Are you tired of looking like you're Mexican? Worried that Arizona law enforcement officials will bang down your door and demand to see your papers? Hispanic ad agency Zubi is here to help you fight the Man (or hide from the Man) with "Gringo Masks." Just print one out, cut out the eyes, and Voila, you're practically invisible to cops. According to Babelfish, the site exclaims, "The objective of this action is to protect, to support and to dignificar to our Hispanic community, with the firm idea to go out and to give the face to law SB 1070 of Arizona. Proud from where we come, than we are and we do by this country, we go out we erase all stereotypes." Yup, no more stereotypes here—except for the stereotype that all "real" Americans are blond. more ›

Yesterday, the U.S. Olympic cycling team arrived at Beijing's airport and their masked visages caused a frenzy. The cyclists wore the U.S. Olympic Committee-designed and issued masks to protect them from Beijing's polluted air. One team member told the NY Times, “They told us that the Chinese were mad and that this is a politically charged issue, but we didn’t mean to offend anybody. When [the USOC] handed us these masks, they never said, ‘Here they are, but don’t wear them.’" Now the team has apologized, saying, "The wearing of protective masks upon our arrival into Beijing was strictly a precautionary measure we as athletes chose to take, and was in no way meant to serve as an environmental or political statement." more ›