As promised earlier, we have the second half of the interview Primer Impacto did with Sammy Sosa, and it’s quite a juicy doozie. Sosa is out to set the record straight about who he is as a person, and why he made the decision of using the miraculous anglificating cream.
11 November 2009
Sammy Sosa Interview Video: He Finally Talks About Why He’s Not Like Michael Jackson
By Fidel Martinez at 1:52 PM.
Sammy Sosa wants you to back off! In an interview with Univision’s Primer Impacto, the Dominican ball player addressed the issue of his lighter skin, a topic we have covered extensively, and whether or not this has anything to do with shying away from his Latin American roots.
30 October 2009
Friday Night Lights, Season Four, Episode One Review: “East Of Dillon”
By Fidel Martinez at 12:10 PM.
Season four of Friday Night Lights has kicked off, and after being at the brink of cancellation last season, it appears that it won’t hold back any punches. The inaugural episode, titled East of Dillon, was among the better ones the show has ever had.
13 October 2009
Online Hating: OKCupid Says Your Race And Ethnicity Impact Who Writes You Back
By Alex Alvarez at 12:00 PM.
Online dating site OKCupid recently revealed some stats combed from their thousands of users regarding the role race and ethnicity play in determining who is responding to whose online profiles. The results may surprise you. If you’ve been living under a rock.
8 October 2009
Tracy Morgan Will Teach You How To Be A Man
By Alejandro Paz at 10:12 AM.
Tracy Morgan’s got a new book out that we’re not gonna read, but we still got a mind to listen to this crazy-like-us type dude. And he’s gonna tell us via some useful Me Cards in promotion of his new autobiography, Tracy Morgan: I Am The New Black. Let’s learn.
5 October 2009
Everybody In Brazil Is Secretly White, Scientists Say
By Cindy Casares at 11:39 AM.
A new study in Brazil says that European ancestry accounts for nearly 80% of the genetic heritage of the population. But there are so many black people!
22 August 2009
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Says He’s Not A Racist, But All The Best Fighters Are Still Latin Or Black
By Cindy Casares at 7:01 PM.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. set the record straight this weekend about a comment he made to CBS Sports last month saying that whites had to invent MMA because they can’t hang in regular boxing against Latinos and blacks.
17 August 2009
Sexy Babies: Child Beauty Pageants Allow Brazil And The U.S. To Be Creepy Together
By Alex Alvarez at 12:54 PM.
Meet Natália Stangherlin. She’s a beauty pageant contestant. She has highlights, false teeth, and prefers her lipstick to be pink and sparkly. She is 6.
6 August 2009
Machete-Wielding Victor Hernandez Receives Lesser Sentence After Being Confused With Some Other Minority Dude
By Alex Alvarez at 2:34 PM.
Hey, you know what’s awesome? Being a machete-wielding psychopathic maniac who actually profits from people not being able to tell non-white people apart. Also: Cupcakes.
23 July 2009
Deadspin, Other Blogs Blamed For The Whole Erin Andrews Scandal By This Fox Sports Writer
By Jack Tomas at 6:33 PM.
Fox Sports writer James Whitlock has charged Deadspin and other blogs with being the main catalyst behind the Erin Andrews video scandal. Oh, and the only reason anyone is outraged is because she’s white.
“Here, I’d Be Shot:” Barack Obama Weighs In On Gates Case
By Alex Alvarez at 10:55 AM.
Barack Obama weighed in on the controversy revolving around the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates as he was trying to enter his own home after losing his key. Then he made a joke about dying that made us cringe and laugh nervously.
21 July 2009
German Sprite Fellatio Ad Is Fake, Made In Brooklyn As Commentary On Interracial Relationships
By Alex Alvarez at 11:09 AM.
Remember that German BJ ad we posted yesterday? Alas, it turns that the ad is fake and not German at all but was, rather, made in Brooklyn. Das nervt!
9 July 2009
Covering The Coverage: On Ben Vargas And What It Means To Be “Ethnic”
By Alex Alvarez at 2:30 PM.
Froma Harrop’s article on firefighter Ben Vargas asks whether he is a member of a racial minority or “an ethnic.” The answer to that, of course, is “Excuse me?”
25 June 2009
L’Oréal Sued For Refusing To Hire Non-White Models
By Alex Alvarez at 6:00 PM.
L’Oréal is has been found guilty of racial discrimination after the cosmetic giant decided that its Fructis Style hair product would only be promoted by saleswomen who were “bleu, blanc, rouge” - a coded way of saying they wanted white, French woman.
How ‘Bout That: Poll Finds LA Blacks And/Or Latinos More Conservative Than White Voters
By Alex Alvarez at 11:21 AM.
A poll conducted by the LA Times showed that voters in Los Angeles identify themselves differently than one might expect given national trends.
13 May 2009
Arizona State Obama Snub Makes Us Wonder Why Arizona Is So Evil
By Cindy Casares at 5:15 PM.
The news that President Barack Obama will not be receiving an honorary degree from Arizona State University for giving their commencement address today has shocked some. Not us. It’s just the first in a long line of newsworthy racist antics from that state.
Dallas Morning News Blog Says La La Vasquez Is Playing The Race Card. We Beg To Differ.
By Cindy Casares at 9:39 AM.
MTV something or other La La Vasquez is the fiance of Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony who made headlines this week when she got ejected from Carmelo’s game in Dallas against the Mavericks. She says there were racist taunts against her involved and the Dallas Morning News, of course, says she’s playing the race card.
24 April 2009
Biracial Panel To Hispanics: Choose A Race
By Alex Alvarez at 9:21 AM.
Organizers for Orange Country, Florida schools’ biracial committee have told Hispanics that they can participate once they have selected a race: black or white. We’ve said it often: Latino is not a race! It’s an ethnicity! But this has got us thinking: Can’t it be both?
5 March 2009
The Dr. Jeff Steinberg Baby Color Poll Results: The National Geographic Girl Wins
By Cindy Casares at 4:10 PM.
Tuesday we polled you on what kind of baby you’d request from Dr. Jeff Steinberg, the famous fertility doctor who says that, in six months, he’ll be able to create a baby with the eye, hair and skin color of your choosing. Well, the results are in and it seems most of you want your [...]
3 March 2009
Take The Dr. Jeff Steinberg Genetically Engineered Baby Color Poll
By Cindy Casares at 10:21 AM.
Dr. Jeff Steinberg, a fertility doctor with offices in Los Angeles and New York, says that in six months he’ll be able to create a baby with the skin, eye and hair color of your choosing. Take our poll and let us know what color baby you’d pick. The Pope hates it. What more reason [...]
