Racialicious » Friday Announcements: Một Dòng Sông, Hai Ngã Rẽ, Rivers of Time: The Shaping of Generations (Stanford); Swirl Magazine Spring Writing Contest; Home Depot Grant for HBCUs

Một Dòng Sông, Hai Ngã Rẽ, Rivers of Time: The Shaping of Generations (Stanford) In commemoration of Black April (the Fall of Saigon), the Stanford Vietnamese Student Association (SVSA) Presents: Culture Night 2010 Một Dòng Sông, Hai Ngã Rẽ Rivers…

Racialicious » links for 2010-04-09

  • Jersey Shore's Spin-Offs: Asians, Persians, and Russians Wanted The producers who made Jersey Shore are now working on literally-named spin-off The Persian Version. This is in addition to the Asian version in L.A. and the Russian version
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angry asian man » angry reader of the week: edward hong

You know what time it is. Time to meet another Angry Reader of the Week, spotlighting you, the very special readers of this website. Over the years, I've been able to connect with a lot of cool folks, and this…

Racialicious » University of North Dakota “Fighting Sioux” Nickname Retired – At Long Last

By Deputy Editor Thea Lim This morning a rare and delightful thing happened in our mailbox: we got some good news. After a four year legal battle, the University of North Dakota has been ordered by the North Dakota State…

angry asian man » this kid really needs a bone marrow match

Last month, I wrote about 5-year-old Connor Lim, who is suffering from a devastating immuno-deficiency and is desperate need of a bone marrow transplant. Here's a recent Chicago Sun-Times story on Connor's struggle with his condition and his family's ongoing…

Michael Davis World » Why Tiger Woods Is Glad He’s Not Me, by Michael Davis – Straight No Chaser #162

Besides the fact that next to him I’m dirt poor and not well known. Besides those two minor differences Tiger Woods is glad he is not me because I don’t love any THING ( not person mind you) that…

YOMYOMY » Fantasy Playboy Pictorial: The Women Of Twin Peaks

Yesterday marked the twentieth anniversary of the premiere of Twin Peaks. I watched the show when it first aired, and then, on a rainy trip to Portland with some friends a few years back, I rewatched every episode over the…

Racialicious » Yes Virginia, there is Black Male Privilege

By Guest Contributor L’Heureux Dumi Lewis, originally published at Uptown Notes A few days ago, my talk at the 143rd Morehouse Founder’s Day Symposium went up on the web. The talk was entitled, “Shadowboxing the Self: Confronting Black Male Privilege.”…

Ephemorandum » Confederate History Month

As instituted by my great state’s very own governor, Republican Bob McDonnell, the month of April has officially been named “Confederate History Month” in Virginia. If you reside in the state, I’m guessing that this is practically old news to…

angry asian man » america’s best dance crew season five: poreotix wins!

Well, they've done it. Poreotix is America's Best Dance Crew, beating out Blueprint Cru and taking home the season five trophy. These guys, from Westminster, California, always came off as a bunch of fun dorks, but you can't deny how…

angry asian man » “chink”: a bad choice of words

This is a recent New York Times news article on Canadian and United States computer security researchers who monitored a China-based computer spying ring hacked into classified and restricted documents from the highest levels of the Indian Defense Ministry: Researchers…

YOMYOMY » Ernest Lehman On Screenwriting

I previously wrote about how I decided the best way to learn about filmmaking was to seek out the old masters who were still living at the time and about the advice I got from legendary writer-director Billy Wilder. As…
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