Hi everyone, this is Carrletta... creator & producer for "I am Blackness." First, I just wanted to thank all of you for your encouraging words of support. It makes such a difference! (o; Please know, we will be posting new shows soon. Until... thank you so much for watching & supporting this show. Love -c
Hi Hoth, this is Carrletta... the creator & producer of the show. Thanks for watching! To answer your question, the idea for the show came up years ago when I was an after-school tutor. I always tried to inspire "my kids" (o; to do their best and to strive for A's. However, many of them in spite of their talent and intelligence would say, "I'm comfortable getting B's and C's but I dont wanna get all A's... because then kids would say I'm trying to act white." This simple statement, truly "out of the mouths of babes" encompassed what I think a lot of blacks struggle with... this constant unspoken sense of what "blackness" is... In truth, who defines that? Who gets to decide what that is and what that means? I hope this show can serve as a platform to discuss new ways, images and methods to discuss what blackness means in the 21st century.
I Am Blackness - Adele Berry
Hi everyone, this is Carrletta... creator & producer for "I am Blackness." First, I just wanted to thank all of you for your encouraging words of support. It makes such a difference! (o; Please know, we will be posting new shows soon. Until... thank you so much for watching & supporting this show. Love -cI Am Blackness - Dr. Adrian Isles
Hi Hoth, this is Carrletta... the creator & producer of the show. Thanks for watching! To answer your question, the idea for the show came up years ago when I was an after-school tutor. I always tried to inspire "my kids" (o; to do their best and to strive for A's. However, many of them in spite of their talent and intelligence would say, "I'm comfortable getting B's and C's but I dont wanna get all A's... because then kids would say I'm trying to act white." This simple statement, truly "out of the mouths of babes" encompassed what I think a lot of blacks struggle with... this constant unspoken sense of what "blackness" is... In truth, who defines that? Who gets to decide what that is and what that means? I hope this show can serve as a platform to discuss new ways, images and methods to discuss what blackness means in the 21st century.