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Racial Stereotypes

The McDonald's "Mr. James" Ad Campaign and How We Don't Care About White People, Apparently

Disgrasian | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media

Read More: McDonald's Japan, McDonald's Advertising, Gaijin, Stereotypes, McDonald's Mr. James Nippon All-Stars Campaign, Negative Stereotypes, Xenophobia, Karma, Racism, McDonald's, Japan, Racial Stereotypes, Stepin Fetchit, Nerds, Mcdonalds, Media News
Disgrasian

Oh dear. It seems that we've ruffled a few feathers while writing about stereotypes.

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World Racism: Summer of Love and Hate

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 09.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bnp, Rutv, Far Right, Racial Prejudice, Music Festival, Political Activism, Global-Activism, Racism, Racial Stereotypes, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Racial Profiling, Entertainment News
Reporters Uncensored

Whether you are the "hater" or the "hated," having a common enemy quickly unites people who are like minded -- for better or for worst.

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Hey Michael Steele Don't Forget the Watermelon

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Racism, Gop, Racial Stereotypes, Black Voters, Fried Chicken, George Wallace, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Republican National Chair Michael Steele sure has a way of ingratiating himself with black voters.

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Mother To Mother: I Feel Her Pain

Kimora Lee Simmons | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Racism, Racial Stereotypes, Stereotypes, Kimora Lee Simmons, Living News
Kimora Lee Simmons

As a mother of two beautiful daughters and one son, I am horrified at the way that our young black males are stereotyped: as negligible and disposable and destined for trouble.

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Washington Times Fanned Stereotypes with Obama Daughter's Picture

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Crime and Violence, Malia and Sasha Obama, Racial Stereotypes, Washington Times, Gangs, African-Americans, President Obama, Media News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The Washington Times juxtaposition of the Obama girls with crime and violence dumped back on the table the sensitive, troubling, and polarizing issue of racial stereotyping.

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That Chinese Sperm Bank Photo: You've Been Shanghaied

Disgrasian | Posted 05.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Sperm Donors, Lies, Gender Stereotypes, Chinese, Sperm, Chinese Sperm Banks, Stereotypes, Hoaxes, Sperm-Banks, Asians, Chinese Culture, Ethnocentric, Racial Stereotypes, Asia, Memes, China, Happy Ending Massage, Cultural Differences, Asian Sperm Bank, Asian Sperm Bank Photo, Shanghai-China, Media News
Disgrasian

I conducted a little investigation and found that this picture first surfaced on the interwebz in late 2008, and it was immediately dismissed as a hoax by officials at Renji Hospital in Shanghai.

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"Should I h8 AZNs?": When Satire Fails, It's Racist

Disgrasian | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Music Blogs, Bloggers, Racist, Economic Crisis, Asian Americans, Hipsters, Race, Hipster Runoff, Blogs, Asian-Americans, Asians, Economic Recession, Satire, Racism, Racism and Satire, Racial Stereotypes, Hipster Kids, China Economy, China, Humor and Satire, Asia, Media News
Disgrasian

Unfortunately, "Should I h8 AZNs?" is not satire. It highlights a very real cultural anxiety and its attendant racist backlash without taking it to task in any substantive way.

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Resident Evil Racism

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 04.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Japanese Racist Products, Racist Video Games. Africans, Racial Stereotypes, Capcom, Sony, Entertainment News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Resident Evil 5, a game in which a white killer is on a search and destroy mission to stop the spread of a deadly virus, reinforces the worst of the worst stereotypes against and about Africans.

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"Hannah Montana" Needs Some Sensitivity Training

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 03.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Racial Politics, Miley Cyrus, Culture Wars, Stereotypes, Hannah Montana, Asian Americans, Racism, Racial Stereotypes, Race, Chris Rock, Entertainment News
Raymond Leon Roker

Cyrus being a model for millions of kids ought to mean she'd be taught more compassion and sensitivity. A mass exodus of racially conscious fans from her audience will help drive the lesson home.

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Asian Women: Rape And Hate Crimes

Jaemin Kim | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Gawker Media, Ethnicity, Chinese, White People, Michael Phelps, Gawker.com, Videogames, Anime, Sexism, Dating, Defamer, Racism, Racial Stereotypes, African Americans, Korean, Rape, Rachel Getting Married, Gawker, Asian Americans, Washington State, Los Angeles, Sexuality, Black People, Stereotypes, Spokane, Asians, Japanese, Nerds, Hate Crimes, Violence Against Women, Prejudice, Legal, Prosecution, Justice, Bigotry, Interracial Dating, Sexual Violence, Interracial Relationships, Fetish, Sexual Assault, Laws, Asian Women, Bias Crime, Living News, Women, Asian Fetish, Caucasians, Sex Crimes, Salon.com, Media Responsibility, Media Bias, Living News
Jaemin Kim

Reducing Asian women into a sexual object is not funny, it is not flattering. It is perilous. We can see this when Asian women are subject to race-targeted sexual violence.

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Third Screen: An Interview with Stanley Crouch

Vickie Karp | Posted 03.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jazz, Anti-Semitism, Obama, Jewish History, Racism, Black History, Bennny Goodman, Money, Ethnicity, Music, Bernie Madoff, New York City, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Interviews, Stereotypes, Steven Spielberg, Bernard Madoff, Racial Stereotypes, African-Americans, Finances, Entertainment News
Vickie Karp

SC: I don't think stereotypes can be avoided. If someone's going to be sexist, racist, or anti-Semitic, they don't need you to help them.

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You Look Like Beyonce: Are Comparisons Inherently Racist?

Ari Bendersky | Posted 02.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lisa Klitzky Foundation, Beyonce, House of Blues Chicago, Kings of Leon, Barack Obama, Race Relations, Racism, Racial Stereotypes, Chicago News
Ari Bendersky

Are we able to discuss a person's physical attributes without it setting off a racial firestorm?

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Gossip Girl Goes Over to the Dark Side (Again)

Disgrasian | Posted 01.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Stereotypes, Chuck Bass, Tokenism, Ethnicity, Asian Americans, Buffoonery, Gossip Girl, Racial Stereotypes, The CW, I Hate Gossip Girl, Opium, Gossip Girl Season 2, Entertainment News
Disgrasian

Season 2's "White Party," is a fitting metaphor for what Gossip Girl really is pretty, rich white people trapped in a particular ring of hell where life is one neverending party.

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Obammunism

Disgrasian | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Obama Communist, Toy Safety, Tainted Chinese Milk, Lead Paint Toys, China Olympics, Obama Shared Toys, Obama, China Toys, Mccain Obama Socialist, Sharing Toys, China Human Rights, Obama Communism, Barack Obama, Toy Recalls, Stereotypes, Obama Socialist Smear, Racial Stereotypes, Socialism, Obama Socialist, China, Toxic Toys, McCain Smear Campaign, Barack Obama Smears, Republican Smear Machine, Smears, China Opening Ceremonies, Communism Obama, Politics News
Disgrasian

Like the Chinese, Obama is a Communist. So you know what that means, right? Obama not only shared his toys, but he, like the Chinese, first tainted them with lead paint.

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Hillary Clinton for VP

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 07.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Gender Roles, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Political Power, Racial Stereotypes, Michelle Malkin, Feminism, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Vice President, Home News
Leonce Gaiter

Unlike Rice and Powell, Clinton and Obama want to wield the power themselves, and they make no bones about it. This is a radical shift in establishment Washington's racial/sexual dynamic.

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