Shades of Black
I guess most of you know about the One drop rule in The States. That consider any person with any trace of African ancestry as black. I think it's in some way a dilemma. Why label people too much, with rules? Do we even need rules to tell if someone is black, white, asian etc? Arent we all humans? In this way I think this rule is crazy. But in other hand... I think you all should be proud of the african origin & roots. And you know: Black is Beautiful, so if they wanna label you black, be proud! :) (Do I sound like a so-called "wigga" now??? LOL) But I mean, there are so many shades of black, and all are beautiful in there own way. Light skin, brown skin, dark skin - black is beautiful!
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Friday, May 15, 2009
8 Comments:
I'm not familiar with the one drop rule. This is happening in the US? How do I find out more about this? Who do we contact to protest it?
last anon, the one drop rule started as a result of american slavery. Slave masters would sometimes have affairs with their african female slaves. In order to keep money/ estate in teh white side of the family the one-drop rule was instituted which basically said anyone w/ a single drop of african blood is black and therefore a slave. that is why you have people who could be more european genetically and look white, but they would still be black.i actually had a relative, my grandfather who was a product of the one-drop rule, he was mostly white and looked white, but was considered to be black because of the one drop rule.
As far as I know, no other country experienced anything like slavery. Slavery in America was like the Holucost in Germany, but it lasted centuries longer,was a hell of lot more detramental on the psyche of most black people and there is no video documenting it. The one drop rule is just one of the vestiges of slavery.
There is so much that has to be considered about the HUMAN experience and all the events and circumstances that got us here.
Peace and blessing.
I am white and I am proud of my african roots as well, thank you very much.
The "one Drop Rule" was put in place to promote White purity and to not confuse the "Pure" Whites with the people of mixed African/European ancestry.Why can't people just be who they are without being labeled or put in a box? I don't want my boys to have to go through with "identifying" themselves to people or having to choose sides. I want them to be viewed for their personalities, not their ethnicity. Maybe that is wishful thinking?
You know, if the "ONE DROP" rule is correct, and ALL PEOPLE started out in AFRIKA! then migrated to other parts of the world, then ALL People are of Afrikan Ancestry!
Damn son. You know more about blackness in America than I do! Hahah. And I'm black. And American.
I have to agree. I am 15 y/o and
i'm part Native American and white other Blacks and people of other races notice it,but sometimes some people actually REFUSE to see it when it's right there in front of their faces. Obama is half white and yet people consider him as "black".. I don't get it. I thought we were multiracial\bi-racial.Maybe it's because our skin is tan,light brown,etc. and that is all that some people see. I have friends who are Samoan who people in America call black all because their skin is tanned and brown..
I'm not sure what it is,but I have noticed people have done this even way back in history in my U.S History Class not only to blacks, but to Japanese Americans as well. After the attack of Pearl Harbor, anyone with so little as 1/16 Japanese blood in their body were automatically considered as Japanese even when 1/16 is less than 0.06 percent..
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