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Debut: The How To Get Away With Murder Roundtable; Pilot
Sometimes Art, Latoya, and I have to admit defeat when it comes to singlehandedly watching every show on network television and basic cable. When that happens and some shows fall through the cracks...
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The Racialicious New York Comic Con 2014 Preview
It’s NYCC weekend, and as in past years I’ll be attending on behalf of Racialicious. It’s been a long week leading up to the con, and it still feels like I’m recovering from SDCC, but we still need to...
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Quoted: Is Sephora Targeting Certain Accounts For Cancellation?
If you’re a makeup junkie like me (and spent a ridiculous amount at Sephora last year to be eligible), then this notification for Sephora’s 20% off sale event had you squealing. Unfortunately, as many...
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I’m The Last Black Person In America Watching Nashville (And I Think The...
By Kendra James This was fun. Will y’all join us next week? Someone stick around for Nashville and let us know if a PoC is in it… — Racialicious (@racialicious) September 25, 2014 Okay, maybe not the...
View ArticleQuoted: Chris Rock on Race and “Progress”
What would you do in Ferguson that a standard reporter wouldn’t? I’d do a special on race, but I’d have no black people. Well, that would be much more revealing. Yes, that would be an event. Here’s...
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Cultural Petiton: Help Save The Renny
Gentrification continues to seem inevitable in city like New York were real estate . At only four years of residency, I’m still a recent transplant to Harlem and, with the numerous Oberlin grads I’ve...
View ArticleIn Conversation: Fresh Off The Boat
by Kendra James WNYC was kind enough to invite us here at the R to their screening and talkback of ABC’s new sitcom Fresh Off The Boat, based on Eddie Huang’s memoir of the same name. After screening...
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Event + Podcast Spotlight: The Soul Glo Project
By Emily Schorr Lesnick Walk into a comedy club or watch a Comedy Central special and you might drown in a sea of Whiteness; a sea of White maleness. With Larry Wilmore and Trevor Noah hosting late...
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Racialicious In Chicago: A C2E2 Preview
I’ve never been to C2E2 before and know very little about what to expect– beyond the fact that there is a Brony fan meetup that I will be doing my utmost to avoid. Luckily, C2E2 also features a...
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Nerd Roundup: Brief Dispatches From C2E2
C2E2 earns the honour of being the only con I have ever attended where I’ve not felt that personal space and air to breathe were an inevitable sacrifice in a battle to the top of Nerd Mordor. Arriving...
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R-oundtable: Avengers – Age of Ultron
Much like one of its action set-pieces, the discussion around the latest Avengers film has blown up in multiple directions: In the week since its US release, the discussion surrounding Age of Ultron...
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Quoted: Race + Waco, Texas’ Real Life FX Drama
One of the most distinct characteristics of white privilege is the privilege to be unique. When white people commit violent acts, they are treated as aberrations, slips described with adjectives that...
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WNYC Presents: Funny Or Racist?
by Kendra James There was a lot of good discussion on racial comedy at last night’s panel featuring Arun Venugopal, Desus Nice, Crissle West, Jeff Yang and Guy Branum and we’ve summed a good deal of...
View ArticleQuoted: Thoughts on Addy Walker
For seventeen years, Addy was the only black historical doll; she was the only nonwhite doll until 1998. If you were a white girl who wanted a historical doll who looked like you, you could imagine...
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Yea ‘Aloha’ is Super White, But What’s Up With the Way We’re Talking About It?
Still from Aloha by Sharon Chang, originally posted at Multiracial Asian Families Okay first let’s just get this out of the way. Aloha is a really, really bad movie. Like REALLY bad. It’s getting...
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Racialicious (Noir)stalgia: How To Maintain Your Black Identity While Having...
by Kendra James The 90s nostalgia burden is real, and it manifests itself in a variety of unique ways amongst most 20-somethings. Whether we’re rereading a favorite Scholastic series or giggling over a...
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Land, Power, and Filmmaking in Hawaii: An Untold Story Of “Aloha”
by Shay Chan Hodges; originally posted at the Huffington Post Updated Author’s Note: I wrote the following post three weeks ago, adding to the dozens of articles about race and culture in Hollywood...
View ArticleThe Racialicious Preview For San Diego Comic-Con 2015: Thursday + Friday
Well, it’s that time of year again. As this posts Arturo and I will be gearing up for the five day sprint of geek culture (and alcoholic beverages) that is San Diego Comic Con. Like our past two...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Back in time on Governor’s Island
There are two weekends each summer in New York City when you might find yourself riding the downtown subway next to a flapper and her bootlegger dressed partner. They’re not elaborately costumed film...
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Summer TV Recap: Reflections on HBO’s Ballers
by Kendra James HBO’s Ballers is one of the most confusing yet simplistic shows to debut this summer. It doesn’t require more than 30 minutes of your attention a week, and if asked what it’s about you...
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