by Latoya Peterson “Though you do add some much needed cultural diversity to an otherwise homogeneous group, your responses to [The Friendship Survey] were deeply disturbing.” —Sheldon to Rajesh, The Friendship Algorithm A few weeks ago, I discovered a new favorite show to watch. M...

by Latoya Peterson Here we go again. Angry Asian Man reports on the newest bit of racism masquerading as humor: This is really unfortunate, but I’m not surprised in the slightest…. Soon after Dartmouth College announced that it had appointed Dr. Jim Yong Kim as the school’s next pr...

by Latoya Peterson Oh, this is so fucking cute. Daniel Larison writing for Eunomia (a blog hosted on the American Conservative site) sheds the spotlight on some very racist comments: What on earth is this? Well, it is an interview between Michael Steele and ABC Radio’s Curtis Sliwa, but beyond tha...

Excerpted by Latoya Peterson The pressure young black women feel to defend black men against racist attacks, even at their own expense, is a new variation on the centuries old standard for black women’s race loyalty. This community wide standard - which asks women to take the hit (metaphorical...

Excerpted by Latoya Peterson What was so beautiful about this? Well, although Obama has all the “presidential” characteristics - the capacity to inspire, the sonorous, soaring voice, the cool, soothing nature - we were all able to create him in the individual image we all needed him to b...

by Latoya Peterson Regular reader Elton Joe recently sent around a Facebook message around a spate of comments over at Digg, about a New York Times opinion piece inspired by Eric Holder’s comments about being “a nation of cowards.” After reading through the normal comments accompan...

by Latoya Peterson (Continued from Part 1) LP: [We should] think some more about this formula, because it seems to me that with every year that passes, the formula gets whittled down into the need to find the next hit. Catchy hooks, lyrics, whatever - they just want a hit. And it appears that some o...

by Latoya Peterson In the Noir Issue of Bitch Magazine, I interviewed Tricia Rose about her new book The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip-Hop. My interview assignment was 2,000 words. The transcribed interview came back as 6,000. This is the overflow. — Latoya Peterson: ...

by Latoya Peterson Every year, in February, I receive the same two things: (1) A bunch of targeted marketing surrounding black history month. (McDonald’s celebrates 365 black with a Big Mac! Chrysler salutes African Americans!) (2) The predictable “When is Black History Month going to be...

Excerpted by Latoya Peterson One of the first things you see in the game, seconds after taking control of Chris Redfield, is a gang of African men brutally beating something in a sack. Animal or human, it’s never revealed, but these are not infected Majini. There are no red bloodshot eyes. The...