Against Antiblackness As Metaphor
Guest Contributor: Mark Tseng Putterman (@tsengputterman) Asian American Twitter has been abuzz this week with news that Tilda Swinton singled…
Tag: Blackface
Race, Transracialization, and Other Thoughts on Rachel Dolezal
If you spend any time thinking about race or identity politics, you have by now heard of Rachel Dolezal, the…
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…
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…
Remembering Shirley Temple requires us to remember her legacy of Blackface cinema
The Greatest Generation said good-bye to one of their beloved actors today with the passing of Shirley Temple Black, beloved…
NOC: Identity in the World of Locke & Key
Originally posted at The Nerds of Color There’s a comic book out there by Joe Hill. It’s called Locke & Key…