(1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race A lot of people just look and see skin color. Your skin is White, therefore youre White. Or are you? One girl said to me, Ive been wanting to ask you this question but I didnt feel comfortable asking you because I thought that you might be offended, but are you Black or are you White? And I told her, Well, Im always Black.-Sembene McFarland – “Black/African American” When I applied to grad school or for jobs, all of a sudden the boxes come up. I had to make a choice, so for the first time, I checked Black. And I didnt think long about it because for me, it was based on personal circumstance. I just chose the box that I felt most at home with because I didnt relate to any of the other options. From then on, if I were asked, I would answer, Im Black. Of course, people told me I couldnt do that — that I couldnt choose that box. But I had spent all of my life being pushed away by people. In Germany, I wasnt even given the option to check anything because I wasnt welcomed there. I had no box. For the first time, I was being given the option to identify myself. Now I had a box, and I was happy in that little box.-Zun Lee – “Black”: (1)ne Drop seeks to challenge narrow perceptions of Blackness as both an identity and lived reality. Featuring the perspectives of 58 contributors representing 25 different countries and countries of origin, and combining candid memoirs with simple, yet striking, portraiture, this multi-platform project provides living testimony to the diversity of Blackness.-Dr. Yaba Blay Find out more on (1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race by Dr. Yaba Blay here -->bit.ly/1gviNsb
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