With so many different cultures working together during the 2012 Olympics, it’s only a little surprising that NBC would stumble over race. According to Racialicious contributor Kendra James, these faux pas weren’t limited to ill-timed monkey-cum-gymnast commercials leading into a segment about Gabby Douglas, but rather spread across the events like butter on toast. Despite…

When comic-book fans participate in “cosplay,” which is dressing up as one’s favorite comic book character, all should be fair, right? Racialicious contributor Kendra James says it’s not. Especially when the character she’s chosen to emulate isn’t brown. Cosplaying in and of itself can be stressful enough; I’ve definitely had convention days when I did…