On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

Happy Monday! Here’s all the news on our radar today: 

• The Justice Department is taking a big step toward seeing racial profiling as a serious problem: the agency will start keeping track of data on how often police stop, search, and arrest people. “This overrepresentation of young men of color in our criminal justice system is a problem we must confront,” says Attorney General Eric Holder. [Colorlines] 

• Sports! Sports! Sports! Jay Caspian King has a really powerful personal essay about why NBA star Jeremy Lin is important to Asian Americans and why racial comments lobbed at him sting so deeply. [Grantland]  

• In other race-related playoffs news, the LA Clippers staged a silent protest after the team’s owner, Donald Sterling, was caught on tape making racist remarks. [CNN] 

• Any big thoughts on J. Lo’s new “I Luh Ya Papi” music video that swaps the typical MTV gender roles? Writer Aya de Leon weighs in on why the video is interesting. [Aya de Leon]  

• This feature story on the woman who founded personal DNA-decoding business 23 and Me is a fascinating look at the ethics around technology and biology. [New York Magazine] 

• Check out CultureStrike’s ongoing comics series Liberty for All, which explores race, queerness, and immigration. [CultureStrike]  

• You know what makes every day better? Awesome feminist embroidery. [Mo Makes Things, via WOC in Solidarity] 

What did I miss? Add what you’re reading to the comments.