Archive for November, 2006
Posted on November 27, 2006 - by Administrator
ATR 49 – Teddy Zee interview – 11/27/2006 – Voicemail 206-203-3983 – addictedtorace@gmail.com
INTERVIEW WITH TEDDY ZEE
Carmen chats with movie producer Teddy Zee about the current state of representations of Asian-Americans in film and television. Zee is president of Ironpond, an entertainment company that bridges Hollywood and Asia. Previously, he was a top-level studio executive at Columbia and Paramount. He produced Hitch
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Posted on November 24, 2006 - by Administrator
In case you missed it…
by Jen Chau and Carmen Van Kerckhove
Every Friday afternoon we sum up the week’s best posts from New Demographic’s various projects. Here we go!
CONSCIOUS MEDIA MAKER
a blog for entertainment, media, advertising and public relations professionals who are committed to bringing about more realistic, three-dimensional representations of people of color
- One year later, how has BET changed? Last fall, BET made a lot of noise about its new entertainment team, headed up by Reginald Hudlin who brought on Toure, Nelson George, and Selwyn Hinds. Now, one year later, Forbes checks in on their progress.
- Please note: We’re actually going to discontinue Conscious Media Maker as of today. We didn’t think of this when we came up with the idea for the blog, but there is way too much overlap with Racialicious. So, this will be the last post. Also, we have another blog in mind that we’d like to launch, so it’ll free up some time for us to focus on that new project.
ADDICTED TO RACE
a podcast about America’s obsession with race
- Episode 48: Carmen interviews Daniel Golden, author of “The Price of Admission: How America’s Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges — and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates.” Golden reveals the elaborate system of legacy preferences and “development” cases that has created affirmative action for white wealthy students.
ANTI-RACIST PARENT
a blog for parents who are committed to raising children with an anti-racist outlook
- Columnist Intro – Amber: As a white woman, I was not raised to think about my race. I was supposed to be colorblind and not acknowledge that I noticed other people’s race.
- Ask Anti-Racist Parent: book series featuring characters of color? So are there book series featuring characters of color for children out there, and I’m just not hearing about them? If so, what are they?
- Columnist Intro – Margie: My first reaction, upon receiving an invitation to contribute to Anti-Racist Parent, was to ask who would want to listen to a middle-aged white woman talk about race. What could I possibly add to this dialog?
RACIALICIOUS
a blog about the intersection of race and pop culture
- Kanye West: mixed race women are “mutts†and exist solely for music videos: Kanye reportedly told the magazine, “If it wasn’t for race mixing, there’d be no video girls…Me and most of my friends like mutts a lot … Yeah, in the hood they call ‘em mutts.â€
- Kramer drops the n-bomb repeatedly in racist tirade: Michael Richards, who played Kramer on Seinfeld, went on a racist tirade on Friday at Los Angeles’s Laugh Factory after a black audience member heckled him.
- Michael Richards on Letterman: “I’m not a racistâ€: The fact that Richards, when provoked by a black man, immediately reminded him that it wasn’t so long ago that he could have been lynched and made a public spectacle of, to me indicates that he is resentful of having to tolerate blacks being equal to him, and longs for the days when he could exercise his “god-given†superiority.
- Of course Michael Richards would have rocked blackface: A clip from the 1986 movie “Whoops Apocalypse†has surfaced on the internet, featuring Michael Richards in full-on blackface, afro wig and attempting Ebonics.
- White supremacy by any other name: Michael Richards and his ruined career are not the point here. The point is that if we’re ever to move beyond our current racial strife, we need to begin with enough intellectual honesty to acknowledge and understand America’s glaring legacy of white supremacy.
Posted on November 21, 2006 - by Administrator
ATR 48 – Daniel Golden interview – 11/20/2006 – Voicemail 206-203-3983 – addictedtorace@gmail.com
INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL GOLDEN
Every spring thousands of middle-class and lower-income high-school seniors learn that they have been rejected by America’s most exclusive colleges. What they may never learn is how many candidates like themselves have been passed over in favor of wealthy white students with lesser credentials—children of alumni, big donors, or celebrities.
