Being BlackPosted in Articles, Audio, Canada, Identity Development/Psychology, Social Science, United States on 2012-02-11 05:34Z by Steven |
The Barry Morgan Show
CJAD, 800 AM
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2012-02-10
Barry Morgan, Host
Yaba Blay, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
Lafayette College
Have you ever heard of the (1)ne Drop Project? I never had until I spoke with its pioneer, Yaba Blay, visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Lafayette College.
Blay studied people who identify as black but don’t who don’t exactly look black (many are often mistaken for Latino) to find out how they define their ‘blackness.’
She uses portrait documentaries (book and film), photography exhibitions, and public programming for the purpose of raising social awareness and sparking community dialogue about the complexities of Blackness as both an identity and a lived reality.
The (1)ne Drop effectively seeks to challenge narrow, yet popular perceptions of what “Blackness” is and what “Blackness” looks like.
(1)ne Drop basically hopes to awaken a long-overdue and much needed dialogue about racial identity and skin color politics.
Listen to the interview here.