re back with part 2 of our special anniversary episode. Here’s a round-up of the favorite moments we cover in this installment:
In […]

Why I’m not an ally - Bitch | Lab
“…I think it might be a bad idea to simply label yourself ally or to even label the work you’re doing “ally work.” Why does a white person get to say that about themselves? You know? It also sets up this sort of superiority thing…”
(tags: caucasian white […]

Merq (a returning MMW guest contributor!)
Any self-respecting, gluttonous “Law & Order” viewer here must have seen the previews for TNT’s made-for-TV movie, “The Ron Clark Story.” If you haven’t seen them yet, you absolutely have to.
The movie features Matthew Perry as a white teacher who joins an “inner-city” public school system, whose enrollment is […]

CVK
Wow, I guess BlogHer was kind of a big deal.
There seems to be quite a bit of news coverage of the conference, including this article from The Austin Chronicle, which highlights the panel I was on: Amid Yahootinis and Freebies, a Focus on the Future BlogHer in San Jose
Oh yeah and also […]

SorryAssBabyDaddies.com aims to out ’sorry’ black men - TheThink
“…This is going to piss women off but I have absolutely zero sympathy for women who get knocked up four times and then want to make a profit off of selling destructive stereotypes about their own community…”
(tags: africanamerican womensissues parenting singleparents family websites raciststereotypes)

Today In Pretty […]

Star Files $55 Million Lawsuit Against City Councilman - SOHH.com
Ridiculous. Fired Power 105 shockjock Star is suing John Liu because Liu had the audacity to criticize him for his sexual and racial threats toward a rival DJ’s wife and 4-yr-old daughter.
(tags: africanamerican asianamerican mixedrace radio raciststereotypes politics hatecrimes)

Generational impacts of adoption - Harlow’s Monkey
A transracially […]

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.
We’re back on the scene, crispy and clean! Here is the long-awaited special birthday episode of Addicted to Race, in honor of our […]

CVK
I encourage everyone to head over to the 2006 Black Weblog Awards to nominate your favorite blogs, podcasts and videocasts “for, by and/or about Black people.” I’ve already submitted my nominations. I love this logo, by the way. Very cool.
UPDATE: Since Ann nominated Stephanie’s Journal, I was thinking, why don’t the rest of you […]

CVK
This is too appalling. I caught wind of this over at Slant Truth. Click over to read Kevin’s breakdown of what exactly happened, but basically this photo was used to illustrate a post over on Huffington Post criticizing Joseph Lieberman for supposedly engaging in “race baiting.”
The comments on the original Huffington Post entry make for […]

CVK
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Black Mayor Accused of Racial Profiling - DiversityInc
The national American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday accused the city’s black mayor of civil-rights violations including racial profiling in his crusade to stem crime in Mississippi’s capital city.
(tags: africanamerican racialprofiling politics crime police)

More Racist and Inappropriate Comments Directed at IRs - Rachel’s Tavern
What is the sex like? […]

CVK
I gotta give props to The New York Times for tackling a subject we discuss a lot on this blog and on our podcast, Addicted to Race. Check out, for example, the rant I did in episode 8 where I counted down the top 8 most racist stereotypes of black men and women perpetuated by […]

justin (a new MMW guest contributor!)
There’s going to be an intercultural conference in Auckland, New Zealand on the 11th and 12th of this month. I think they are going to focus on New Zealand Chinese Identity as hybrid. Hybrid in the academic sense where everything and everyone is mixed.
I really believe that their intentions are […]

Rape of Nanking Documentary Will Be All About White People - reappropriate
The film will tell the story of a dozen westerners who used their influence to create a safe zone to protect 250,000 Chinese people - not the story of the millions of Chinese who died in this horrific war crime.
(tags: movies china asian white)

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