Beyond the Brown Paper Bag Test: De-Constructing Black and Brown
March 09, 2010 // Posted by: admin // Category: black handbags
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute and Dwyer Cultural Center
Present
5th Annual Redefining African American Conference
Beyond the Brown Paper Bag Test: De-constructing Black and Brown
The objective of this program is to motivate and influence an international dialogue that will examine the global need to develop thinking, terminology, programs and actions that will unite African descendants in a collaborative manner.
The 5th Annual Re-Defining African American Conference, will deconstruct the meaning of Black and Brown, by examining the complexities within each color identification and the underlying culture and history surrounding both.
FEATURING:
Screening of: Memoirs of A Black Latina Written, Directed and Produced by Crystal Roman
And Beyond the Brown Paper Bag Test: De-constructing Black and Brown Panel Discussion
Panelists:
Dr. Yaba Blay: Ghanaian-born-American whose research focuses on the body politics of women of African descent, with particular specialization in global skin color politics. Her most recent research project investigates skin bleaching among Ghanaians.
Rosa Clemente: Afro-Boricua Hip Hop Activist, journalist, and 2008 Green Party Vice Presidential candidate. She is currently teaching at Lehman College.
Rogelio Pineda: Caribbean researcher and writer who has focused on the African Diasporic experience using a comparative approach regarding the issues of lost African identities, colonial/slave identities and post-colonial identities, linguistic, economic and historical underpinnings.
Moderator:
Shantrelle P. Lewis Director of Programming and Exhibitions at CCCADI
Where: Dwyer Cultural Center
(entrance on 123rd between St. Nicholas Ave. and Frederick Douglass Blvd.)
5:30Registration
6: 00 p.m.Screening of Memoirs of a Black Latina
6: 45 p.m.Panel Discussion
For more information please call 212.307.7420 ext. 3008
Free and Open to the Public
Duration : 0:4:34
Tags: Dennis Flores, Shantrelle P. Lewis
March 9th, 2010 at 10:23 am
you are only 22. …
you are only 22. don’t be so stubborn keep your mind open and see the world. I won’t hate you. we may need each other later in life. God has a way of making people learn from the stupid things we say. when i was your age i said stupid things too. It is possible that you just have not found a black person that has a value system.
March 9th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Beautiful!! Finally …
Beautiful!! Finally!! Why should we be divided by the colonial language we speak? When will we realize there are five African American languages. For those of us who can’t make it please reach out.