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Displaying all articles tagged:
Racism
the men tell all
Aug. 1, 2017
The Bachelorette
Reunion Confronts Racism, Somehow Still Lets Lee Off the Hook
Lee had a chance to answer for his racist tweets.
By
Hunter Harris
July 27, 2017
Hari Kondabolu Confronts His Nemesis in the Trailer for truTV’s ‘The […]
Hari Kondabolu has a new documentary heading to truTV soon, and today the network released the trailer. Titled The Problem with Apu, the […]
By
Megh Wright
June 20, 2017
Trevor Noah Calls Out the NRA for Their Silence on Philando Castile
In case you missed it, here’s a great clip from last night’s Daily Show, where Trevor Noah takes some time during a segment called “So Much […]
By
Megh Wright
Mar. 16, 2017
Scandal
’s Joe Morton on His ‘Twice As Good’ Speech and Racism in Hollywood
“The difficulty for African-American actors in film is that most of that star system is based on good-looking, young white folks.”
By
E. Alex Jung
apu accent
Mar. 14, 2017
Kal Penn Looks Back on the South Asian Stereotypes He Auditioned to Play
“Can you make his accent a little more
authentic
?”
By
Jackson McHenry
dear confused people
Feb. 12, 2017
Dear White People
’s Justin Simien Explains the Title
Controversy surrounding the name reemerged with the upcoming Netflix series.
By
Tolly Wright
audience participation
Feb. 9, 2017
George Lopez Calls Woman Objecting to Interracial Marriage Joke a ‘B*tch’
A heckler we can believe in?
By
Karen Brill
whitewashing
Feb. 8, 2017
ScarJo Talks
Ghost in the Shell
Whitewashing, Denies She’d Play Non-White Part
For ScarJo, the
Ghost in the Shell
talking point isn’t race, but gender.
By
Karen Brill
Feb. 2, 2017
The Age of Message Comedy
Lots of comedians I follow on Twitter haven’t joked in months, and it’s not because they don’t funny ideas. It’s because of articles like […]
By
Luke Kelly Clyne
trolling the trolls
Jan. 29, 2017
Kal Penn Turns Racist Trolling Into Fundraiser
Putting the fun back in fundraising.
By
Karen Brill
shia labeouf
Jan. 23, 2017
Shia LaBeouf Shouts a Racist Troll Off His Anti-Trump Livestream Exhibit
At the actor’s Museum of the Moving Image installation.
By
Halle Kiefer
last night on late night
Jan. 22, 2017
Watch Aziz Ansari’s Trump
SNL
Monologue
“You gotta go back to pretending.”
By
Karen Brill
open letters
Jan. 21, 2017
T.I. Urges the Oppressed to Mount a Stronger Resistance in New Open Letter
“Everything cannot be blamed on THE SYSTEM.”
By
Karen Brill
racism
Jan. 19, 2017
Chrissy Teigen Tweets About Paparazzi’s Incredibly Racist John Legend Question
“Paparazzi at JFK just asked me ‘if we evolved from monkeys, why is John Legend still around?’”
By
Karen Brill
racism
Jan. 15, 2017
Eddie Huang on Steve Harvey’s Asian Men Jokes
“For his own personal profit, he’s willing to perpetuate the emasculation of Asian men.”
By
Karen Brill
racism
Jan. 11, 2017
Steve Harvey Actually Thinks His Hack Jokes About Asian Men Are Funny
“You like Asian men? I don’t even like Chinese food!”
By
E. Alex Jung
discrimination
Dec. 21, 2016
YouTubers Release New Footage of Delta Incident
“People keep using the fact that we’re pranksters against us.”
By
Karen Brill
possible hoaxes
Dec. 21, 2016
YouTube Star Adam Saleh Claims He Was Kicked Off Delta Plane for Speaking Arabic
He recorded the whole thing, of course.
By
Dee Lockett
Dec. 13, 2016
Lee Byung-Hun Talks About Racism In Hollywood
“I can’t say who, but there are actors who wouldn’t even look me in the eyes because I was Asian.”
By
E. Alex Jung
Nov. 21, 2016
Talking to Mamoudou N’Diaye About ‘#,’ a Film That Looks at Police […]
Mamoudou N’Diaye’s # is a short narrative film inspired by the Brooklyn comic’s reality in which as a black man he lives in fear of the […]
By
Jenny Nelson
party chat
Nov. 16, 2016
Constance Wu on Trump’s Election and Racism
“Often the scapegoat is immigrants and people of color.”
By
Lisa Butterworth
president-elect donald trump
Nov. 13, 2016
Busta Rhymes and Q-Tip ‘Knew’ Donald Trump Would Win
“We’ve been saying, like, ‘Hey, three-quarters of the country is fucking racist,’ and everybody’s like, ‘Oh no, it isn’t.’”
By
Jada Yuan
last night on late night
Oct. 7, 2016
The Daily Show
’s Ronny Chieng Blasts Fox News’ Racist Chinatown Segment
“Why do you look like a guy who carries around a pack of roofies just in case?”
By
E. Alex Jung
Oct. 7, 2016
Ronny Chieng Calls Fox News Reporter Jesse Watters an ‘Ignorant Sack of […]
Fox News has been facing lots of well-deserved backlash this week since The O’Reilly Factor aired an extremely racist segment in Chinatown by […]
By
Megh Wright
blackface
Sept. 9, 2016
Jason Aldean Doesn’t Understand Why People Are Sensitive About Blackface
Foot, meet mouth.
