Hello, my good friend and one of my favorite professors during my time at University of Washington, Dr. Lashawnda Pittman, is looking for grandmothers and grandchildren to interview if you know any. Your mom perhaps and other black grandmothers but also grandchildren who wanna talk about their grandmothers.
Information from the website: “While there are many carcicaturizations and archetypes of black grandmothers (e.g., mammy, Aunt Jemima, Tyler Perry’s Madea, Martin Lawrence’s Big Mama, etc…) no archive solely dedicated to the experiences of real black grandmothers exist. I coined the concept Real Back Grandmothers to distinguish between real black grandmothers and black grandmothers as romanticized, pathologized, and caricaturized beings. When we tell their stories as imagined rather than as real beings, we not only tell them inaccurately, but also we erase their humanity, nuance, and complexity. With this in mind, the mission of Real Black Grandmothers is to create a digital archive of personal accounts, cultural artifacts, living and oral histories that captures the remarkable and diverse experiences of black grandmothers and their grandchildren from the past to the present.”
Here is the website below if you are interested in getting more information or are interested in talking about your experience with your grandma or grandmas.
http://realblackgrandmothers.com
If you have any questions please email: submissions@realblackgrandmothers.com. You can also call RBGM for assistance: 844.984.RBGM (7246).
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