We Are Biased
By Jesse Singal - Jan 30th, 2009 at 12:22 pmFrom Scientific American (unfortunately, the rest of the piece has to be purchased):
When making complex decisions, legitimate factors sometimes mask choices influenced by prejudice—so…
Posts Tagged ‘race’
If You’re Light, You’re Right?
By Loryn Wilson - Jan 19th, 2009 at 11:44 amA few weeks ago, I saw this ad for Fair and Lovely, a skin-whitening cream:
I know that skin-whitening has been an issue in communities…
Most Diverse White House Staff Ever
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 14th, 2009 at 3:39 pmThe Washington Post notes that Obama’s staff–excluding Cabinet secretaries, but including czars and other such mysterious officials–is the most diverse (and possibly the best-educated) in…
Where Are the Riots?
By Saxon Baird - Jan 12th, 2009 at 5:01 pmYou’ve probably heard by now, but in Oakland, 22-year-old Oscar Grant of Hayward, California was shot and killed by a BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)…
Late White Shots
By Jesse Singal - Jan 12th, 2009 at 4:20 pmDelivered to me because I’m on the Late Nite Shots mailing list, here’s a flyer advertising the ball of the century, complete with a lineup…
Oscar Grant and Police Reform
By Nick Sifuentes - Jan 8th, 2009 at 3:56 pmThe Bay Area has been roiled by the shooting of an unarmed man by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer and the resulting protests…
In Illinois, the Ridiculousness Post-Racial Era Begins
By Daniel Strauss - Jan 6th, 2009 at 11:14 am
There is so very much wrong with Roland Burris’s effort to get a Senate seat, the latest of which is visible in this press conference:…
Won’t Somebody Think of Little Adolf Hitler Campbell?
By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 16th, 2008 at 10:28 amCause: You name your kid Adolf Hitler Campbell.
Effect: You might have trouble getting a bakery to inscribe the name on a birthday cake.
Deborah…
If I Had Listened to More Snoop During My Formative Years, This Headline Would Be Cleverer
By Jesse Singal - Dec 14th, 2008 at 12:48 pmThis video of Snoop Dogg helping Martha Stewart prepare mashed potatoes is a few weeks old, but I just caught it on reddit for the…
Was Minority Report Not Released in Israel?
By L. Russell Allen - Dec 3rd, 2008 at 10:02 amI hate airport security. Everyone hates airport security. This is not breaking news. Waiting in line for 20 minutes just to be the lucky one…
I’m A Black Nerd and So Can You
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 25th, 2008 at 2:30 pmTa-Nehisi Coates repudiates John McWhorter’s claim that Barack Obama creates a role model that black nerds everywhere can look up to and feel encouraged by.…
The Race Chasm, Re-revisited
By Ned Resnikoff - Nov 21st, 2008 at 10:01 amAfter the election, Mark Schmitt graded some of the models people used to predict the election, and gave David Sirota’s race chasm hypothesis a C-,…
Evangelical Christian Gays Looking For Long-Term Compatability are Now Covered Once They Fill Out That Weird Personality Test
By L. Russell Allen - Nov 20th, 2008 at 4:04 pmYou probably know eHarmony.com. Their commercials are everywhere. They’re the dating service that promotes itself based on compatibility and long-term commitment. They’re also notorious for…
Michelle Obama: Black Beauty… and Booty?
By Loryn Wilson - Nov 18th, 2008 at 12:29 pmErin Aubry Kaplan at Salon sings the praises of Michelle Obama’s beauty and her well-proportioned rear end:
But what really thrills me, what really feels…
Andrew Sullivan Knows Everything About Black People
By Jamelle Bouie - Nov 18th, 2008 at 10:57 amIt seems that Andrew Sullivan really can’t help but make broad generalizations about the black community. In a post about Prince’s homophobia, for example, Sullivan…