In this explosive book, the Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Daniel Golden argues that America, the so-called land of opportunity, is rapidly becoming an aristocracy in which America’s richest families receive special access to elite higher education—enabling them to give their children even more of a head start. Based on two years of investigative reporting and hundreds of interviews with students, parents, school administrators, and admissions personnel—some of whom risked their jobs to speak to the author—The Price of Admission exposes the corrupt admissions practices that favor the wealthy, the powerful, and the famous.
In The Price of Admission, Golden names names, along with grades and test scores. He reveals how the sons of former vice president Al Gore, one-time Hollywood power broker Michael Ovitz, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist leapt ahead of more deserving applicants at Harvard, Brown, and Princeton. He explores favoritism at the Ivy Leagues, Duke, the University of Virginia, and Notre Dame, among other institutions. He reveals that colleges hold Asian American students to a higher standard than whites; comply with Title IX by giving scholarships to rich women in “patrician sports†like horseback riding, squash, and crew; and repay congressmen for favors by admitting their children. He also reveals that Harvard maintains a “Z-list†for well-connected but underqualified students, who are quietly admitted on the condition that they wait a year to enroll.
The Price of Admission explodes the myth of an American meritocracy—the belief that no matter what your background, if you are smart and diligent enough, you will have access to the nation’s most elite universities. It is must reading not only for parents and students with a personal stake in college admissions, but also for those disturbed by the growing divide between ordinary and privileged Americans.
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Duration – 33:11
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Posted on November 17, 2006 - by Administrator
In case you missed it…
by Jen Chau and Carmen Van Kerckhove
Every Friday afternoon we sum up the week’s best posts from New Demographic’s various projects. Here we go!
RACE CHANGERS
a community of people working towards an anti-racist future, one week at a time
- Assignment 7 – Talking about international adoption: This week, grab a friend, a co-worker, or a family member (or all!) and have a conversation with them about international adoption. Jumpstart your discussions by checking the links below:
CONSCIOUS MEDIA MAKER
a blog for entertainment, media, advertising and public relations professionals who are committed to bringing about more realistic, three-dimensional representations of people of color
- Today’s WTF moment, brought to you by The New York Post: Check out today’s lead story in the Post, ‘Guinea Pig’ Kids Stir Furor: City Allows Racial Studies In Schools. And what are these evil, evil, “racial studies? Oh the moral outrage! How dare these researchers investigate racial discrimination and harrassment in our public school system?
- Latinos: codependent, not punctual, fatalist and macho: Wow, so this is what multicultural marketers do, huh? Reduce an entire population into a stereotype?
- Ed Bradley’s legacy: If you believe…: The students didn’t know much about what made the man special at the beginning of the class, but by the time they heard him talk about journalism ethics, saw some of his best work, and heard from people who had known him from the earliest days of his career, they understood why he was so worthy of study.
ADDICTED TO RACE
a podcast about America’s obsession with race
- Sorry, there was no new episode this week, but we’ll be back on Monday!
ANTI-RACIST PARENT
a blog for parents who are committed to raising children with an anti-racist outlook
- It’s been a quiet week at ARP, but we’ll be back to normal next week. In the meantime, check out our gallery of gratuitous cute kid pics from anti-racist parents Meera, Terri, Jensboys and Ryan!
RACIALICIOUS
a blog about the intersection of race and pop culture
- Herbal Essences: Asian women can’t be blonde or Swedish?: The woman turns around, there is a gong sound, and it is revealed that she is an Asian woman with apparently dyed blonde hair.
- Comic strip explores being a “Single Asian Femaleâ€: I’m kind of disappointed that it’s not actually written by a woman… there are a lot of really dicey gender issues in the Asian-American community, and I guess I just hope that this comic will try to be as realistic and balanced as possible.
