A black woman's back with a graphic that is reminiscent of a nutrition label on it, with common and harmful stereotypes written on each line.
Labels by Tosin Odugbemi

SCi designer Tosin Odugbemi’s work is featured as a part of the Black on the Prairies project by The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a collection of articles, personal essays, images and more, exploring the past, present and future of Black life in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the federal Crown public broadcaster for radio and television in Canada.

The images are from Tosin Odugbemi’s Labels series, designed to raise awareness of stereotyping based on skin colour.

Read the analysis piece on the work, titled “Designing while Black: Exploring the evolution of Black Prairie design aesthetic,” on the CBC website.