racism

Linkage

nellorat wrote in racism_101 Jul 13, 2010 07:49

A nice linkage-heavy post on Shakesville with a wide variety of both significant proof of ongoing racism and annoying, even infuriating, instances of some pundits seeing anti-white racism.

Mood: informational

the color of social illiteracy

liminalia wrote in racism_101 Jul 11, 2010 15:37

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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race issues in entertainment media, us

seriously, camille?

liminalia wrote in racism_101 Jul 09, 2010 20:54

Ok, so "Camille Paglia writes something f***ed up" is pretty much a summary of everything she has ever published, but this one's a doozy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/opinion/27Paglia.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=general
No Sex Please, We’re ( Read more... )

Racism in the Media

celestialmaven wrote in racism_101 Jul 08, 2010 22:41

I just wanted to bring this up very quickly to see if folks here see something different than I am seeing in media coverage of the verdict of involuntary manslaughter for the officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant, an unarmed and handcuffed man. First, this article by Adam Serwer, which does a darn fine job of charting the history of white America ( Read more... )

First Post -- Music Faux Pas?

lovetheboys wrote in racism_101 Jun 17, 2010 23:59

Hello everyone! Just joined the community, and hope not to show my ass too very much, just enough to grow ( Read more... )

Possibly a stupid question

kiwikat wrote in racism_101 Jun 05, 2010 21:07

My husband and I have a few re-usable shopping bags. One of these bags, pictured below, is from a black women's empowerment business expo and job fair.

I'm not sure where we got it. Neither of us attended said expo. We're both white.

I'm soliciting opinions: is it okay for us to use this bag? Or is that problematic?

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a post from Womanist Musings

lady_jem wrote in racism_101 Jun 01, 2010 14:19

Okay, I hesitate to re-open this perennial conversation, but it's come up in this forum several times in several different forms since the onset of the whole Racefail debacle, the conversation about how trying-to-not-be-jackasses-white-people find themselves feeling silenced and bullied in conversations about race ( Read more... )

Question

velvetpage wrote in racism_101 May 29, 2010 10:16

Long-time lurker, first-time poster. My question is about school resources geared to elementary schools ( Read more... )

canada, schools

How do I deal with racists who say this...

sunlit_music wrote in racism_101 May 21, 2010 21:05

Hi everyone ( Read more... )

Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella

lady_jem wrote in racism_101 Apr 16, 2010 08:58

Okay, is there a more fraught-with-stereotypes story than Cinderella ( Read more... )