- Blackface at Texas A&M: dialogue, not just condemnation, is needed: Condemning these racist acts is important. But at the end of the day, if the perpetrator doesn’t understand why what he/she did was wrong or offensive, nothing is going to change.
- Sacha Baron Cohen comes clean about Borat in Rolling Stone magazine: the only interview he’s done out of character. It’s our first time hearing — in his own words — what he was trying to accomplish with Borat.
Posted on November 15, 2006 - by Administrator
No new episode this week
Sorry everyone, we’ve been really slammed and haven’t been able to put together a new episode this week. But check back next for a great interview with Daniel Golden, author of The Price of Admission: How America’s Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges — and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates
Posted on November 10, 2006 - by Administrator
In case you missed it…
by Jen Chau and Carmen Van Kerckhove
Every Friday afternoon we sum up the week’s best posts from New Demographic’s various projects. Here we go!
Race Changers
a community of people working towards an anti-racist future, one week at a time
- Assignment 6 – How our views of international adoption were shaped: Take some time this week to think about how your impressions of international adoption have been formed. What books have you read that dealt with the topic? What TV shows or movies have you seen?
Conscious Media Maker
a blog for entertainment, media, advertising and public relations professionals who are committed to bringing about more realistic, three-dimensional representations of people of color
- Budweiser: Bringing you smug white superiority since 1934: This is an old Budweiser ad from 1934. The white man smirks at the camera, bending over slightly to supervise as his black manservant serves up some Bud and cold cuts for the guests.
- Double standard at The New York Times? Talented culture writer Lola Ogunnaike was suspended after appearing on “The View†even though other Times reporters appear regularly on television. Funny – her colleague Maureen Dowd…wrote the Rolling Stone cover story this month on Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
- OfficeMax bring sexy back? Uh… what does a naked, tattooed Asian woman have to do with office supplies? Anyone?
- Magazine mania: Recently I’ve added some new titles to my Can’t-Let-Go collection. With the appearance of some newer magazines geared toward an Asian-Pacific-American audience, I find myself lingering for longer periods around the magazine racks at bookstores and newsstands.
Addicted to Race
a podcast about America’s obsession with race
- Episode 47: Jen interviews Professor Marla Brettschneider, author of the new book The Family Flamboyant: Race Politics, Queer Families, Jewish Lives. In the book,
Marla Brettschneider draws on her own experience in a Jewish, multiracial, adoptive, queer family in order to theorize about the layered realities that characterize families in the United States today.
Anti-Racist Parent
a blog for parents who are committed to raising children with an anti-racist outlook
- Gratuitous cute kid pic: This is Alex, the daughter of ARP’s very own columnist, Karen Walrond. As you can see, Alex is dressed up for Halloween.
Racialicious
a blog about the intersection of race and pop culture
- The story behind “Flags of our Fathers”: Ira Hayes was a Pima Indian from Arizona who joined the Marine Corps shortly after the start of World War II. He was hungry and needed money, and not least, he wanted to bring honor to his tribe.
- It’s bigger than hip hop: If we’re so hip-hop and the music is the music of the people, why don’t I see my people in those spaces? Could it be that my people are in a different place?
- Musical yellowface: The bare title of this post might already be enough to summon, in your head, the ubiquitous musical phrase that says “chinky!†with as much self-conscious gusto as bamboo fonts and gongs.
- Election racialiciousness roundup: Unfortunately, Bob Corker’s race-baiting tactics appear to have paid off. And so have Ward Connerly’s KKK-praising strategies to end affirmative action in Michigan.
- I’m hung like a black man: I don’t know what’s worse: the shirt itself or the description used to sell the shirt: “When you’re fishin’ for ho’s with a rod like this, bitches can’t help but to jump in da boat.”
