HISTORY PRE-WRITTEN: TRANSGENERATIONAL TRANSFER OF TRAUMA, SYSTEMIC RACISM AND UNRESOLVED GRIEF.
At the tender age of seven, and before I even learned the language to name it, I had experienced the painful reality of racism.
Part VI of VI: What Blackness Looks Like- I WANT TO BREATHE:
As I reflect upon what it still means to be black, or a person of color in the United States of America (U.S.), I think about the sleepless nights I have experienced being concerned for my black and multiracial children (especially after we returned from living overseas).
Part II of VI: What Blackness Looks Like- HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE LIFE WHEN WHITE IS THE STATUS QUO AND ANYTHING ELSE IS “OTHER?”
Britain’s racism hasn’t disappeared; it’s just gone underground. When white is the status quo and anything‘other’ is exactly that, where do you go? For me, it’s Morocco.
WHAT IS BLACK?
IN TERMS OF PEOPLE, BLACKNESS IS NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH HOMOGENEITY. 3 MINUTE READ Around the globe, no matter where you…
Part IV of VI: What Blackness Looks Like- I AM STRUGGLING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BEING BLACK IN MY WHITE RELATIONSHIPS.
This Kenyan Global Nomad wants you to know how dismissal feels. 4 MINUTE READ Koya Nyangi Photo Credit: Amanda Brooks…
Part III of VI: What Blackness Looks Like- WHAT COLOR IS ACCEPTABLE?
I have always known I was black (the term of the time) but it was never an issue and more of a marking of my physical identity, no difference. There were no presumptions or idea of who I am. “I am Sonja — want to be friends?
TCK Cultural Identity Discovered through Art – Part 1 of 3
Third culture kids (TCKs) are people that have spent a significant part of their developmental years outside of their parents’…
Preserving Cultural Narratives with Multimedia
Kara Walker is among one of the most prolific and complex American artists of her generation. She has gained national…
Shang-Chi: Multiracial Mixed Martial Artist Saves the World One Punch at a Time
Although it’s up to you to decide if superhero movies are “not cinema,” there is certainly something to be said…
Series – Part 1 of 3: 2019 New York Fall Fashion week leading in diversity
2019’s New York Fall Fashion show was a leading example for diversity of models and designers present at the shows. Award winning designer Telfar Clemens who is Liberian-American is a significant part of this years show through his culturally mobile designs.
