{"id":17220,"date":"2011-10-23T00:52:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T00:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=17220"},"modified":"2015-11-29T18:28:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T18:28:45","slug":"new-photo-essay-book-needs-%e2%80%9cdrop%e2%80%9d-of-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=17220","title":{"rendered":"New Photo Essay: (1)ne Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Photo Essay: (1)ne Drop<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(1)ne Drop<\/a>
\n2011-09-26<\/p>\n

Yaba Blay<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Comments by Steven F. Riley:<\/strong> In\u00a0keeping with the non-commercial aspect of\u00a0this site,\u00a0I have modified the\u00a0fundraising\u00a0press release\u00a0to provide\u00a0informational\u00a0content about the book project. There is howerver, a short fundraising request at the end of the video.<\/span><\/p>\n

PHILADELPHIA, PA \u2013 Africana Studies scholar Yaba Blay, Ph.D.<\/a>, and award-winning photographer Noelle Th\u00e9ard<\/a> [photographs<\/a>] are collaborating on an innovative new project: a photo essay book that explores the \u201cother\u201d faces of Blackness \u2013 those folks who may not be immediately recognized, accepted, or embraced as Black in our visually racialized society. Entitled (1<\/span>)ne Drop<\/em><\/strong>, a reference to the historical \u201cone-drop rule<\/a>,\u201d the project seeks to challenge narrow, yet popular perceptions of what \u201cBlackness\u201d is and what \u201cBlackness\u201d looks like by pairing candid personal narratives with beautifully captured portraits.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this project, I wanted to look at the other side, or at least another side. When we talk about skin color politics, for the most part, we only discuss the disadvantages associated with being dark-skinned. We know about the lived experience of being dark-skinned in a society where lighter skin and White skin are privileged,\u201d says Blay, the author for the project.\u00a0 \u201cThis is not to say that that discussion is over or resolved or that we need to stop discussing it. But we also need to start having more balanced and holistic conversations about skin color.\u201d…<\/p>\n

From the “<\/strong>About<\/strong><\/a>” page.<\/strong><\/p>\n

People of African descent reflect a multiplicity of skin tones and phenotypic characteristics. Often times, however, when met by people who self-identify as \u201cBlack,\u201d but do not fit into a stereotypical model of Blackness, many of us not only question their identity, but challenge their Blackness, and thus our potential relationship to them. A creative presentation of historical documentation, personal memoirs, and portraiture, (1<\/span>)ne Drop<\/em><\/strong> literally explores the \u201c<\/em>other\u201d faces of Blackness\u2014those who may not immediately be recognized, accepted, or embraced as \u201cBlack\u201d in this visually racialized society. Through portrait documentaries (book and film), photography exhibitions, and public programming, the project intends to raise social awareness and spark community dialogue about the complexities of Blackness as both an identity and a lived reality.<\/p>\n

(1)ne Drop<\/em> seeks to challenge narrow, yet popular perceptions of what \u201cBlackness\u201d is and what \u201cBlackness\u201d looks like\u2014if we can recalibrate our lenses to see Blackness as a broader category of identity and experience, perhaps we will be able to see ourselves as part of a larger global community. In the end, (1<\/span>)ne Drop<\/strong><\/em> hopes to awaken a long-overdue and much needed dialogue about racial identity and skin color politics.<\/p>\n

For more information, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Photo Essay: (1)ne Drop (1)ne Drop 2011-09-26 Yaba Blay Comments by Steven F. Riley: In\u00a0keeping with the non-commercial aspect of\u00a0this site,\u00a0I have modified the\u00a0fundraising\u00a0press release\u00a0to provide\u00a0informational\u00a0content about the book project. There is howerver, a short fundraising request at the end of the video. PHILADELPHIA, PA \u2013 Africana Studies scholar Yaba Blay, Ph.D., and award-winning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,24,8,20],"tags":[8015,147,7993,3343,7992],"class_list":["post-17220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-arts","category-media-archive","category-usa","tag-noelle-theard","tag-photography","tag-yaba-a-blay","tag-yaba-amgborale-blay","tag-yaba-blay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44353,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17220\/revisions\/44353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}