While the Twitterverse was racist this weekend, it was also really sexist
By now, if you’ve been on your social media pages and are in any way involved in identity politics blogging,…
Category: Racism
First Indian-American Miss America Crowned, Minds of Racists Explodes
Last night, Miss America happened. I was watching Breaking Bad. I think pageants are regressive and boring, and when they’re…
NOC: “Whore of the Orient” Video Game Slammed for Anti-Asian Racism
Originally posted on The Nerds of Color (H/T Asian American News) Team Bondi, the Australian-based maker of the popular 3rd…
NOC: Hard NOC Life Video Podcast Ep. 001, featuring yours truly
Check out the pilot episode of Hard NOC Life, a weekly video podcast by The Nerds of Colour. This episode features…
50 Years Later: Words from ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’
As the “Dream Continued” remembrance proceeds today in Washington D.C., I prefer to remember the legacy of Martin Luther King,…
Kal Penn, #StopandFrisk, and Tacos: Is rational discussion possible in the age of Twitter?
Earlier this week, Kal Penn blew up the Twitterverse. It all started when Penn — best known to America at-large…
Biking While Asian (or, the Most Asinine Story of anti-Asian Racism You’ll Read This Week)
As if we needed any evidence that all people, whether Far Right extremists or self-described liberal progressives, can be guilty…
Duke University Frat Holds Racist Asian-Themed Party Complete with Coolie Hats and Yellowface
Brothers at the Duke University chapter of Kappa Sigma held an Asian-themed party last week. And it was oh-so-incredibly racist.…
Racist and anti-miscegnation letter sent to local CA resident calls Filipinos “filthy… scum”
(H/T: Angry Asian Man) Angry Asian Man reports on an image of a letter that has gone viral online. The…
Colbert Report weighs in on Bill O’Reilly’s anti-Asian comments last week in a questionable segment
Last night, in the first return episode after a three-week hiatus, Colbert Report dedicated an entire segment to the recent controversy…
Chuck Todd needs to apologize for his random anti-Asian racism this morning
MSNBC’s Chuck Todd, host of The Daily Rundown, went off-script and spouted some random anti-Asian racism this morning. Returning from a…
“Make Me Asian” Android App Is So Incredibly Racist It Makes My Stomach Churn
Angry Asian Man reports that a prolific Android app maker has created a “Make Me Asian” app that takes a photo…