MIXIS IN THE VILLAGE: (1)ne Drop: Conversations on Skin Color, Race, and Identity - A collaborative project by Africana Studies scholar Yaba Blay, Ph.D. and award-winning photographer Noelle Théard. A photo essay book that explores the "other" faces of Blackness. Being black is not a matter of pigmentation being black kis a reflection of a mental attitude - Steve Bantu Biko (1)ne Drop, as the documentary is called, is going to be a thought-provoking look into the “other” faces of blackness. Using the historical “one-drop rule” as a reference, Blay and Théard’s project seeks to challenge the narrow, yet popular perceptions of blackness through one-on-one conversations and personal insights with people world over, who will be sharing stories about racial identity in a photo essay book format and intimate videos of our journeys on the 1drop website. The conversation will explore the experiences of people of African descent from around the world, from Jamaica to Brasil to London and further to discuss with people who identify as black (or some version of black), yet have had their blackness challenged, whether through their skin color, hair texture, the color of their eyes, the shape of their bodies or any combination of physical characteristics, where something about their particular appearance causes other people to question their identities. (1)ne Drop demonstrates that concerns about race and what box people fit into are as important now, as they were when the US first instituted the one-drop rule. What do you think? How do you define ? kickstarter/projects/153945664/1ne-drop-conversations-on-skin-color-race-and-iden
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