“We seldom study the condition of the Negro to-day honestly and carefully. It is so much easier to assume that we know it all. Or perhaps, having already reached conclusions in our own minds, we are loth to have them disturbed by facts. . .”
W.E.B. DuBois,The Souls of Black Folks, 1903
Byline: Arabella Grayson
TheRoot.com Sep. 18, 2008
The latest black paper dolls are not child's play. They're about high art and the arc of black history.
Byline: Soledad Santiago
Jun. 1-7, 2007, Page 26
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Early in her career, writer, performer, and photographer Arabella Grayson traveled the United States as a recruitment officer for her alma mater, Mills College in Oakland, Calif. In her spare time she visited flea markets and garage sales looking for positive images of lives within the African diaspora.
Byline: Arabella Grayson
Mills Quarterly, Winter 2007
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How do we know who we are? That was the question I asked myself as I stood in the children's section of Barnes and Noble ten years ago, looking at an Addy paper doll and trying to reconcile her image with the publisher's story line.
Byline: Anne Koenig
Jan. 21, 2007 Page 4
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Are you the one who put the black paper dolls in the newspaper? Well, that's not cute! That's not cute! You hurt a lot of people. That's not cute!" scolded the woman on the telephone, . . .
Byline: DeNeen L. Brown
Nov. 29, 2006 Page C01
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A slip of the scissors and off comes a foot.
Byline: Anita Creamer
Nov. 12, 2006 Page L01
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A toy is not necessarily just a toy. What we play with helps define who we are and how we see ourselves.
Byline: Patrick Hoge, Chronicle Staff Writer
Feb. 13, 2004, Page E-1
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Paper dolls, mass-produced in Europe and the United States, have entertained children for centuries.
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