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Do people consider you an “exception” to your race as in “you’re different?”

February 16 - Do people consider you an “exception” to your race as in “you’re different?”

Throughout Black History Month (and beyond), we’ll be focusing on questions of identity. For day sixteen we want to know: Do people consider you an “exception” to your race as in “you’re different?”

Submit your story (videos are encouraged!)

Here’s how:

  • Pick a question to answer from this list or make your own
  • Click here or the “Submit” button on the top of the page
  • Choose how you’d like to submit. We appreciate video submissions (upload to Vimeo/Youtube then embed) but you can submit in other formats.
  • Indicate the question you’re answering in the title or post section! This will help us a ton when organizing the submissions.

“He made an example. He pointed to a kid across the way and said, ‘That kid’s an Oreo.’ And I didn’t know the kid’s name at the time — I saw this nerdy black kid with glasses hanging out with white friends … And that was the first introduction of this concept, inauthentic blackness because you’re comfortable around whiteness.”

Baratunde Thurston on the term ‘oreo’ (via nprfreshair). So exciting!!!

(via nprfreshair)

Reblogged from NPR Fresh Air

February 1 - When Did You First Realize You Were Black?

Throughout Black History Month (and beyond), we’ll be focusing on questions of identity. For day one, we’re asking a question also asked in How To Be Black: when did you first realize you were black? And if you’re not black, we’re still interested! When did you first realize you were [insert here]?

Submit your story (especially in video), and check out what The Black Panel said in the book.

Here’s how:

  • Pick a question to answer from this list or make your own
  • Click here or the “Submit” button on the top of the page
  • Choose how you’d like to submit. We appreciate video submissions (upload to Vimeo/Youtube then embed) but you can submit in other formats.
  • Indicate the question you’re answering in the title or post section! This will help us a ton when organizing the submissions.

When Did You First Realize You Were Black? #BlackHistoryMonth Day 1

Throughout Black History Month (and beyond), we’ll be focusing on questions of identity. For day one, we’re asking a question also asked in How To Be Black: when did you first realize you were black? And if you’re not black, we’re still interested! When did you first realize you were [insert here]?

Submit your story (especially in video), and check out what The Black Panel said in the book.

Submit your story.