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  • Dr. Yaba Blay to Appear Tonight on “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell”

    Dr. Yaba Blay to Appear Tonight on “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell” Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell FXX Wednesday, 2013-11-13, 23:00 EST (2013-11-14, 04:00Z) W. Kamau Bell, Executive Producer and Host Tonight on Totally Biased, we proudly welcome Dr. Yaba Blay!  Dr. Yaba Blay is a professor, producer, and publisher. As a researcher…

  • Being Black: It’s not the skin color

    Drexel prof Yaba Blay’s striking new photo book “One Drop” explores how a wide range of different skin tones affects Americans’ personal identities. In  this PW excerpt, eight Philadelphia-area residents of mixed heritage concur: However light they may be, they’re still most certainly Black. Our own Kennedy Allen agrees…

  • Soledad O’Brien Explores Racial and Ethnic Identity in Provocative Black in America

    Soledad O’Brien Explores Racial and Ethnic Identity in Provocative Black in America CNN Press Room Cable News Network (CNN) 2012-12-04 Who is Black in America? Debuts Sunday, Dec. 9 at 8:00 p.m. & 11:00p.m. ET & PT U.S. Encore: Sunday, January 27, 2013,  20:00 p.m. ET, 23:00 p.m ET, and Monday, 02:00 ET International Debut on CNN International:…

  • New Book on Racial Identity by Dr. Yaba Blay to be Released on Black Friday with Launch Party at the Painted Bride

    New Book on Racial Identity by Dr. Yaba Blay to be Released on Black Friday with Launch Party at the Painted Bride Drexel Now Drexel University 2013-11-04 News Media Contact: Alex McKechnie, News Officer, University Communications Phone: 215-895-2705; Mobile: 401-651-7550 On Black Friday, Nov. 29, a new book on racial identity by Drexel University’s Dr.…

  • Dr. Yaba Blay on shifting the lens on race

    Dr. Yaba Blay on shifting the lens on race Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane WHYY 90.9 FM Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2013-10-30 Who is black? And who is not? “Mixed/Jamerian,” “Black/Latina,” “Appalachian African American” are examples of how some people of color describe themselves. Drexel University Africana Studies professor Dr. Yaba Blay explores the nuances of the…

  • (1)ne Drop Project Live

    (1)ne Drop Project Live Painted Bride Art Center 230 Vine Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 Telephone: 215.925.9914 Sunday, November 10, 2013, 17:00-18:00 EST (Local Time) Do you know Blackness when you see it? This provocative question informs the work of Dr. Yaba Blay, whose (1)ne Drop Project depicts the stories and images of over 60 individuals…

  • New Book by Dr. Yaba Blay Explores Racial Identity and Skin Color Politics

    New Book by Dr. Yaba Blay Explores Racial Identity and Skin Color Politics Drexel Now Drexel University 2013-07-31 News Media Contact: Alex McKechnie, News Officer, University Communications Phone: 215-895-2705; Mobile: 401-651-7550 What does it mean to be Black? Is Blackness a matter of biology or consciousness? What determines who is Black and who is not?…

  • “One-Drop: Fact, Fiction, or Fate?” by Dr. Yaba Blay, April 13th at 7pm in Stirn Auditorium

    “One-Drop: Fact, Fiction, or Fate?” by Dr. Yaba Blay, April 13th at 7pm in Stirn Auditorium Amherst College Stirn Auditorium, Mead Art Museum Amherst, Massachusetts Saturday, 2013-04-13, 19:00 EDT (Local Time) What exactly is Blackness and what does it mean to be Black? Is Blackness a matter of biology or consciousness? Who determines who is…

  • Don Lemon: It only takes one drop

    Don Lemon: It only takes one drop Cable News Network (CNN) In America: You define America. What defines you? 2012-01-15 Don Lemon, Anchor CNN Newsroom This piece is part of a three-part series tied to the (1)ne Drop Project. (CNN) – For years, the woman on the left in the photograph below could not be…

  • Who’s Black, Who’s Not, and Who Cares?

    Who’s Black, Who’s Not, and Who Cares? Uptown Magazine 2011-11-02 Yaba Blay, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania “What are you?” It’s a question I have never been asked. I am Black. Period. The color of my skin is reflective of my Ghanaian ancestry and by its dark tone, everyone I encounter…