AltWeeklies Wire
Eddie Murphy's Skin Color -- Not His Movies -- Makes the Media Hate Himnew
By beautiful coincidence, the critical drubbing of Murphy's Meet Dave preceded controversy over the New Yorker magazines cover cartoon of Barack Obama as a terrorist-agent.
New York Press |
Armond White |
07-24-2008 |
Movies
Man Registering Minority Voters Excluded from TriMetnew
"I don't want to say it's because I'm black," says David Rush, when asked why he thinks he was issued a 30-day exclusion from TriMet property while registering minority voters at the Beaverton Transit Center late last month. "But honestly--what else am I supposed to think?"
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
07-17-2008 |
Race & Class
Jesse Helms, the Gracious Bigotnew
Helms, the Prince of Darkness, has left the building.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
07-16-2008 |
Commentary
Reliving 'Mad Men' on DVDnew
Mad Men gets better as it goes along and you realize that it isn't about a murder and does not lampoon the American advertising industry in 1960.
NOW Magazine |
Staff |
07-07-2008 |
TV
Porn Star Bobby Blake on Racism and Religionnew
Blake's a puzzle, writing frankly about unsavory aspects in his life, but he's also quite serious, talking about racism in the industry, gay marriage, life on the down-low and the scourge of HIV/AIDS in the black community.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Liz Spikol |
06-30-2008 |
Nonfiction
Spike Lee versus Clint Eastwoodnew
Lee was off base in giving the impression that Eastwood's body of work is racist. That is simply not the case. Lee was correct, however, in pointing out that Eastwood's omission in Flags of Our Fathers only reinforces the idea that black contributions to America's struggle in World War II were minimal.
Shepherd Express |
Richard G. Carter |
06-27-2008 |
Movies
What Will Post-Hillary Feminism Look Like?new
Here's my proposal: Feminists become for the Democrats and progressive politics what evangelical Christians have been for the Republicans and conservatism -- its demanding, uncompromising base.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
06-20-2008 |
Commentary
Should Talk-Show Hosts Who Tackle Ethnic Issues be Accused of Racism?new
Over time, the mainstream press has tended to treat race as the Great Unmentionable -- a topic so likely to stir anti-intellectual passions that it's to be avoided at all cost -- and throughout his campaign, Obama has followed suit, doing his best to usher the electorate into a post-racial era. But that's easier said than done.
Rich Westcott's Bio of Roundball Legend Eddie Gottlieb is a Slam Dunknew
Westcott tracks down most of Gottlieb's surviving friends and players (he died in 1979 at age 81) to present an unusually well-rounded portrait.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Andrew Milner |
04-29-2008 |
Nonfiction
Have Movie Stereotypes Returned?new
Officially, stereotypes don't exist in Hollywood, only archetypes -- representative characters based on real people. To complain about movie stereotypes is to risk being labeled a humorless, P.C. crank.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
04-25-2008 |
Movies
South Carolina's Racist History Should Not Be Sanitizednew
Tearing down statues of white supremacists isn't the answer. Assembling an accurate record, no matter how ugly, violent and bloody, and letting people reach their own conclusions -- that's how we'll learn rather than being spoon-fed a sanitized version of the past.
Charleston City Paper |
D.A. Smith |
04-23-2008 |
Race & Class
Meet the Klansman Who Helped to Found Orange Countynew
How Dr. Henry William Head's KKK membership was wiped from the Orange County history books is really a story of how local scholars highlight selected parts of our story.
Virtual Racism in 'Halo'new
Trash-talking gone too far is marring online video-game worlds.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
04-17-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: racism, video games
The Skinheads of the Southwestnew
New Mexico's white nationalists keep to the web -- and themselves.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
04-11-2008 |
Race & Class
John McCain, Affable Racist
It's always the same pattern. John McCain makes a racist remark. Then he apologizes. Then he does it again. When will this tired act go into retirement?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
04-08-2008 |
Commentary
