Indiana Man Apologizes for Viral ‘Why I’d Hate to Be Asian’ Video

by Jamilah King on March 8 2013, 9:20AM

Samuel Hendrickson is sorry. The Indiana student sparked widespread outrage this week when he posted a video listing all the reasons he wouldn’t want to be Asian. “Most Asians look alike,” Hendrickson says in the video. “I don’t want to…

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Ice T’s ‘The Art of Rap’ Documentary Gets a Release Date

by Jorge Rivas on April 13 2012, 11:42AM

The film is set to hit theaters nationwide on June 15th.

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‘Caine’s Arcade’ Video Raises Over 135K for Boy’s College Fund

by Jorge Rivas on April 13 2012, 11:16AM

Sometimes the real world takes notice.

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Trayvon’s Mom on Zimmerman Shooting: ‘I Believe it was an Accident’

by Jorge Rivas on April 12 2012, 11:53AM

When the host asked what she would tell Zimmerman if she came face to face with him, Fulton said she thought a person should apologize if they are remorseful. Then she said she believed it was an accident and things got out of control.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW, Trayvon Martin

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Lawyer Says Zimmerman Can’t Go To 7-11 Safely. The 7-11 Where Trayvon Bought Skittles? [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on April 11 2012, 8:07PM

George Zimmerman’s new attorney Mark O’Mara just said he can’t imagine what it’s like to hated like his client and not be able to do things like go to 7-11.

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Deportation Video Wins White House Contest, But Disappears

by Jorge Rivas on April 11 2012, 5:01PM

The Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders office received over 200 submissions and narrowed it down to 11 videos the public could vote on. But the video with the most votes was ignored in the end.

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Caine’s Arcade Is the Happiest Place in East L.A. Right Now [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on April 11 2012, 12:32PM

9-year-old Caine Monroy, who built an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad’s used auto parts store.

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Watch Senior in Nursing Home React to Listening to Music From His Era

by Jorge Rivas on April 11 2012, 11:58AM

“Alive Inside” tells a story of hope and beauty in a place where they are hard to find. Directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett, the film looks at the power music has to “awaken” the minds of seniors with Alzheimer’s and dementia living in nursing homes that have been considered closed.

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8-Year-Old Filipino Girl Covers Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’ [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on April 11 2012, 11:32AM

Fitri Cerado is an 8-year-old Filipino girl with a great voice.

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Meet Sweet Brown, the New Black Internet Meme That’s Going Viral [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on April 11 2012, 10:56AM

“There is nothing the Internets loves more than making a Black person appearing to be a complete fool.”

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Rick Santorum Suspends Presidential Campaign, Leaves Behind A Bunch of Racist Gaffes

by Jorge Rivas on April 10 2012, 2:59PM

The former Pennsylvania Senator leaves behind a few (some of them racist?) gems for us to go down memory lane with.

Topics: GOP Primary, /NOW, Politics

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Romney Escapes Green Bay Man’s Questions About Mormonism and Race [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on April 10 2012, 12:40PM

The first question for GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney at a town hall meeting in Green Bay, Wisc. on April 2nd came from a man who wanted to quote the Book of Mormon.

Topics: GOP Primary, /NOW, Politics

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BYU: Same Sex Crushy Feelings Are Okay, Just Don’t Act On Them

by Jorge Rivas on April 10 2012, 11:14AM

A collective of LGBT students at Brigham Young University, the nation’s largest religious university owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, have created a video that speaks to other LGBT mormon youth.

Topics: Gender & Sexuality, /NOW

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George Zimmerman’s Lawyer Cites ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ in Trayvon Martin Shooting

by Jorge Rivas on April 9 2012, 5:59PM

Hal Uhrig, a lawyer and former Gainesville, Florida, police officer who is representing George Zimmerman made an appearance on CBS’s “This Morning” last week and shared a glimpse of their defense.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW, Trayvon Martin

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Invisible Children Release Kony 2012 Update With ‘More Details and Context’

by Jorge Rivas on April 6 2012, 10:22AM

The organization released an update today which is said to offer more details and context about the conflicts in Uganda.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Global Affairs, /NOW

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Burger King Apologizes for Mary J. Blige Chicken Ad

by Jorge Rivas on April 5 2012, 11:32AM

Burger King has apologized for releasing an ad featuring Mary J. Blige singing about Crispy Chicken Snack Wraps.

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Watch Mary J. Blige’s Pulled ‘Crispy’ Chicken Burger King Commercial [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on April 3 2012, 3:16PM

“Crispy chicken, fresh lettuce, three cheeses, ranch dressing wrapped up in a tasty, flour tortilla,” Mary J. Blige sings in a new Burger King commercial that premiered on Monday. But on Tuesday the ad disappeared.

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Oprah on OWN: “Had I Known it was This Difficult I Might Have Done Something Else”

by Jorge Rivas on April 3 2012, 2:32PM

“I didn’t think it was going to be easy. If I knew then what I know now, I might have made some different choices,” Oprah Winfrey told the anchors on”CBS Morning.” She says the most painful thing she’s had to so far is laying off 30 people.

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‘The Daily Show’ Takes on Tucson’s Ban on Mexican-American Studies [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on April 3 2012, 1:36PM

The Daily Show’s Al Madrigal traveled to Arizona to interview a Tucson school board member who said he voted for the ban on Mexican-American studies program based on the powerful evidence of hearsay.

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Tubas Go Missing Near L.A., Blame the Mexican Banda Black Market

by Jorge Rivas on April 3 2012, 12:17PM

There’s a banda bandit on the loose in Los Angeles.

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