{"id":157,"date":"2020-08-04T14:37:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T18:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/files\/2020\/08\/IMG_0101.png"},"modified":"2020-08-04T14:37:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T18:37:56","slug":"img_0101","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/stories-of-pc\/img_0101\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanif"},"author":19727,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-157","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry","entry"],"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/files\/2020\/08\/IMG_0101.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/files\/2020\/08\/IMG_0101-169x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/files\/2020\/08\/IMG_0101-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/files\/2020\/08\/IMG_0101-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/files\/2020\/08\/IMG_0101.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hanif grew up in \u201cthe tough parts of South Philadelphia\u201d where he heard about and experienced racism and colorism. Seeing or experiencing things that were specific to being Black in his neighborhood, made him wonder, \u201cwhy does everyone else get privileges?\u201d or more simply, \u201cwhy (not) me?\u201d Music, friends, and faith helped him step out of those thoughts, which changed his perception of himself and of others. Listening to rap music and hearing interviews from successful Black entrepreneurs uplifted him and reminded him that \u201cwe come from a culture of kings.\u201d Conversations with friends helped him unlearn some of his own misperceptions. He recounts a recent conversation with a friend, where they wondered \u201cWhy do we like always the light skinned females with the long hair than the dark-skinned ones with the curly hair?\u201d While he felt if it was probably just one\u2019s taste, his friend argued that those were in fact racist thoughts. Through conversation, they both agreed that it was time to ditch such \u201cpreferences.\u201d He also turns to the Quran and the authentic text of Sunnah to remember that we are all created equal and how \u201cthere is no racism [or colorism] in Islam.\u201d Hanif urges us to remember that we are all \u201cproducts of our environment\u201d &#8211; not everyone has had a perfect life and that contributes to the things people believe about themselves and others. We all need some empathy, understanding, and conversation to survive.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Hanif grew up in \u201cthe tough parts of South Philadelphia\u201d where he heard about and experienced racism and colorism. Seeing or experiencing things that were&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/stories-of-pc\/img_0101\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hanif<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/png","media_details":{"width":750,"height":1334,"file":"2020\/08\/IMG_0101.png","sizes":{"medium":{"file":"IMG_0101-169x300.png","width":169,"height":300,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/files\/2020\/08\/IMG_0101-169x300.png"},"large":{"file":"IMG_0101-576x1024.png","width":576,"height":1024,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/files\/2020\/08\/IMG_0101-576x1024.png"},"thumbnail":{"file":"IMG_0101-150x150.png","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/files\/2020\/08\/IMG_0101-150x150.png"},"full":{"file":"IMG_0101.png","width":750,"height":1334,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/files\/2020\/08\/IMG_0101.png"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":28,"source_url":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/files\/2020\/08\/IMG_0101.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19727"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"wp:attached-to":[{"embeddable":true,"post_type":"page","id":28,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}