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  • Black Identity and the Power of Self-Naming

    Black Identity and the Power of Self-Naming Black Perspectives 2021-09-10 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr., Assistant Professor of Africana Studies California State University, Long Beach Kill the Bill IV Protest in London, England, UK on May 29, 2021 (Loredana Sangiuliano, Shutterstock) Black identity is the most political social identity used to identify people of African descent…

  • One Drop featuring Dr. Yaba Blay and the Mixed Aunties

    I, along with TaRessa Stovall and Sonia Smith-Kang aka “the Mixed Aunties” sat down to speak with Dr. Yaba Blay, author of “One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race” about her work on the book and the term “One Drop” as it pertains to Mixed-Black identified people.

  • Royally Racist: The Fear Behind the One-Drop Rule to Preserve Whiteness

    Royally Racist: The Fear Behind the One-Drop Rule to Preserve Whiteness Beacon Broadside: A Project of Beacon Press 2021-03-11 Yaba Blay Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are so done with the way the royal family has treated them. We wish the couple and their children all the happiness in the world. Photo…

  • Yaba Blay | One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race

    In One Drop, Blay questions conventional perceptions of Blackness in order to create and understand a more diverse worldwide community.

  • ONE DROP: Shifting the Lens on Race

    Challenges narrow perceptions of Blackness as both an identity and lived reality to understand the diversity of what it means to be Black in the US and around the world

  • Skin Color and Politics Focus of Dan T. Blue Symposium

    North Carolina Central University (NCCU)’s 2017 Dan T. Blue Symposium in Political Science will take place April 10-13 with a focus on “The Politics of Skin Color.”

  • The Complexities of Skin Color

    The Complexities of Skin Color Black Issues Forum UNC-TV Raleigh, North Carolina 2016-05-01 Running Time: 00:26:46 Deborah Holt Noel, Host Inspired by the casting of Latina actress Zoe Saldana to play Nina Simone, the performer and activist known for her pride in her dark skin, Deborah chats with professor Dr. Yaba Blay, filmmaker Eric Barstow,…

  • Beauty and the Bleach: This Issue is More than Skin Deep

    Beauty and the Bleach: This Issue is More than Skin Deep Ebony 2016-06-20 Yaba Blay, Dan Blue Endowed Chair in Political Science North Carolina Central University Skin bleaching is a billion-dollar industry. Considering its global reach, Dr. Yaba Blay says we have to stop treating bleaching as just a matter of self-hate. Over the past…

  • Meet Yaba Blay

    Meet Yaba Blay WUNC 91.5 North Carolina Public Radio 2016-03-07 Charlie Shelton, Digital News Producer Frank Stasio, Host “The State of Things” Yaba Blay is the Dan Blue Endowed Chair in Political Science at N.C. Central University Sabriya Simon Growing up in New Orleans, Yaba Blay saw firsthand the different roles one navigates as an…

  • On Creoles, Colorism and Confronting our Triggers

    On Creoles, Colorism and Confronting our Triggers Black and Blewish 2016-02-13 TaRessa Stovall By now everyone with media access knows of (and likely has an opinion about) Beyoncé’s new “Formation” video and Super Bowl halftime performance. She dropped the video on an otherwise slow news Saturday, February 6, and on the very next day, she…