An Open Letter to Danmarks Radio I live in Denmark and have witnessed this hideous caricature and worse, native "Zulus" used in advertising. http://juseone.com/an-open-letter-to-danmarks-radio/Read more... )

I found this today and thought it was really interesting and really well worth a look at. It looks at two very similar (and horrible) cases in the UK ( Read more... )

I'm not entirely sure whether what I have to say just now is going to be debunky enough, but I'm in a kind of shock, because of personal circumstances that may be about to radically change ( Read more... )

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/straight-white-male-the-lowest-difficulty-setting-there-is/Read more... )

I just learned a new term today, and as an immigrant living in Denmark, I live constantly with this phenomenon.

Anyway, this excellent site provides lots of fuel for discussion and seemed very very appropriate for this community.

http://www.microaggressions.com/

Enjoy!

Apparently this has gone viral so I imagine you'll be hearing about this elsewhere, if you haven't already. This is so awful that I feel like apologizing for even bringing it to your attention. Like, those could have been a few more hours or days without knowing about the racist cake thing, you know ( Read more... )

A man on trial in Swansea, Wales, for illegally possessing badger paws and eagle wings is claiming as part of his defence that he is "a member of a Native American Apache tribe" and "lives with these communities in summer". It seems he's appropriated the name of Mangas Coloradas, who was an important tribal chief in the 19th century ( Read more... )

Tennessee GOP-drawn redistricting plan could cost Dems nine seats, officials say

Because I'm kind of n00b when it comes to the more detailed Voter Rights Laws, I couldn't explain to you how this is screwed up. I just know it is, as, apparently, does the author of the article. (Sher doesn't exactly display bias here, but the fact that he was paying ( Read more... )

I found this on youtube while roaming today ( Read more... )

Nicholas Peart talks about being young, black & male in New York City