Is that you?

Do you put on a “face”?

Are you proud of the colour of your skin?

Do u think people who pretend to be who they aren’t have a serious problem? Is it a self esteem problem?

A video posted by YouthLAB Barbados that was produced by Truce in NYC

How does one respond to oppression and racism? Malcolm X struggled with this question. Early in his career he divided the choices into two very distinct positions - assimiliation and accomodation versus resistance or opposition. Later in his life, he retracted from this stance. What do you think of Malcolm X’s speech? Do you ever struggle between the choice to be accomodating or resistant?

Hey YouthLAB Barbados,Here are updated final video of questions for you.

A video made by 16 year old Karen Lum of The Factory (Bay Area Video Coalition) inspires us to think about the complexities of ethnicity, gender and identity.

During the first days of YouthLAB, we watched A Girl Like Me. The question posed to YouthLAB participants in Barbados was, “Why do you think so many of the black children preferred the white doll? And if this test was done in Barbados, do you think the results would be the same? For YouthLAB Chicago participants we ask if they think children in their communities would also produce the same results. See what they have to say by clicking on the comments below.

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