by David Morse | Uncategorized
While emotions are still raw from Sunday morning’s tragic massacre in Orlando, some important but little-known facts are emerging about other acts of violence against LGBT Americans – including murder – that happen routinely in the U.S. Here’s...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
Well, he didn’t say this in so many words, but if you look at his history of comments on the matter, that’s the narrative. The latest is Trump bashing Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge presiding over two class-action suits against Trump University....
by David Morse | Uncategorized
A new TV spot is creating a firestorm of racist accusations on social media. Here it is: a black man and a Chinese woman are flirting, wherein she thrusts a detergent capsule in his mouth and bundles him into a laundry machine, sits atop the machine as the man spins...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
A commentator in The Guardian poses a great question: Why are white people living abroad called expats, while people of color are immigrants? Defined that way, you should expect that any person going to work outside of his or her country for a period of time would be...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
How would it look if there were more Asian actors playing lead roles in Hollywood blockbusters? You may have seen actor John Cho in the Harold and Kumar comedies (he’s the uptight Harold who’s friends with the stoner Kumar). But have you...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
Political insiders have wondered for decades how to motivate Latinos to vote. Now they have their answer: Donald Trump. Trump is poised to win today’s primary in Indiana, and if he does he will have a clear path to the GOP nomination for President, most...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
This Vox video explains why things haven’t changed enough for Asian actors in Hollywood. In fact, they haven’t changed much at all. From Louise Rainer winning an Oscar for playing an Asian woman in “The Good Earth” in 1937 to Marlon...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
Have you gotten into an argument about politics yet this season? If so, you’re not alone. And if it seems like these disputes are becoming more toxic and mean, they are, according to a fascinating, though not surprising, essay in the New York Times this week....
by David Morse | Uncategorized
Democrats are pulling out all the stops to woo the Latino vote – yes they say that every time, but this time the competition is intense – and this year a civil rights icon is going head-to-head the actress and activist who played her in a movie. On the...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
Donald Trump, the “Mexican illegals are rapists and murderers” candidate, is having an unintended effect on immigration in the U.S. According to multiple news outlets, Latinos are clamoring to get naturalized this year just to vote against him. Figures...
