Complex magazine presents The 50 Most Racist Movies (You Didn't Think Were Racist). I have to admit a couple of these are on my favorites list. Check it out--were you surprised by any of the movies included?

16 Candles was included because of Long Duk Dong, of course, but there's also the scene where the lead character and her friend talk about ( Read more... )

Interesting article on just who decides what cultural icons are essential for everyone to know.

http://race.change.org/blog/view/the_color_of_social_illiteracy

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When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like Avatar?

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And We Shall Call This Moff's LawThe law in question being summed up roughly as, "Whenever someone critiques the racial tropes in a work of entertainment online, the probability that a white commenter will say something like 'Why can’t you just watch the movie for what it is??? Why can’t ( Read more... )

Hi everyone ( Read more... )

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/493148/horror_at_fort_hood_inspires_horribly_predictable_islamophobia

Fox News host Shepard Smith asked Senator Hutchison on air: "The name (of Maj. Hasan) tells us a lot ( Read more... )

http://resistracism.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/merkins/Read more... )

OK, I know it's easy to poke at Rush Limbaugh, but I think he has hit a new low even for him:

He says we ought to go back to segregated buses for schoolkids; and racism is inborn just like being gay so it should be justifiable if homosexuality is.

Excuse me while I try to put my head back together after it exploded from reading that.

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Anyone else feel that this is just plain wrong?

From glvalentine, a collage of movies with problematic racial tropes, complete with snarky commentary.

http://glvalentine.livejournal.com/211164.html

We've talked about a couple of things lately in this community that have a similar theme. I think everyone knows about the film The Last Airbender and has seen the latest publicity photos. Just a few days ago the issue of Justine Labarlestier's book, Liar was discussed here. Her latest blog entry is linked in that post now, if you missed it, I ( Read more... )