Category Archives: Racism

What does your t-shirt say? (now with MORE dumb t-shirts!)

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Luke

With the popularity and availability of screen printing and selling t-shirts over the internet, seems like everybody’s got some idea, phrase or illustration they want to market in t-shirt form. So for anywhere from $7-25 bucks, you get to wear not only a piece of clothing but something that says something to everyone else. It’s what you want other people to read or notice or learn about. For that moment, whether it’s a wayward glance on the subway or the start-up of a conversation in line from a deep gaze, the t-shirt and its modern storytelling (oh, lets say in the past couple years) reveals another form of violent backlash and aggression by men to women. Continue reading →

Posted in Gender issues, Popular Culture, Racism, Shrub.com Related, The Evil -ism's, The Internet is Serious Business | 11 Comments

Seeing the Classism in Racism

Posted on May 5, 2006 by tekanji

vegankid has an excellent post over at Ally Work debunking the myth of lazy “welfare queens”. The post traces the history of welfare, brings up statistics, cites sources… all you could want from a topic like this and more. Here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Classism, Feminism, Racism, Studies, USA | Comments Off

I like Chinese, I like their tiny little trees…

Posted on April 18, 2006 by tekanji

A Chink in the Armour by White Light Films Via one of my friends, A Chink in the Armour is a light hearted documentary that explores the stereotypes about Asians (specifically Chinese) in North America (specifically Toronto). There was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Multiculturalism, Pop-science, Racism, USA | 4 Comments

Carnies and Veggies

Posted on March 5, 2006 by lake-desire

The second edition of the Radical Woman of Color Carnival is out at Brownfemipower’s Woman of Color Blog. Topics include identity issues, voice, mamihood, and a section for allies so us white folks don’t feel left out. I do say … Continue reading →

Posted in Carnivals, Blog Against -ism Days, etc., Racism, The Evil -ism's | 1 Comment

Sexism, racism, and xenophobia oh my!

Posted on April 26, 2005 by tekanji

I’ve spent time discussing over at East Asia Blog the racism and xenophobia of East Asia in the context of the kerfluffle surrounding the China/Japan problems, but now I’m going to turn to something more close to home: Michael Lohman, Asian fetishism, and the xenophobia, racism, and sexism inherent in American communities.

A few months ago, feministing had a post about Michael Lohman’s assault on Asian women. On one of the feminist live journals I check out from time to time, I came across a post that linked to a forum called ModelMinority: A Guide To Asian American Empowerment. The article posted, For Asian Women, ‘Fetish’ is Less Than Benign, highlights the problems with American society at large while the comments show the problems that the Asian American community is part of. Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, Gender issues, Media and journalism, Multiculturalism, Popular Culture, Racism, Sex, sexuality, and sexual politics, The Evil -ism's | 5 Comments