From http://18millionrising.org/blog/2014/may/7/deeper-words-donald-sterling/# :

"The model minority demands conformity to specific gender roles required for maintaining the logic of straight, white, male domination. The idea of Asian female submissiveness is part of what makes the myth so potent in the white male imagination, by producing a ( Read more... )

What’s it like to be black at Harvard? Students at the Ivy League university are offering a picture of their experiences there with a play and a photo campaign:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2014/03/05/i-too-am-harvard-black-students-show-they-belong/
http://itooamharvard.tumblr.com/

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Diana Pho's experience with racial and sexual harassment from Mike Babchik (11/11/13).  Her experience is not uncommon.

Other Asian American women have been harassed by Asian-fetish creeps since a young ageWant an easy way to make the world a better place? If you have ANY fetishization or romanticization of other cultures or ethnic groups running ( Read more... )

Great article by Phenderson Djèlí Clark : Fantasy's "Othering" Fetish

Excerpts:

...True to their Orientalist nature, [a fantasy race based on Japanese/Chinese/Ottoman influences] practice harsh codes of honor and status that overemphasize their exotic “difference.”...

... Edward Said’s groundbreaking work, Orientalism ... noted that Western art ( Read more... )

I'm afraid The Shadow Speaker
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A list of middle grade/young adult  SFF novels with characters of color in the lead role:  Stacy Whitman's Book lists: Multicultural SF/F for MG and YA  (Seirei no Moribito and its sequel get a mention :-)

Another good POC YA novel listing by Doret:  CORA Diversity Roll Call

A growing listing of professional-level fantansy/sci-fi illustrations ( Read more... )