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  • Was Elliot Rodger Asian American?

    Was Elliot Rodger Asian American? Reappropriate.co 2015-03-10 Jenn Reappropriate For weeks following the Isla Vista shooting, killer Elliot Rodger was described in mainstream media as a young White man. This was a convenient narrative: Rodger was seen as yet another example of the maligned young vengeance-seeking White male outcast (like Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold…

  • How could an inferior, ugly black boy be able to get a white girl and not me? I am beautiful, and I am half white myself.

    How could an inferior, ugly black boy be able to get a white girl and not me? I am beautiful, and I am half white myself. I am descended from British aristocracy. He is descended from slaves. I deserve it more. I tried not to believe his foul words, but they were already said, and…

  • Elliot Rodger’s half-white male privilege

    Elliot Rodger’s half-white male privilege Salon Thusday, 2014-05-29 Joan Walsh, Editor at Large The killer’s Asian heritage matters. So does his ugly class entitlement. Misogyny crosses lines of race and culture The widespread recognition that Elliot Rodger’s killing spree was the tragic result of misogyny and male entitlement has been a little bit surprising, and…

  • Elliot Rodger at the Sometimes Troubling Intersection of Race and Gender

    Elliot Rodger at the Sometimes Troubling Intersection of Race and Gender Diverse: Issues In Higher Education 2014-06-04 Elwood Watson, Professor of History, African American Studies, and Gender Studies East Tennessee State University Many have now heard of Elliot Rodger, the self-hating, misogynistic 22-year-old man who shot more than a dozen people and murdered six in…

  • A Verboten Topic: Elliot Rodger, ‘Mixed Race’ Identity, Internalized Racism, and Mental Health

    A Verboten Topic: Elliot Rodger, ‘Mixed Race’ Identity, Internalized Racism, and Mental Health We Are Respectable Negroes: Happy Non-Threatening Coloured Folks, Even the Age of Obama Wednesday, 2014-05-28 Chauncey Devega, Editor and Founder The 24/7 news cycle is not interested in finding the truth about a given matter, and then subsequently offering up useful information…

  • Understanding Hapa Identity: More Research, Not Manifestos

    Understanding Hapa Identity: More Research, Not Manifestos AAPI Voices: Amplifying the voices of Asian Pacific America. 2014-05-29 Danielle Lemi, Guest Columnist and doctoral student University of California, Riverside As more details about the tragic events at UC Santa Barbara come to light, so too have details about Elliot Rodger, particularly with respect to his racial…

  • Parents’ Nightmare: Futile Race to Stop Killings

    Parents’ Nightmare: Futile Race to Stop Killings The New York Times 2014-05-25 Adam Nagourney It was Friday evening when the parents of Elliot O. Rodger clicked open the 140-page manifesto emailed to them from their son and learned of his plans for mass murder and suicide. Frightened and alarmed, they called 911 and then raced…