{"id":47136,"date":"2016-09-01T00:58:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T00:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=47136"},"modified":"2016-10-10T00:48:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T00:48:16","slug":"when-black-is-brown-the-african-diaspora-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=47136","title":{"rendered":"When Black Is Brown: The African Diaspora in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Black Is Brown: The African Diaspora in Mexico<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Museum of African American Art<\/a>
\nBaldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza
\nMacy’s 3rd Floor
\n4005 Crenshaw Boulevard
\nLos Angeles, California 90008
\n2016-06-05 through 2016-09-18<\/strong>
\nOpening Reception: 2016-06-05, 14:00-17:00 PDT (Local Time)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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WHERE BLACK IS BROWN: The African Diaspora In Mexico<\/em> opens Sunday, June 5, 2016, with a public reception from 2:00 to 5:00 pm at The Museum of African American Art. The opening will feature a drumming procession of African and Azteca dancers and musicians, a dramatic performance, and a talk and tour by the exhibit’s curator, Dr. Toni-Mokjaetji Humber<\/a>, Professor Emeritus, Ethnic and Women’s Studies Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.<\/p>\n

WHERE BLACK IS BROWN<\/em> is an innovative, multidimensional project that includes photographs, artifacts, and installations that document the African presence in Mexico<\/a> from the Ancient Olmecs<\/a> \u2014 Mother Culture of the Americas \u2014 through the colonial enslavement period, to contemporary Mexico. In addition to the visual components, Dr. Humber has incorporated educational programs and activities to compliment the exhibit. She will conduct middle and high school tours of the exhibit with activities for students to better understand the culture and historical contributions of African Mexicans.<\/p>\n

“Recognition of an African root in the Mexican heritage, both ancient and modern, has been rendered invisible in the ideological consciousness of what it means to be Mexican,” Dr. Humber states. “This research will present a face of Mexico that has been hidden, denied, and disparaged, yet one that is vital to Mexican history and culture.”<\/p>\n

The exhibit is designed to further the understanding of African influence and contributions in the Americas and to foster greater understanding among African American, Chicano\/Latino, and Indigenous communities about their historical connections and their intermingled sangre (blood) that has produced beautiful and dynamic peoples of the Americas.<\/p>\n

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

When Black Is Brown: The African Diaspora in Mexico The Museum of African American Art Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza Macy’s 3rd Floor 4005 Crenshaw Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90008 2016-06-05 through 2016-09-18 Opening Reception: 2016-06-05, 14:00-17:00 PDT (Local Time) WHERE BLACK IS BROWN: The African Diaspora In Mexico opens Sunday, June 5, 2016, with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,21,459,13,8,103,3015,20],"tags":[4633,2343,23861,23860,23862],"class_list":["post-47136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts","category-latincarib","category-history","category-liveevents","category-media-archive","category-mexico","category-native-americans","category-usa","tag-afro-mexicans","tag-afromexicans","tag-museum-of-african-american-art","tag-the-museum-of-african-american-art","tag-toni-mokjaetji-humber"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47136","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=47136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47137,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47136\/revisions\/47137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}