Altered Mural Fuels Racial Debate in Prescott

A group of artists has been asked to lighten the faces of children depicted in a giant public mural at a Prescott school.

The project's leader says he was ordered to lighten the skin tone after complaints about the children's ethnicity. But the school's principal says the request was only to fix ( Read more... )

"Look, this does not need Asian actors. There's nothing particularly Asian about the show except for the names, and those can be changed."

I added in the links to prove a point -- and that's just the VISUAL stuff!

Why does the internet insist on hurting me this way?

Have a random pretty to make me feel better -- I've been experimenting in the ( Read more... )

And apparently the local paper predicted 34-17 Colts victory.  AHAHAHAHAH.  SAINTS FOR THE WIN, Y'ALL

And GoDaddy.com, Dodge, FloTV, and my grandfather for the lose.

Seriously, what the fuck was up with the commercials this year?

I've been thinking a lot in light of the recent controversies -- specifically, the casting of The Last Airbender, and, more to the point, Bloomsbury's recent cover fails, wherein books about young women of colour have covers depicting white women.  To my knowledge, there was no reason given for the chosen covers, but it got me pondering.  There ( Read more... )

At least my anti-The Last Airbender shirt came in. So that's good.

Apparently it isn't just limited to Paramount's The Last FailAirbender. Disney will be releasing Prince of Persia starring a white protagonist (Disney! YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT), and the publishing sphere is joining right on in.

Justine Larbalestier wrote a book called Liar, "a book about a compulsive (possibly pathological) liar who is ( Read more... )