Comments on: ATR Videocast 01 – Dec 5, 2005 – Misconceptions About Mixed Identity http://www.addictedtorace.com/2005/12/05/atr-vidcast-1-dec-5-2005-misconceptions-about-mixed-identity/ Fri, 28 May 2010 12:18:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nathan http://www.addictedtorace.com/2005/12/05/atr-vidcast-1-dec-5-2005-misconceptions-about-mixed-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Nathan Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:11:02 +0000 http://www.addictedtorace.com/?p=18#comment-31 Jen, can you TRY to sound like you're not reading from a script? Jen, can you TRY to sound like you’re not reading from a script?

]]> By: Sean http://www.addictedtorace.com/2005/12/05/atr-vidcast-1-dec-5-2005-misconceptions-about-mixed-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Sean Wed, 07 Dec 2005 05:49:01 +0000 http://www.addictedtorace.com/?p=18#comment-29 Jen and Carmen -- I don't even remember how I came across your website and your podcast. I just remember thinking to myself, when I heard your first, very lo-fi, episode, "What a couple of silly girls!" (I guess that even though I try to be sensitive with regard to issues surrounding race and ethnicity, being sexually sensitive is not one of my strong suits, haha.) But I'm glad I continued listening. I love your mission, and your program entertains and informs without doing so in a way that condescends or lectures to the audience. While I almost never encounter any overt racism, the topic of race comes up a lot in my conversations with my friends. I know that race is a part of life, and we can never be completely colorblind. But it frustrates me when people I know talk about race as though it were some kind of absolute, immutable quality that neatly categorizes who people are, and use racial explanations for why certain individuals are the way they are, rather than use the simpler explanation individuals simply have intrinsic differences. That's why I love the title "Addicted to Race," because race is indeed something that my friends and I obsess over. Not to ramble or anything, but I think you two have a great concept, and should think BIG. It's already great that you have a podcast. Maybe this is just something you do in your spare time, but you should think about getting greater publicity and exposure, perhaps by contacting some radio stations. Maybe a network like NPR, or a website like the Columbia Journalism Review Daily, would want to do a short interview with you two. P.S. About your advice to the woman whose friend is only into dating monoracially--WAY off the mark. Most women don't date particular men in order to make political statements. At the end of the day, most women just want our cocks! You should have told the Asian woman who felt that her friend was trying to make her feel guilty to simply relax. I don't think her friend was necessarily trying to make any kind of political statement, and the woman who wrote to you was probably just reading too much into things. Jen and Carmen –
I don’t even remember how I came across your website and your podcast. I just remember thinking to myself, when I heard your first, very lo-fi, episode, “What a couple of silly girls!” (I guess that even though I try to be sensitive with regard to issues surrounding race and ethnicity, being sexually sensitive is not one of my strong suits, haha.) But I’m glad I continued listening. I love your mission, and your program entertains and informs without doing so in a way that condescends or lectures to the audience. While I almost never encounter any overt racism, the topic of race comes up a lot in my conversations with my friends. I know that race is a part of life, and we can never be completely colorblind. But it frustrates me when people I know talk about race as though it were some kind of absolute, immutable quality that neatly categorizes who people are, and use racial explanations for why certain individuals are the way they are, rather than use the simpler explanation individuals simply have intrinsic differences. That’s why I love the title “Addicted to Race,” because race is indeed something that my friends and I obsess over.

Not to ramble or anything, but I think you two have a great concept, and should think BIG. It’s already great that you have a podcast. Maybe this is just something you do in your spare time, but you should think about getting greater publicity and exposure, perhaps by contacting some radio stations. Maybe a network like NPR, or a website like the Columbia Journalism Review Daily, would want to do a short interview with you two.

P.S. About your advice to the woman whose friend is only into dating monoracially–WAY off the mark. Most women don’t date particular men in order to make political statements. At the end of the day, most women just want our cocks! You should have told the Asian woman who felt that her friend was trying to make her feel guilty to simply relax. I don’t think her friend was necessarily trying to make any kind of political statement, and the woman who wrote to you was probably just reading too much into things.

]]> By: Don Marsh http://www.addictedtorace.com/2005/12/05/atr-vidcast-1-dec-5-2005-misconceptions-about-mixed-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Don Marsh Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:47:25 +0000 http://www.addictedtorace.com/?p=18#comment-28 It was good to see what you two actually look like! Your focus on the curse of "exotic looks" only made me more curious than I ordinarily woould have been. Let's hear it for unintended consequences! What surprised me about your interview subjects was that there was not a man in the bunch. Surely there are mixed race men out there. I'd like to have seen if these views crossed gender lines. What constitutes a "mixed race" anyway? I'm mixed if you go back far enough. But can anyone tell that I have some Eastern European Jew and Native American stirred in with my French-Canadian and Irish heritage? Is appearance the acid test? Overall, this was a great job, and you are filling an important void in this new medium. How is this doing as a business model? Are you able to monetize the podcasts? Do they get you speaking engagements? Thanks, Don Marsh It was good to see what you two actually look like! Your focus on the curse of “exotic looks” only made me more curious than I ordinarily woould have been. Let’s hear it for unintended consequences!

What surprised me about your interview subjects was that there was not a man in the bunch. Surely there are mixed race men out there. I’d like to have seen if these views crossed gender lines.

What constitutes a “mixed race” anyway? I’m mixed if you go back far enough. But can anyone tell that I have some Eastern European Jew and Native American stirred in with my French-Canadian and Irish heritage? Is appearance the acid test?

Overall, this was a great job, and you are filling an important void in this new medium.

How is this doing as a business model? Are you able to monetize the podcasts? Do they get you speaking engagements?

Thanks,
Don Marsh

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