RACE AND REPRESENTATION
February 2nd 12:10 to 12:50/Chair: Dylan Ward
Now we will be exploring race and representation through a range of thrilling projects. With Ckyra highlighting Black excellence through a website featuring podcasts, events and videos. Followed by Gloria’s magazine “Unveiling Black Hair” investigating topics of historical roots and beauty standards. An expository documentary by Sabrina “Bars behind Bars” showcasing the tension between met police and drill rappers in the uk through censorship. And finally, Gabrielle;s project will be a Zine exploring the adultification and bias of black girls.
Ckyra Laurence
My project is based on the representation of “Black excellence”, mainly within the modern world. Going deep into inspiration empowerment through diversity and inclusion within a positive media representation. The project seeks to inspire positive narratives and challenge stereotypes and reality by creating a website featuring numerous mini-media content like podcasts, events, and videos. Overall, the project is based on Black individuals, emphasising their accomplishments, contributions, and resilience.
Gloria Fanokun
"Unveiling Black Hair" is a magazine that aims to explore the multifarious world of black hair, looking at historical roots, beauty standards, hair discrimination, and the natural hair movement. This project's main inquiries centre around understanding how societal perceptions have shaped the experiences of black individuals and how the empowerment of the natural hair movement challenges these norms.
Gabrielle Risari
My FMP will be a zine on the adultification of black girls and the growing cycle of discriminatory bias that black girls receive throughout their childhood and adolescence at home and in public.
Sabrina Randhawa
My Documentary “Bars behind Bars: investing police censorship in the UK drill scene” aims to bring awareness of the censorship of drill rappers in the UK. From different forms of legislation to the global mainstream success in recent years we will be discussing if drill is truly the main cause of gang violence in the uk or if other factors have not been explored. From restricting artist expression, we will unveil the true impact of silencing artists and the issues between Met Police and UK rappers.
