#HollywoodSoWhite: How Lack of On-Screen Diversity Perpetuates White Supremacy
By Guest Contributor: Martin Tsai This post originally appeared on Medium. By almost single-mindedly catering to a young, white, male…
Category: Colour-Face
#AStrangeWhitewashing Continues with New Images from Upcoming Ghost in the Shell & Dr. Strange
I know I’m about a week late on this news, but I’ve got something really important to say: ScarJo, you…
Upcoming “Absolutely Fabulous” Film Will Feature Actor in Yellowface
The British 1990’s sitcom “Absolutely Fabulous” is slated to return in 2016 after a 20 year run on British television that…
It’s Time to Reinvent “The Mikado” Without the Racism
Having learned nothing apparently from last year’s “Mikado” fiasco in Seattle, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP) —…
Hollywood’s “Strange” Erasure of Asian Characters | #AStrangeWhitewashing
A mere week after I wrote a post swearing off of sharing fan news, the fandom insidiously pulled me back…
Mindy Kaling’s Brother Donned Blackface for 2 years in Twisted, Racist “Experiment”
(H/T M. Holt) Did y’all know Mindy Kaling had a brother? Yeah, neither did I. Turns out that the star…
Canadian students at Brock University don blackface, win Halloween costume contest
Looks like we’ve already got our first submission for the closing credits of Dear White People 2: Guess You Weren’t Paying…
Opera Providence mocks, threatens peaceful protest against RI yellowface production of #Mikado
Last month, a yellowface production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s operetta “The Mikado” — put on by local Seattle Gilbert &…
ACT NOW! Go (in-person or online) to Seattle Rep’s diversity townhall on 8/18, 6:30pm | #Mikado #SeattleAFAR
Yellowface and brownface seems to be all the rage these days. The Asian American blogosphere has been leading a vocal…
Seattle Rep issues statement, will host townhall on race & art regarding yellowface #Mikado
Much of the Asian American community is in an uproar over this year’s production of “The Mikado” by the Seattle…
Undoing “Mikado”: Japan is not an imaginary place, and I am not a metaphor
The Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society’s production of comic-opera “The Mikado” has caused controversy due to the nature of the show…
HBO to premiere racist Australian show featuring actor in anti-Pacific Islander brownface
Oh, HBO, how could you do me so wrong after I sung your praises so loudly regarding this season of Game of…