What’s the biggest message to the Living IncogNegro theater audience? Gin Hammond explains
What’s the biggest message to the Living IncogNegro theater audience? Gin Hammond explains… I think the biggest message I wanted audience members to receive from the performance of Living IncogNegro was not to assume that you absolutely know what you’re seeing when you see somebody who seems white-ish. There might be a lot more going […]
Theater actress Gin Hammond reveals her favorite song to sing… It might surprise you (inspired by Regina French)
Theater actress Gin Hammond reveals her favorite song to sing… It might surprise you. I don’t have a favorite song that I like to sing. There is a chant that I do, which it’s a Sanskrit chant that was taught to me by my black yoga mentor, Regina French, who’s now living in India. She […]
Some of my racial heroes are…. An inspiring conversation about Marian Anderson with Gin Hammond
Some of my racial heroes are…. An inspiring conversation about Marian Anderson with Gin Hammond One of the people that I think about most regularly, who’s a hero for me. Marian Anderson, the opera singer. First of all, a lot of people told her that, you’re black, you can’t sing opera. It’s just not done. […]
There’s a lot of strong emotion about ‘Passing’. The most important emotion might be…
There’s a lot of strong emotion about ‘Passing’. The most important might be… Different generations respond to the concept of “passing“. I talk about this in Living IncogNegro Something that the older generations are likely to be aware of, there’s been a shame associated with “passing” that gets stuffed into the next generation and stuffed […]
Can health care professionals help conversations about race? Gin Hammond responds
Can a health care professional help conversations about race? Gin Hammond responds If there is some kind of therapist or counselor present at conversations that mixed people are having around race, both the practical and esoteric elements of that, I hope that the idea of compassion, especially for oneself, is kept top of mind. Because […]
Present day or historic people that Gin is inspired by
One of the people that I think about most regularly, who’s a hero for me. Marian Anderson, the opera singer. First of all, a lot of people told her that, you’re black, you can’t sing opera. It’s just not done. It’s a Western European art form and all of that. And she defied all of […]
Advice to multiple generations of people about “passing” and how these people should be feeling?
https://youtu.be/I2ZOm9HreZ8 There’s a lot of strong emotion behind passing and that can change on different days, depending on your environment. So for people who are passing, I would like to say, “Allow yourself to feel different things on different days. Especially because your environment does change and influence how you feel.” If you want […]
How Everyday People can help racial justice on Black History Month with Gin Hammond
How Everyday People can help racial justice on Black History Month with Gin Hammond The way that I would encourage people to contribute to the fight for everyday justice is to think about either the people that you already know or communities that you know are around you, but maybe you haven’t meshed with them […]
Racial Equality with Social Media from Gin Hammond
Racial Equality with Social Media from Gin Hammond it’s hard for me to say how the fight for racial equality has evolved in the age of social media, because everybody has their own echo chamber and is anybody listening? Some people are, some people aren’t. I think on the negative side, it’s become more fractional, […]
Black History Month message from Gin Hammond
Black History Month message from Gin Hammond When I think about Black History Month, I am excited. That’s so many different stories are are coming to light. Black folks of all hues to I’ve been seeing that more and more and I’ve been appreciating how there are definitely people out there who are trying to […]