- Superhead and Bobby Brown reality show? Karrine Steffans and Bobby Brown reportedly have a new reality series slated to air on BET.
Posted on November 8, 2006 - by Administrator
ATR 47 – Marla Brettschneider interview – 11/06/2006 – Voicemail 206-203-3983 – addictedtorace@gmail.com
INTERVIEW WITH PROF. MARLA BRETTSCHNEIDER
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Posted on November 3, 2006 - by Administrator
In case you missed it…
by Jen Chau and Carmen Van Kerckhove
Every Friday afternoon we sum up the week’s best posts from New Demographic’s various projects. Here we go!
Race Changers
a community of people working towards an anti-racist future, one week at a time
- Assignment 5 – Understanding the complexities of international adoption: We hope that through this assignment, we will all begin to see that international adoption is an extremely complex issue that poses many quandaries having to do with race, culture, language, class, power, privilege, economics, politics and the law.
Conscious Media Maker
a blog for entertainment, media, advertising and public relations professionals who are committed to bringing about more realistic, three-dimensional representations of people of color
- Eulogy for a magazine: VNU dumps Marketing y Medios: From a publishing perspective, the Latino marketing community literally goes from star to minority status.
- Is another racist reality show headed our way? “A NEW CBS SHOW SEEKS New York families who have traditional family values but are uneasy around Muslims.”
Addicted to Race
a podcast about America’s obsession with race
- Episode 46: We hand the reins over to our listeners in this episode – it’s a special all listener feedback show!
Anti-Racist Parent
a blog for parents who are committed to raising children with an anti-racist outlook
- Why my daughter will never dress in a national costume for Halloween: Everyone guessed everything from Aunt Jemima to Kizzy, the slave girl who was one of the main characters from Alex Haley’s then-recent epic movie, Roots. By the time the day ended, I’d ripped the head wrap from my head, and scrubbed my face clean of any makeup.
- Hope vs. Optimism: And in thinking about Cornell West’s quote, I too want to help my children have hope – not just blind optimism that leads to a passively waiting for things to get better – but the kind of hope that leads to actions as a personal agent of change.
Racialicious
a blog about the intersection of race and pop culture
- Anti-Racist of the Week: Mutombo!: On Thursday night Houston Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo got into an altercation with a fan who allegedly yelled racist slurs at him, including the word “monkeyâ€, during a preseason game against the Orlando Magic.
- A million to one. Again.: Gee. For a “million-to-one†odds, it seems like we’re seeing a whole lot of “miracle black and white twins†these days. Just a few days after our last reported twins, here comes yet another set.
- Borat: just plain funny? or racist and xenophobic? What do you think of the Borat movie? Is it just silly and funny? Or do you think Sacha Baron Cohen is tapping into a racist and/or xenophobic vein in the United States?
- Kimchi in aisle two! Basically, at this point, we still see that anything aside from apple pie and hot dogs is relegated to “ethnic food†aisles. It would be nice to see a bit more integration at the grocery store
, but perhaps it will take a while since clearly, the way that we discuss ethnic cuisine sets it apart. - Sofia Coppola feminism: dependent on class, race, and cultural subjugation: It is a feminism that demands emptiness (real or invented) of reflection, instead replacing it with self involvement. It requires that culture and emotion be reduced to tropes and materials so that possession of these trinkets is possession of the cultural significance.
- Whites stereotype Asians, Asians stereotype blacks: Check out this old Jell-O ad from the sixties that mocks an Asian baby trying to eat Jell-O with chopsticks. It has just about every offensive stereotype you can think of: the dreaded Asian font and a presumably white dude narrating with an awful fake accent.
About the Host
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of New Demographic, a diversity education firm. Her perspectives on race and diversity have been featured on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, USA Today, and The New York Times.
She hosts the podcast Addicted to Race and blogs at Racialicious and Anti-Racist Parent.
You can reach her at 646.400.5270 or team@newdemographic.com.-
