Tag Archives: diversity
Fanshen’s Reflections on Performing One Drop at the Susan Bailis Assisted Living Facility in Boston
“Seeing all those people. All those people I had left behind. So many of them had passed away and I just could not bear it.” My father says this line at the end of One Drop. It’s a culmination of … Continue reading
One Drop of Love Q&A: Ask the tough questions
One Drop of Love is a multimedia one-woman show exploring the intersections of race, class, gender, justice and LOVE. Please SUBSCRIBE to support our work and to get updates on our channel Sign up for the One Drop of Love … Continue reading
How I Learned about the One-Drop Rule: Thomas (part 2)
President of MASC, Thomas Lopez, continues to discuss mixed race/multiracial and Latino/Hispanic racial categories on the U.S. Census and how these differ from California’s categories. Watch Part 1 of the video here: bit.ly/28M6AIO Visit MASC (Multiracial Americans of Southern California) … Continue reading
How I Learned About the One-Drop Rule: Thomas (Part 1)
This is PART 1 of a 2-part response to our question: When was the first time you learned about the one-drop rule? Thomas Lopez is President of MASC (Multiracial Americans of Southern California http://bit.ly/28KMb19). He talks to his daughter and … Continue reading
One Drop of Love Q&A: What is a ‘Fanshen’?, From Discomfort to Evolving
TRANSCRIPT: (clapping) CHANDRA: I’d like to introduce Dr. Lester. Dr. Lester is a Foundation Professor of English and one of the Founding Directors of Project Humanities at Arizona State University. Welcome Dr. Lester. (clapping) DR. LESTER: You do a lot … Continue reading
How I Learned about the One-Drop Rule: Tish
We’re looking for stories from EVERYONE about the first time they learned about the one-drop rule. If you’d like to share yours, send us an email with ‘One-drop rule’ in the subject line and we’ll send you instructions: onedropoflove(at)gmail(dot)com TRANSCRIPT: … Continue reading
One Drop of Love Q&A: Boundaries
Tatiana asks what happens when family members don’t want to share about the past – and how to overcome these obstacles. “One Drop of Love” is a multimedia one-woman show exploring the intersections of race, class and gender in search … Continue reading
How I Learned about the One-Drop Rule: Rudy
TRANSCRIPT: FANSHEN: Recently I asked my friends, when was the first time they learned about the one-drop rule, and their answers were incredible, so we’re sharing them with you here, and we’d like to hear yours. So send us an … Continue reading
This Week as an Artivist 3/5/16: Haircut, Nina Simone, Native Voices
TRANSCRIPT: 0:00:00.000,0:00:06.029 Happy Women’s History Month! Yay! DO it women. Let’s DO it! Alright. 0:00:06.029,0:00:13.870 Oh my goodness did you see this? Check it out. Yeah I got a hair cut. Yeah. My friend Erin Athey 0:00:13.870,0:00:20.789 does my hair … Continue reading