By Christen Brandt and Tammy Tibbetts — 2017
Own your activist identity. The world needs more of us out there!
Read on www.nbcnews.com
CLEAR ALL
Works of art create a picture of activism and resilience, and reenforce the strength of black culture across generations.
A growing number of activists and commentators say that “people of color” no longer works. The central point of Black Lives Matter, after all, has been to condemn the mortal threat of anti-Black racism and name the particular experiences of the Black community.
Who owns your identity, and how can old ways of thinking be replaced?
1
Close to 11% of American adults with Hispanic ancestors don’t even identify as Hispanic or Latino.
To the list of identities Black people in America have assumed or been asked to, we can now add, thanks to this presidential election season, “Obama’s people” and “the African Americans.”