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2007-12-13 Daily Iowan Article: "Knowing why the caged bird sings" Page 1

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DI 13 Dec 2007 

Knowing why the caged bird sings 

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Natalia Salazar/The Daily Iowan 
Patrice Jones (left) listens to Danielle Holliday's experiences of being a black woman. The discussion was led by Tish Jones (right), a UI associate professor of theater, at the Afro-American Cultural Center on Wednesday. 


"Is Black Beautiful ?" was the title of a forum Wednesday night in which females gathered to talk about black women and beauty and how they see and approach it in today's society. 
   Ui Associate Professor of theater Tish Jones, who served as the facilitator, said growing up as a light-skinned black woman was never easy and she still has problems dealing with her image today. 
   " Black women have to fight with their image," she said noting that media books and magazines have provided stereotypical portrayals since the times of slavery.
  Throughout her discussion Jones used the book Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America by Charisse Jones, which describes how black women are constantly "shifting" themselves, such as the way they talk or look, when they are with different groups of people or settings.
   The casual setting in the Afro-American Cultural Center added to the free conversion during which the women related and comforted one another. 
  Jones' daughter, UI student

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[handwritten] DI 13 Dec 2007 Knowing why the caged bird sings [photo] Natalia Salazar/The Daily Iowan Patrice Jones (left) listens to Danielle Holliday's experiences of being a black woman. The discussion was led by Tish Jones (right), a UI associate professor of theater, at the Afro-American Cultural Center on Wednesday. "Is Black Beautiful ?" was the title of a forum Wednesday night in which females gathered to talk about black women and beauty and how they see and approach it in today's society. Ui Associate Professor of theater Tish Jones, who served as the facilitator, said growing up as a light-skinned black woman was never easy and she still has problems dealing with her image today. " Black women have to fight with their image," she said noting that media books and magazines have provided stereotypical portrayals since the times of slavery. Throughout her discussion Jones used the book Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America by Charisse Jones, which describes how black women are constantly "shifting" themselves, such as the way they talk or look, when they are with different groups of people or settings. The casual setting in the Afro-American Cultural Center added to the free conversion during which the women related and comforted one another. Jones' daughter, UI student SEE BLACK 3A