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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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How I Learned About the One-Drop Rule: Betsy

TRANSCRIPT: FANSHEN: Recently I asked my friends, when was the first time they heard about the one-drop rule – and their answers were really incredible, so we’re sharing them here, and we’d like to hear yours. So send us an … Continue reading

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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

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One Drop of Love Q&A: Presidential “Mixedness”

TRANSCRIPT: TANYA: I have a question in terms of the understanding of what being “biracial” is. And now that it is “presidential” (laughs) and people in this country see a person in power who is of mixed race, what have you … Continue reading

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This Week as an Artivist 2/27/16: New Job, Self Care, Mixedness, The Mountaintop, Black Girl Movement Conference

TRANSCRIPT: 0:00:00.000,0:00:04.960 Good morning Artivists! What’s up you all? It’s a little bit late because my birthday 0:00:04.960,0:00:10.530 was on Friday and so I didn’t make a video on Friday or – usually I make them 0:00:10.530,0:00:16.260 on Friday nights … Continue reading

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