February 2012
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“In Robyn Crawford’s obituary of Whitney Houston in Esquire, Crawford says, “The...”
– Keir Bristol, Whitney: The Victim of the “Strong Black Woman” Stereotype, Racialicious 2/23/12.
This. All. Day.
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so-treu:
Tumblr Staff: A New Policy Against Self-Harm Blogs
staff:
One of the great things about Tumblr is that people use it for just about every conceivable kind of expression. People being people, though, that means that Tumblr sometimes gets used for things that are just wrong. We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’ freedom of speech,…
now if you guys could...
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“Roman’s Revenge,” which is arguably one of Nicki’s most confrontational and...”
– Is that what makes Nicki Minaj “The Flyest Feminist?” April Gregory says yes, and offers several other reasons, too, at the R today.
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“For decades, Barbie’s blond hair, blue eyes, wasp-thin waist and improbable...”
– Sarah Todd (further) explains what Barbie means in Nicki Minaj’s images, hip-hop, and “girl culture” on the R today.
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“I most recently noticed the impact that the openness of artists like Nicki Minaj...”
– Sabia McCoy-Torres does a fascinating analysis on Nicki Minaj’s images on New York City’s queer youth of color on the R today.
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Things I learned from TV.
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
All Asians look like John Cho.
Asians know everything. Seriously, everything. And they can probably fly in secret and they just don’t tell us.
If an Asian person tells you to do something, for the love of god, do it. NEVER cross them.
Black people are all hard. Every one. They’re hard as fuck. You can’t break them with a hammer.
Despite being really hard, black people...
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“(TRIGGER WARNING)
The simple fact: sexual-violence perpetrators and their...”
– Andrea (AJ) Plaid (that’s me!) on Too $hort, Very Smart Brothas, and why some Black folks still don’t quite talk about intraracial sexual violence—and why that dialogue is so vital—on the R today.
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The R Goes A-Traveling...
OK, not all of us…just Latoya. Check out where she’s speaking at for the next few months…
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“It’s interesting to compare society’s reaction to celebrity attacks on women to...”
– Costa Avgoustinos, Chris Brown, Male Violence, And Racist Rants, Racialicious 2/21/12
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“So, back to the sidewalk last night. I was not dressed like a parking valet; I...”
– WTF?!? Guest Contributor Lalo Alcaraz explains what went down while he was Standing While Brown at the R today.
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“How does a white woman claim to be the victim of yellow fever? I know, it’s so...”
– Elisha Lim breaks down the ridiculousness of another manifestation of white female privilege—being a “victim” of the “sexual sway” of women of color, in this particular case, of Asian women—at the R today.
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WatchIt’s Canadian Cree Nation activist/artist Buffy Sainte-Marie’s birthday today! The video is a short film about her life, art, and activism.
From Wikipedia, about her early career:
Sainte-Marie played piano and guitar, self-taught, in her childhood and teen years. In college some of her songs, “Ananias”, the Indian lament, “Now That the Buffalo’s Gone”...
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“Meanwhile, Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger seemed to want to play it...”
– Arturo García gives the lowdown on the lowdown anti-Asian foolishness that went down just this past weekend regarding Jeremy Lin on the R today.
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On How "The Secret Life of Bee's" Used 4 Black...
newmodelminority:
I saw The Secret Life of Bee’s (TSLB) yesterday and I couldn’t helped but be struck by two things. First, the tone of TSLB was extremely similar to the tone of The Help. From the color palate of the sets, to the language and how folks moved and the music.
TSLB was directed by a Black woman, and The Help was directed by a White man.
This morning when I got up I KNEW that I...
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From The R's Mailbag...
“Arturo spotted some disturbing news from the K-pop world on Twitter: Jenny Hyun, songwriter for groups like SNSD and Chocolat, went on a long racist tirade about African Americans. According to Asian Junkie (which has the full tweet stream, but it’s a lot to deal with this early in the morning):
Yes, you read that correctly, she actually did call for the genocide of black people, which I...
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“By now my son has played long enough that most of the coaches know that when...”
– Liz Dwyer, Why Jeremy Lin Matters For My Black Son Who Can’t Play Ball, Los Angelista 2/17/12.
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“Pat Buchanan, the conservative political commentator, announced Thursday his...”
– —Jorge Rivas, “Pat Buchanan: ‘My Days as a Political Analyst at MSNBC Have Come to an End’”, Colorlines 2/17/12
I’ma let POTUS Obama express my feelings about this:
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“(TRIGGER WARNING)
Outrage continues to build over a video that ran on the...”
– Carolyn Edgar gives the legal ramifications of Too Short’s rape-y “advice” to boys and young men on cnn.com.
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“Part of that narrative further links Mayweather’s statements to Thomas’: it’s...”
– Arturo García does a great analysis on how Jeremy Lin is getting played as the “savior” of basketball at the R.
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“Straight, curly, relaxed, or natural—it really shouldn’t matter how you wear...”
– Cheryl Lynn Eaton digs into where Marvel went wrong in telling Idie’s story at the R.
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“You could just like Lin from a merely human point of view: sports fan or not,...”
– Racialicious alum Thea Lim rocks the Guardian’s Comment Is Free post with this appreciation of Jeremy Lin.
(May I take this moment to say I think Lin’s a cutie?
What? Y’all know my former job title at the R, so this comment shouldn’t even shock you.)
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“Martin’s comments were reprehensible in any environment, but most especially...”
– Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Darnell L. Moore, and Kenyon Farrow, Why Roland Martin’s Homophobic Tweets Shouldn’t Be Ignored, Even Now, Feminist Wire 2/15/12
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newmodelminority:
Quirky Black Girls: Anthology for Weird, Quirky, Awkward, Awesom Black Girls
quirkyblackgirls:
Concrete Orchid Media is seeking story submissions for an upcoming anthology about growing up as a black girl who never quite fit in. All women with a knack for expressing themselves using words, photography, or illustration are invited to share their personal experiences about...
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“Though it is unsurprising, it still stings a little to see that fans of Lin are...”
– Sonita Moss, Linvicible On The Court, Not To Realities Of Race, Racialicious 2/15/12
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“Just this past weekend, in a workshop with 8-9 year old boys in Brooklyn, NY,...”
– “Are You Man Enough To Challenge Too Short?”, from filmmaker and anti-gender violence advocate Byron Hurt’s Facebook page.
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“Sexism from a brown face is still sexism. Male privilege with a unique cadence...”
– Oh SNAP! Friend of the R Tami Winfrey Harris goes in on Dr. Cornel West’s publicly attacking Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry on the R today.
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ofanotherfashion:
It’s 1956 in San Francisco and this is my grandmother, Encar Villanueva. She’s standing next my grandfather’s cadillac. Today, my grandmother or lola (in Tagalog) lives in a nursing home in San Francisco in the late stages of Alzheimer’s. But when this photo was taken, her personality was very strong. Because she was the eldest of her sisters and a stay-at-home mother raising...
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“Too $hort, an elder statesman in the rap game, has made a career of portraying...”
– Akiba Solomon, Too $hort and the Anatomy of a Weak Apology, Ebony.com 2/14/12