Post Black: How A New Generation is Redefining African American Identity

With guest and author Ytasha L. Womack Post Black: How a New Generation is Redefining African American Identity, is a proactive examination of how a new generation of African Americans are dispelling the myths of current, popular black identity. Highlighting specific socioeconomic and cultural trends, Post Black examines the new dynamics affecting African American Life, contending that politicians, social advocates and average citizens are focused on how African Americans were defined 50 years, 25 years or even a decade ago but not on who they are now or who they are becoming. The America of the 21st century is a diverse America, and Post Black is a provocative account of how a new generation is redefining African American Identity. This will be great intellectual discussion to be sure. Ytasha is author of the upcoming book Post Black: How a New Generation Redefines African American Identity (Lawrence Hill Books, January 2010). She's directing the sexy romantic comedy The Greatest Love Story Never Told this winter in Hawaii. Ytasha edited the anthology Beats Rhymes and Life: What We Love and Hate About Hip Hop with Kenji Jasper. Other works include her directorial debut The Engagement and Love Shorts. An editor for NV Magazine, her work has appeared in numerous publications including Upscale, VIBE, Essence and The Chicago Tribune, and The Chicago Defender.