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12758949, T-or-F: The one-drop rule is white supremacy at its most basic
Posted by John Forte, Wed Dec-31-69 07:00 PM

Poll question: T-or-F: The one-drop rule is white supremacy at its most basic

Poll result (9 votes)
True (8 votes)Vote
False (1 votes)Vote
the one drop rule is a fact (0 votes)Vote

  

12759021, Yeah not sure how white folks sold us on that one.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Mon Mar-23-15 09:50 AM

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12759028, My mom posted some "people you didn't know were black" article
Posted by John Forte, Mon Mar-23-15 09:56 AM
and it was straight-up calling people with a single black great-grandparent black.
12759023, wouldnt it be supremacy rooted in capitalist gain?
Posted by double negative, Mon Mar-23-15 09:52 AM
i.a. chattel
12759078, who actually created the rule?
Posted by SoWhat, Mon Mar-23-15 10:16 AM
Bc in Ghana ppl said I'm white bc I have a drop of white blood. And I hear it's that way in many places. The rule seems to operate to throw shade on undesirables, generally. But it can also work on desireables. Anyway who came up with that shit?
12759081, yup, Africans in college were quick to remind us
Posted by legsdiamond, Mon Mar-23-15 10:19 AM
they were 100% pure...

fuckers.



12759085, I wonder if that's just them turning YT's rule on its ear
Posted by John Forte, Mon Mar-23-15 10:22 AM
12759098, It's irrelevant. White supremacists do not care either way.
Posted by Atillah Moor, Mon Mar-23-15 10:27 AM
12759090, This is White Supremacy 101
Posted by Atillah Moor, Mon Mar-23-15 10:24 AM
I believe it came about around or slightly after the Jefferson presidency. Around his time what was considered white was more lax, but the "rules" quickly became more stringent.
12759106, Blue. White Spaniards and Portuguese used the reverse of our 1DR for
Posted by Teknontheou, Mon Mar-23-15 10:30 AM
the exact same purpose, i.e, one drop of white blood privileges you to not have to identify as black.

But, I suppose, you could vote red because those are both One Drop Rules.
12759112, This is an interesting question to install in the "fluidity & race" convo
Posted by Vex_id, Mon Mar-23-15 10:33 AM
The 1DR on its face rejects the concept of fluidity altogether as it pertains
to racial identity - and is still largely legitimized and applied broadly
in American society.

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12759120, side note, crazy seeing Georgia State coach Ron Hunter next to
Posted by T Reynolds, Mon Mar-23-15 10:35 AM
his son RJ

Usually the father's phenotype dominates in mixed children, but damn if RJ don't look like a slightly spanish Chris Cornell