One drop : shifting the lens on race / Yaba Blay ; with photography direction by Noelle Théard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blay, Yaba, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Race identity--History.

African Americans.

Black people--Race identity.

Black people.

Black race.

African Americans--Race identity.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 275 pages : color portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Explores the extent to which historical definitions of race continue to shape contemporary racial identities and lived experiences of racial difference"-- Provided by publisher.

In the United States, a Black person is defined as any person with even one drop of Black blood. Blay explores how historical definitions of race continue to shape contemporary racial identities and lived experiences of racial difference. The contributors represent twenty-five countries, and provide living testimony to the diversity of Blackness. -- adapted from back cover

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Intro

Introspection

Mixed Black

American Black

Diaspora Black

Outro.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Blay, Yaba. One drop.

ISBN:

9780807073360

0807073369

OCLC:

1201692805

Publisher Number:

99986716727