Week 7: Reflecting on Maurice Berger's Race Stories
"One Drop, but Many Views on Race"
"One Drop, but Many Views on Race” this week's featured article from Maurice Berger’s Race Stories, realizes race as not simply biological or genetic, but a matter of how one is seen and treated by others. The article looks at the arguments of scholar-activist Yaba Blay in her book “(1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race” and accompanying portraits by photographer Noelle Théard. “The book challenges narrow conceptions about Blackness, both as an identity and as an experience, and the stereotypes and rigid boundaries of color that continue to divide us.”
Article: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/16/one-drop-but-many-views-on-race/
Posted: August 3, 2020, 9:38 AM