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Corrective Rape: The Epidemic of Violence Against South Africa’s LGBT Community
Editor’s note: This article was first published by Fusion. Anti-rape activists believe that a woman is assaulted every 107 seconds in the United States. In South Africa, a number is hard to pin down—estimates ranged from every 26-36 seconds, at least until activists decreed there are too many discrepancies in data collection to provide a…
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Why Black Natural-Hair Care Is Worth VC Dollars
Natural-hair care for African Americans can be expensive, from products to specialty hair salons. For proof, just ask a black woman with free-flowing curls in a beauty-supply store as she navigates pricey creams from the likes of Mizani, Miss Jessie’s and Mixed Chicks. Unfortunately, New York magazine writer Kevin Roose didn’t get the memo. He…
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Best Black Panels at SXSW Interactive 2012
With an estimated 13,000 attendees, the popularity of SXSW Interactive — the technology segment of the 10-day South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, which also focuses on music and film — has exploded. It featured 15 venues as well as hundreds of high-profile collaborations, including a surprise concert from Jay-Z (thrown by American Express…
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Bias Shows in Duke Study on College Majors
The New Math column will focus on exploring the various crisis points that are floating in the national conversation. Nothing is off-limits, from economic theory to global development to the interplay between politics and community action. Ultimately, we will try to answer one key question that is sure to set the tone of 2012: What does…
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In a Rape Culture, Women Are Still to Blame
Citing a blog entry about rape and sexual assault by Damon Young at Very Smart Brothas, Racialicious editor Latoya Peterson says that some men still think women who are sexually assaulted are being let off the hook for reckless behavior. … Turns out, Damon (a.k.a. The Champ) decided to create a really flip response to…
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Exploring the Problematic 'Sh– People Say' Meme
Exploring the “Shit Girls Say” meme, Racialicious editor Latoya Peterson says that that the most popular videos play on stereotypes. She says it’s because society is used to laughing at stereotypes, but we aren’t prepared to deal with the way we perpetuate them. Created by Graydon Sheppard and Kyle Humphrey (and boosted by the star…
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A Very Racist Christmas?
Zwarte Piet is Racisme — or “Black Peter is Racism” — might as well be Dutch for “shots fired.” Activist Quinsy Gario was recently beaten and arrested for publicly protesting — and using that highly charged slogan — at a Dutch Christmas celebration in an attempt to call attention to a very simple fact: The…
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How 'Sons of Anarchy' Got Racism Right
Racialicious editor Latoya Peterson praises the popular FX drama Sons of Anarchy for its accurate portrayal of race relations in America. She says that television usually fails to get race issues right. Television is really comfortable with showing unrepentant racists in the roles of [villains]; and playing racism for laughs or shock value. But what…
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Thomas, Cain and the Politics of Harassment
For a black man with a slim lead in the race for the Republican nomination for president and embattled by allegations of sexual impropriety, Herman Cain is coasting on easy street. Because of Cain’s high-profile defenders in the Republican Party, at least in part, sexual harassment allegations from four different women are sliding off the…
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Amber Cole: Another Case of 'Boys Will Be Boys'?
Racialicious editor Latoya Peterson admonishes critics who have attacked Amber Cole, the 14-year-old Baltimore girl who was videotaped performing oral sex on a boy the same age as one of his friends watched. What about the boys involved in the viral video? she asks. Why haven’t they been equally condemned? You know, there are a…
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