I’m not really sure what exactly set this woman off while riding the subway in a recently uploaded YouTube video, but clearly she’s mad and perhaps a bit bigoted as well. At least the lady is an equal opportunity racist. Shots fired … at everyone. Even Occupy Wall Street gets thrown into her xenophobic mix. Talk about uncomfortable commutes.
NYC’s Nate Hill takes Harlem with his new piece The White Ambassador. What’s with the white face, you ask? Earlier this year, Hill has set up a WhiteSmellBot on Twitter that is now retweeting about 80 “white people smell like” stereotypes a day. As a biracial performance artist, he’s headed out to confront these bytes of cyber racism. See the video for some tense discourse. Read more »
An AP investigation discovered the NYPD’s Intelligence Division kept a list of ”28 countries that, along with ‘American Black Muslims,’ are considered to be ‘ancestries of interest.’” Mayor Bloomberg compared the practice to “screening for measles” with young people, and claimed they didn’t unfairly target any groups. Read more »
Squinty eyes aren’t just for Asians, stoners, or Miley Cyrus anymore. Now slanted eyes are high fashion. Vogue Nippon shot an editorial featuring a white model decked out in Dolce & Gabbana with her eyes taped back. Racism! Does this represent a new level of whitewashing in fashion or is pulling back your eyes the new blackface?
The Fire Department of New York is paying 3.3 million dollars for the creation of their brand spanking new civil service exam. They also plan to spend another 5 million in staffing and advertising the test. Read more »
Performance artist Nate Hill’s newest unsettling project is open for business. Choose from five “rich, beautiful, white girls” recruited from “within the upper echelons of society” to “gargle your milk to absolute perfection,” thereby “purifying” it. White Power Milk is social commentary so tongue-in-cheek, it hurts. Read more »
When it comes to country’s first black president, even Fox Business wants in on the overt racism its parent network encourages and so contributor Eric Bolling was more than happy to oblige via Twitter. He characterized Obama’s overseas trip thusly: “Obama chugging 40′s in IRE (Ireland) while tornadoes ravage MO (Missouri).” Read more »
Influenced by graffiti, Blaxploitation cinema and science fiction, artist Hebru Brantley calls out racist propaganda in American media/early Warner Brothers and Disney cartoons with his bold new series at Lyons Wier Gallery. Catch up on his street pieces and more on his blog. Preview below. Read more »
A Russian ultra-nationalist group often cited for inciting racial hatred – against Article 282 of the Russian Criminal Code – is trying to have the code overturned. And so, they filed the same complaint against Moscow artist Lena Hades for supposedly inciting hatred against Russians with her artwork (which she isn’t). A court ruling may overturn the article. Read more »
The Arizona elementary school mural that was recently white-washed is now being restored. School officials have publicly apologized that they bowed to demands of yelling racists who didn’t like seeing a Latino kid in the center of the mural. Read more »
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