By
Dee Lockett
Sept. 1, 2016
Brett Eidman: The Comedy Enigma You’ve Never Heard Of
Brett Eidman is successful. He’s got a nice house in the suburbs, a pristine Jeep Grand Cherokee, a family insurance business, and a wife and […]
By
Luke Kelly Clyne
memes
Aug. 16, 2016
Ellen DeGeneres Responds to Accusations of Racism Over Usain Bolt Meme
“I am highly aware of the racism that exists in our country.”
By
Dee Lockett
racism
July 12, 2016
Queen Latifah: ‘Racism Is Alive and Kicking’
“We need to change this attitude.”
By
Karen Brill
Apr. 13, 2016
Jessica Williams and Ronny Chieng Investigate Sexual Racism on ‘The Daily […]
Here’s a new segment from The Daily Show featuring correspondents Jessica Williams and Ronny Chieng, who set out to investigate the idea of […]
By
Megh Wright
formation
Apr. 5, 2016
Beyoncé: ‘Formation’ Isn’t Anti-Police, Duh
“Let’s be clear: I am against police brutality and injustice.”
By
Dee Lockett
straight outta compton
Mar. 17, 2016
Compton
Cut N.W.A. From Some Facebook Trailers
Non-blacks and non-Hispanics saw trailers without any mention of N.W.A.
By
Dee Lockett
oscars 2016
Mar. 3, 2016
Asian Kid Didn’t Know What Oscars Joke Would Be
“I did wonder, ‘Why all Asians?’”
By
E. Alex Jung
oscars 2016
Feb. 28, 2016
There Was a Horribly Tone-Deaf Asian Joke at the Oscars
Who okayed this?
By
Dee Lockett
diversity
Feb. 24, 2016
Absurd Tales From Hollywood’s Diversity Battles
From the
Times
’ long look at Hollywood’s peculiar inclusionary efforts.
By
Nate Jones
#oscarssowhite
Jan. 25, 2016
Danny DeVito: The ‘Entire Country’ Is Racist, So of Course the Oscars Are, Too
“Generally speaking, we’re a bunch of racists.”
By
E. Alex Jung
oscars 2016
Jan. 23, 2016
Rampling: Oscar Remarks Were ‘Misinterpreted’
“Perhaps the black actors did not deserve to make the final list.”
By
Nate Jones
#oscarssowhite
Jan. 21, 2016
Ruffalo Supports Oscar Boycott But Will Attend
“The entire American system is rife with a kind of white privileged racism that goes into our justice system.”
By
E. Alex Jung
racism
Jan. 18, 2016
Idris Elba Tells Parliament Just How Close the United Kingdom Came to Losing Him
“Talent is everywhere, opportunity isn’t.”
By
Nate Jones
real talk
Jan. 11, 2016
Watch: Bowie Criticizes Racism at MTV in 1983
“There seem to be a lot of black artists making very good videos that I’m surprised aren’t being used on MTV.”
By
Ira Madison III
tina fey
Dec. 20, 2015
Tina Fey Is ‘Opting Out’ of Explaining Her Jokes
“There’s a real culture of demanding apologies, and I’m opting out of that.”
By
Jackson McHenry
saturday night live
Nov. 13, 2015
Larry David Nabs $5000 for Heckling Donald Trump
Deport Racism may donate the money to Bernie Sanders.
By
Nate Jones
blackface
Nov. 11, 2015
Jason Aldean Wore Blackface as Lil’ Wayne on Halloween
His reps confirm that is indeed the country superstar.
By
Dee Lockett
tv
Oct. 25, 2015
Remember That Time Hollywood Was Racist? Aziz Ansari Does.
Ansari dropped major truth bombs Saturday.
By
Samuel Anderson
videology
Oct. 16, 2015
Watch Usher and Nas’s Racially Charged New Video
They’ve released the song and video for free on Tidal.
By
Dee Lockett
know your enemies
Sept. 4, 2015
Take a Breath — the ‘Wildest Dreams’ Video Isn’t Racist — Now Exhale
Know your enemies.
By
Lauretta Charlton
hollywood sexism
Aug. 6, 2015
3 Charts Show Behind-the-Scenes Sexism in Hollywood
Women made up less than 2 percent of the directors of 2014’s highest-grossing films.
By
Nate Jones
shakeups
July 24, 2015
WWE Tough Enough
Will Continue Without Hulk Hogan
The show will have a new judge when it airs on Tuesday.
By
Margaret Lyons
July 20, 2015
Adam Sandler Says
Ridiculous Six
Is a ‘Pro-Indian’ Movie
“It was just a misunderstanding.”
By
E. Alex Jung
July 20, 2015
Adam Sandler Says the Racism Claims Against ‘Ridiculous Six’ Are ‘Just a […]
Remember back in April when a dozen Native American actors walked off the set of Adam Sandler’s Netflix movie The Ridiculous Six over its […]
By
Megh Wright
utopia or bust
May 6, 2015
Key & Peele
Imagines a Wonderful, Magical World Without White People
Welcome to Negrotown.
By
E. Alex Jung
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