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Issues of Race
If you are familiar with the term octoroon, you understand that if you are 1/8th black, you are considered a Black person despite all the generations of any other race that may be in your ancestry. This law was an economic decision. Keep Blacks enslaved = free labor, more wealth for plantation owners.
In other nations like China, being Black can means something different. A while back on Naturally Sophia‘s blog I saw the story of Lou Jing. Lou grew up in China with her Chinese mom, never knowing her African-American father.
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Whenever anyone looks at Lou Jing, they see a Black girl. Besides her skin color, Lou Jing is Chinese. She knows no Black people. Due to our interesting world, Lou needs to labeled, and put things into a neat box of race that does not exist for her.
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“Every line means something.”
—Basquiat about his work
This month, everyone wants to talk about Martin Luther King, and Sojourner Truth. Every person in history is important, but I would like to learn about new people! As the creator of a Black Natural Hair blog my desire to incorporate history is 365 days a year. No time better than the present to talk about Legends with natural hair. It is important for me to note to you that this is not just a February highlight, but an ongoing goal for kinnks.com. Any hoot, I was surfing through netflix and I came across a documentary called ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat: Radiant Child’. I was so skeptical when I first started watching, I never heard of this guy! The more I watched, the more I grew in amazement about the child prodigy. I also realized I had been exposed to his work in the past, just didn’t know the artist specifically.
The documentary touched on how the media poorly portrayed him. He was so ahead of his time, so outside of the box, that he was “banished” by parts of the notable art community. The criticism that he felt were attributed to race, family and drug abuse lead to his very early death.
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Afrolicious and Sisterlocked brought the Shadeism Video to my attention. While watching I was like…ghee look at these Canadians! Many times I feel it is difficult for American People Of Color to unite across ethnic lines. This is a shinning example of women from different nations getting together not to just talk about our issues, but put steps into action to eradicate them.
The video below demonstrates how we are taught “Black is Wack”, not just in the African diaspora but even in South Asian countries! If you don’t know already, you’ll also learn terms like Shadeism and
Shadeism from Shadeism on Vimeo.
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Joking around, TRYING to be funny, I told someone they looked like Susan Boyle. Not to mention, she was a Black woman that had no features to resemble her. She really took offense and said that, I looked like a field slave with my nappy hair.
I don’t know about yal, but it really hurt my feelings. The whole situation had me lost for words. I think it hurt mainly because, I don’t look at my friends in terms of light skin and dark skin. It also left me with many questions on the mindset of people within 2010. Would it be better if I looked like a house slave? Honestly, to be a descendant of any slave shows the strength and determination that is within our blood. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in 1865, 145 years ago. I am proud, in this short time, ‘we as a people’ have advanced, however…‘We as a people’ still have stragglers with a “slave mentality”. They say things like, “She’s pretty for a dark skin girl.”
I spend my weekend with my beautiful girlfriend Stacy in Hampton Roads. We spend our Saturday at the
AFR’AM Festival. African-American cultural festival held annually during Memorial Day weekend, and the Summer Arts Workshop for children and youth, which offers instruction in the performing arts. Celebrating more than 25 years of African-American culture and fine arts, the Southeastern Virginia Arts Association (SEVAA) is proud to continue its tradition of hosting the state’s premier African-American festival. The Southeastern Virginia Arts Association (SEVAA) inaugurated AFR’AM FEST on Memorial Day weekend, 1983. Today AFR’AM FEST has grown to become one of the largest African-American cultural celebrations on the East coast.
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