racism

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speaky_bean wrote in racism_101 May 11, 2011 12:49

Hello, white girl here. One of my old friends from college is Chinese. Occasionally, she would say things about Chinese people and Asians in general which struck me as...not right. As a white person, I didn't feel like I had the right to tell her she was wrong, but what she said made me feel uncomfortable. She said that all Chinese people had two ( Read more... )

Racially-charged compliments

relmneiko wrote in racism_101 Apr 28, 2011 19:58

Right now I'm tutoring at an ESL school where most of the students are Korean and Japanese. Often in conversation I'm complimented by students on my looks - my blonde hair, blue eyes, large eyes, large breasts, tall, whatnot. When I was in Japan I got compliments like that all the time - which I usually don't mind that much, but one day I had a ( Read more... )

racism in the movies

liminalia wrote in racism_101 Mar 04, 2011 07:45

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... )

race issues in entertainment media

White teacher, minority school

cathubodva wrote in racism_101 Feb 18, 2011 22:29

I've just been accepted to the DC Teaching Fellows and will start teaching English in a high needs DC middle or high school this fall ( Read more... )

schools

Racial slurs in literature

cathubodva wrote in racism_101 Jan 04, 2011 18:32

In a parenting debate community, someone just brought up Huck Finn and the original version versus the censored version (where the n-word has been completely replaced with "slave ( Read more... )

The Tempest

lady_jem wrote in racism_101 Dec 13, 2010 15:27

Okay, I just watched the trailer for The Tempest ( Read more... )

Suggestions?

relmneiko wrote in racism_101 Dec 10, 2010 01:02

I have two questions, somewhat related ( Read more... )

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dansolomon wrote in racism_101 Dec 03, 2010 12:42

Could use some suggestions here. My wife works as a program specialist at a non-profit that sends young people (17-24) who had babies when they were teenagers into schools and community centers to talk about the experience of being a teen parent. The presenters are a diverse group, and my wife is a white lady. A lot of the schools are in ( Read more... )

Is this racist?

sunlit_music wrote in racism_101 Nov 13, 2010 18:00

Hi everyone,

So, I am thinking of going to Paintball with my work colleagues and a friend. It sounds like massive fun, and a great sport to play.

But.

At Action Paintball, there are battlefields named after countries (granted, not all of them are). But it bothers me that they're named after real life countries / battlefields (Like Long Tan, Cambodia ( Read more... )

Movie reviews

cathubodva wrote in racism_101 Nov 08, 2010 22:05

I hope this is the right spot for this question - I was wondering if anyone knew of a blog or other website devoted to movie/television reviews that are written by people of color (the reviews, that is, not necessarily the media being reviewed)?

racism in the media, resources