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Episode will be a few days late

team@newdemographic.com (Carmen Van Kerckhove) — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:48:00 +0000

Just a quick heads-up: The latest episode is done, but it’s been a busy weekend for me, and I won’t be able to finish editing and posting it till later this week. So look for it probably on Thursday. Thanks for your patience, everyone

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ATR 61 – Do we need Black History Month? – 02/26/2007

team@newdemographic.com (Carmen Van Kerckhove) — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:02:00 +0000

Carmen is joined by guest co-host Mat Johnson in this episode. Born and raised in Philly, Mat Johnson grew up in the Germantown and Mount Airy sections of the city. As an adult, he has lived elsewhere. His first novel, Drop, was a B&N Discover Great New Writers selection. His second novel, Hunting in Harlem, won the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. He has written for a variety of publications, including a stint as a columnist for Time Out-NY. Mat Johnson currently teaches at Bard College. And his latest novel The Great Negro Plot, is out now in stores.

Mat will be doing readings in New York City and Washington D.C. on Wednesday and Thursday. Click here for more info.

On this episode, Mat and Carmen talk about Black History Month. What are some of the criticisms of Black History Month? Should we change the way the month is celebrated? Does it still serve a purpose?

This episode features the song “NV” by J. Dilla, courtesy of Spectre Entertainment Group.

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team@newdemographic.com (Carmen Van Kerckhove) — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:00:00 +0000

by Carmen Van Kerckhove

Did you know that I send out a monthly email newsletter with updates on New Demographic’s many projects? You can check out the latest newsletter here.

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ATR 60 – Anti-racist parenting – 02/19/2007

team@newdemographic.com (Carmen Van Kerckhove) — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:02:00 +0000

Carmen is joined by guest co-host Jason Sperber. Jason Sperber is a former stay-at-home-dad living in California’s Central Valley. Currently a writer, blogger, and online community manager, he taught high school social studies in a former life and has a background in ethnic studies and education for social justice. He writes the blog “daddy in a strange land,” coordinates “Rice Daddies,” the group blog by Asian American dads, and is a columnist for New Demographic’s own Anti-Racist Parent.

They discuss anti-racist parenting, specifically, how parents need to consider the diversity of their environment when raising kids.

This episode features the songs “Crash Test Dummies” by Loer Velocity courtesy of Spectre Entertainment Group.…

ATR 59 – Self-Hatred on Tyra Show and MTV reality – 02/12/2007

team@newdemographic.com (Carmen Van Kerckhove) — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:02:00 +0000

Carmen is joined by guest co-host Corbin Laedlin. Corbin is a sophomore at Rutgers University – New Brunswick where he is majoring in Africana Studies and Political Science. In the summer of 2006 he was an intern for Addicted to Race and since then he has done some outreach work for New Demographic.

They discuss a recent episode of the Tyra Banks Show, all about people who hate their own race. They also talk about MTV’s reality programming and how they handle race and diversity.

This episode features the songs “Propa” by Oddissee and “Original King” by Brother Ali, courtesy of Spectre Entertainment Group.…

ATR 58 – Shilpa Shetty, Ghetto Parties, Superbowl – 02/05/2007

team@newdemographic.com (Carmen Van Kerckhove) — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:02:00 +0000

Carmen is joined by guest co-host Liam McGrath in this episode. Liam is a long-time listener of the show, and is the man responsible for the voiceovers in our intro and outro.

They discuss the recent rash of “ghetto” or “gangsta” parties on college campuses, as well as the phenomenon of both Superbowl teams having black coaches this year. Carmen also interviews Sarita Malik, author of the book Representing Black Britain: Black and Asian Images on British Television about the recent controversy surrounding the UK reality show Celebrity Big Brother.

This episode features the songs “Pop Rocks” by Junk Science and “Truth Is” by Brother Ali, courtesy of Spectre Entertainment Group.…

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team@newdemographic.com (Carmen Van Kerckhove) — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 16:02:00 +0000

by Carmen Van Kerckhove

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ATR 57 – Is Barack Obama really black? – 01/29/2007

team@newdemographic.com (Carmen Van Kerckhove) — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:02:00 +0000

As expected, we got a ton of feedback in response to our discussion in episode 56 about Asian outmarriage, so listener feedback runs a little long today. To read all the comments to this episode, . After that, Mat and Carmen discuss two recent articles on Salon.com that question whether or not Obama is “really” black: Colorblind by Debra Dickerson and Black vs. “black” by Gary Kamiya.

This episode features the song “So Far So Good” (featuring Common & D’Angelo) from the late J. Dilla’s album, The Shining, courtesy of Spectre Entertainment Group.…

ATR 56 – Asian outmarriage, race and genetics

team@newdemographic.com (Carmen Van Kerckhove) — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:02:00 +0000

Carmen is joined by guest co-host Jennifer Fang in this super-sized episode. Jennifer blogs at Reappropriate primarily about issues dealing with Asian American feminism and race activism. She is also the webmaster for APIABlogs.net, a syndicated blog of a number of political Asian American blogs.

First up is listener feedback. Then, Jenn, Carmen and sociologist C.N. Le discuss the high rates of interracial marriage among Asian-American women and its implications on community-building and Asian-American feminism. Finally, Jenn discusses the politics of research on race and genetics.

This episode features music from Psalm One and Madlib, courtesy of Spectre Music.

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