Black Identity - AAIHS

Idris Elba and Considerations of Black Actor Identity

October 25, 2023October 17, 2023 Anique John African American Identity, black identity, hollywood, Identity, Idris Elba

It is undeniable that when an actor receives an industry accolade and they are a person of color, they are

Black Actresses as Symbols of Resistance to Brazilian Racial Democracy

October 16, 2023October 8, 2023 Jasmine Mitchell #raceandlatinamerica, Afro-Brazilians, Black women, Latin America, Resistance

This post is part of our forum on “Race and Latin America.” “Sou negra” (I am Black), declare Taís Araújo

Translating Global Antiblackness: An Author’s Response

September 15, 2023September 6, 2023 Lorgia García-Peña #TranslatingBlackness, black feminism, black internationalism, blackness

This post is part of our online roundtable on Lorgia García Peña’s Translating Blackness. Translating Blackness comes from a very personal place—from my

Translating Blackness and Transcending Hierarchies of Belonging

September 13, 2023September 7, 2023 Crystal M. Fleming #TranslatingBlackness, African Diaspora, black internationalism, Frederick Douglass

This post is part of our online roundtable on Lorgia García Peña’s Translating Blackness. In the penultimate chapter of Translating Blackness:

Black Women, Violence, and the Territory of Global Antiblackness

September 12, 2023September 7, 2023 Shana L. Redmond #TranslatingBlackness, violence

This post is part of our online roundtable on Lorgia García Peña’s Translating Blackness. The violence is irrepressible. The names of those taken