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One Drop : Shifting the Lens on Race

Blay, Yaba. (Author). Cloud. (Added Author).

-- One Drop explores the extent to which historical definitions of race continue to shape contemporary racial identities and lived experiences of racial difference. Featuring the perspectives of 60 contributors representing 25 countries and combining candid narratives with striking portraiture, this book provides living testimony to the diversity of Blackness. Although contributors use varying terms to self-identify, they all see themselves as part of the larger racial, cultural, and social group generally referred to as Black. They have all had their identity called into question simply because they do not fit neatly into the stereotypical 'Black box''dark skin, 'kinky' hair, broad nose, full lips, etc. Most have been asked 'What are you?' or the more politically correct 'Where are you from?' throughout their lives. It is through contributors' lived experiences with and lived imaginings of Black identity that we can visualize multiple possibilities for Blackness.

E-book  - 2021
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  • ISBN: 9780807073377
  • Physical Description remote
    1 online resource
    288 pages
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : Beacon Press, 2021.

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Electronic book.
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] Beacon Press 2021 Available via World Wide Web.
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