If you’re interested in reading a summary of completely asinine insights, check out this August 21th post on the NY Times’ Freakanomics blog, The Plight of Mixed-Race Children.
Right off the bat, the whole premise of the paper is baffling to me. Plight? Really? A mixed race kid might become our next president. How ‘bout [...]

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My friend’s co-worker actually received this at her work e-mail address. From a vendor. Isn’t that crazy? Someone she barely even knows - someone who means to do business with her - is sending her this filth. The person who sent this must think everyone’s on the same page when it comes to race-hating. Which [...]

The You Could Be On Mad Men Contest: make the best 1-minute video and get flown out to L.A. for a walk-on role in a future episode of the show. Great use of user-generated video.
But also, some of these entries are freaking crazy! It’s like, either the actors takes themselves way too seriously (umm, what’s [...]

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Our columnist Ryan Barrett dishes on dating white guys and disses CNN’s “Black in America.”

If you’re not into updating your Entourage or throwing vampires, the only real thing to do on Facebook is to check out your friend’s profiles. You know… read their updates, comment on their photos, peruse their walls.
So about a year ago, I was scanning a family member’s MySpace page and came across [...]

The question has finally wafted over to CNN – is Barack Obama Black or Biracial?
Biologically, White parent + Black parent = Biracial.
But culturally, it’s a different issue altogether. An issue that plays itself out both within the Black and White community.
Inside the Black community, I think there’s a simultaneous and seemingly illogical embrace and sharp [...]