C.B. Cebulski’s “Apology” for Pretending to be a Japanese Comic Writer is Entirely Bullshit
It’s a headline that might have described the antics in an episode of “Family Guy”: White guy pretends to be…
Tag: Yellowface
Karlie Kloss Apologizes for Appearing in Yellowface for “Vogue’s” Diversity Fashion Shoot
Model Karlie Kloss has apologized for appearing in yellowface for a photoshoot for Vogue magazine. In the most recent issue of Vogue magazine, Kloss…
Against Antiblackness As Metaphor
Guest Contributor: Mark Tseng Putterman (@tsengputterman) Asian American Twitter has been abuzz this week with news that Tilda Swinton singled…
Pro-Trump Group Shares Super Racist Anti-Asian Meme
(H/T P.D.) Yesterday, a Facebook group called “Wisconsin for Trump” — which has more than 25,000 likes — shared a super…
#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…
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) —…
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…
Hey Air France, your Orientalism is in the air | #FixedIt4UAF @AirFrance
(H/T to Jeff Yang (@originalspin) for notifying me of this campaign) Bonjour, Air France! I’ve never ridden your airplanes because…