My+Story

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 * 10/18/2010**


 * 10/4/2010**

It was all a dream... In the course of starting this Graduation Project; I had no clue what to do it on. My friend, Shabria had an excellent Idea. For her project she was going to do a fashion show for AIDS awareness. I had no clue what I wanted to do. I wanted to talk about something that affects the African-American Community. My Ideas were teenage pregnancy epidemic, AIDS epidemic, or maybe a pediatrician internship. Nothing was really sticking in my mind. Everything seemed generic. I cannot recall how this idea came about. I remember last year, Tenijua Dix did a project on the idea of “What is Good Hair” relatable to Chris Rock’s documentary, Good Hair. I know that skin color has always been an issue in the African-American Community, but I really wanted to explore why. I also knew that tanning is an issue in the White community. And what’s ironic to me is that some African-American bleach their skin to appear lighter, yet white people tan in order to be darker.




 * 10/06/2010**

I had an epiphany! I don't think that I want to focus of the white community anymore. I know that African-American people are dying to be white, but I believe that I would be too much for me to discuss white people and tanning. This will cover too much information. I want to focus on why African-Americans believe that “If you’re light, you’re alright”. I personally believe this stems from the era of slavery and ideals that were instilled in slaves. I bought a flip and as soon as I am finished my annotating the sources that I have... I will begin to formulate questions and the format for my documentary.

This is the episode of //Tyra// that epitomizes why I wanted to do this project: media type="youtube" key="1Z3rT8VkACA?fs=1" height="385" width="480"

I made this today. I most definitely want to use add to this word cloud as I move on with my project.
 * 10/14/2010**