{"id":34606,"date":"2013-11-05T03:07:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T03:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=34606"},"modified":"2013-11-05T03:10:12","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T03:10:12","slug":"new-book-on-racial-identity-by-dr-yaba-blay-to-be-released-on-black-friday-with-launch-party-at-the-painted-bride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=34606","title":{"rendered":"New Book on Racial Identity by Dr. Yaba Blay to be Released on Black Friday with Launch Party at the Painted Bride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drexel.edu\/now\/news-media\/releases\/archive\/2013\/November\/One-Drop\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Book on Racial Identity by Dr. Yaba Blay to be Released on Black Friday with Launch Party at the Painted Bride<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/drexel.edu\/now\/\" target=\"_blank\">Drexel Now<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/drexel.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Drexel University<\/a><br \/>\n2013-11-04<\/p>\n<p>News Media Contact: <strong><a href=\"mailto:amckechnie@drexel.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Alex McKechnie<\/a><\/strong>, News Officer, University Communications<br \/>\nPhone: 215-895-2705; Mobile: 401-651-7550<\/p>\n<p>On Black Friday, Nov. 29, a new book on racial identity by Drexel University\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yabablay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Yaba Blay<\/a>, one of today\u2019s leading voices on colorism and global skin color politics, will be released from Blay\u2019s recently launched independent press, <a href=\"http:\/\/blackprintpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Black Print Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the release, a launch party will take place at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paintedbride.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Painted Bride Art Center<\/a> (230 Vine St.) on Nov. 29 from 6 p.m. \u2013 9 p.m. A concurrent photography exhibition is currently on display at The Painted Bride through Dec. 21.<\/p>\n<p>The book, entitled <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=32590\" target=\"_blank\">(<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">1<\/span>)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race<\/a><\/em>, seeks to challenge narrow perceptions of what Blackness is and what it looks like. By combining candid narratives and photos from 60 contributors hailing from 25 different countries, the book provides a living testimony to the diversity of Blackness. It is intended to spark dialogue about the intricacies and nuances of racial identity and the influence of skin color politics&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire press release <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drexel.edu\/now\/news-media\/releases\/archive\/2013\/November\/One-Drop\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,24,13,8,20],"tags":[16307,15569,13517,147,16306,7993,3343,7992],"class_list":["post-34606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-arts","category-liveevents","category-media-archive","category-usa","tag-black-print-press","tag-drexel-now","tag-drexel-university","tag-photography","tag-the-painted-bride-art-center","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\/34606","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=34606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}