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  • 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…

  • Biracial versus black: Thought leaders weigh in on the meaning of President Obama’s biracial heritage

    “If I’m lucky enough to have children, I won’t tell them that Barack Obama was America’s first black president.”

  • Colorism: The War at Home

    Colorism: The War at Home Ebony Magazine News & Views 2013-02-20 Chris Williams Dr. Yaba Blay discusses the history of ‘the color complex’ and how we can work to destroy it The “color complex” has remains a source of great controversy and pain in the African American community and across much of the African Diaspora.…

  • (1)NE DROP: Fact, Fiction, or Fate?

    (1)NE DROP: Fact, Fiction, or Fate? Drexel University James E. Marks Intercultural Center (Lower Level) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Monday, 2013-02-04, 17:00-19:00 EST (Local Time) Africana Studies and the Office of Equality & Diversity present (1)NE DROP: Fact, Fiction, or Fate? featuring Dr. Yaba Blay, artistic director of the (1)NE DROP PROJECT and assistant teaching professor of…

  • Black in America: It’s not just about the color of your skin

    Black in America: It’s not just about the color of your skin In America: You define America. What defines you? Cable News Network 2012-12-15 Moni Basu (CNN) – What is black? Race. Culture. Consciousness. History. Heritage.   A shade darker than brown? The opposite of white?   Who is black? In America, being black has…

  • Is There Colorism on the Campaign Trail?

    Is There Colorism on the Campaign Trail? The Root 2012-12-13 Keli Goff, Political Correspondent Experts weighed in on when skin tone matters in politics and society. (The Root) — The latest installment of CNN’s docuseries Black in America asked the question “Who Is Black in America?” and examined the issue of colorism: bias based not…

  • Commentary: Black Is…

    Commentary: Black Is… Black Entertainment Television (BET) 2012-12-17 James Braxton Peterson, Director of Africana Studies; Associate Professor of English Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Black in America explores what it means to be Black. CNN’s Black in America series has become something of a welcome crucible for the Black community these last four years — especially…

  • Dr. Yaba Blay Explores ‘One-Drop’ Rule [VIDEO]

    Dr. Yaba Blay Explores ‘One-Drop’ Rule [VIDEO] NewsOne: For Black America 2012-12-14 Jeff Mays Remember when President Barack Obama won in 2008 and pundits started asking if the United States was post-racial because we had a Black man in the White House?   Well, people like Dr. Yaba Blay (pictured) knew better.   Blay, an…

  • Soledad O’Brien and three of the interview subjects from her docu discuss the fifth installment of CNN’s Black in America series

    Soledad O’Brien and three of the interview subjects from her docu discuss the fifth installment of CNN’s Black in America series Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien Cable News Network (CNN) 2012-12-10 Soledad O’Brien, Host The fifth installment of CNN’s Black in America Series focused on the question, “Who is black in America?” That single, seemingly…