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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: Ken Tanabe, Founder of Loving Day
Ken Tanabe is the Founder of Loving Day (www.lovingday.org) Please visit the website to learn how you can participate in or create your own celebration of Loving Day. Please SIGN and SHARE the petition to make #LovingDay a federal observance: … 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
One Drop of Love Q&A: Colorism and Being Biracial
TRANSCRIPT: BRIGETTE: Did you find that; I am not of biracial heritage in that sense immediately but when we talk about Colorism and regardless of whether you’re biracial or not where you fall on that line are those things that … 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
This Week as an Artivist 3/26/16: 1500 Students, Zootopia, Suzan-Lori Parks
TRANSCRIPT: Artivists! What’s up you all? How you doing? OK. So much to tell you. (0:05-2:04) First of all One Drop of Love – so many great things. First of all Chandra booked us in Tempe, Arizona at Marcos de … 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