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This was because American society enforced the “one-drop” rule: If you had any African blood at all, you were black.
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But our “one-drop” paradigm also created great racial solidarity among African Americans, while maximizing our numbers.
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Some distinctions should be drawn: African-Americans talk about skin color amongst themselves a lot, while American whites mentally subscribe to a sort of one-drop rule of thumb that everybody who is part black is considered black unless the skin color, hair, and facial features suggest that the person is more than 50% white, such as Jason Kidd, Derek Jeter, and Mariah Carey.
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Some distinctions should be drawn: African-Americans talk about skin color amongst themselves a lot, while American whites mentally subscribe to a sort of one-drop rule of thumb that everybody who is part black is considered black unless the skin color, hair, and facial features suggest that the person is more than 50% white, such as Jason Kidd, Derek Jeter, and Mariah Carey.
Skin Color 2010
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That happens less under the American one-drop rule, although it still happens.
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This was because American society enforced the “one-drop” rule: If you had any African blood at all, you were black.
Skin Color 2010
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Some distinctions should be drawn: African-Americans talk about skin color amongst themselves a lot, while American whites mentally subscribe to a sort of one-drop rule of thumb that everybody who is part black is considered black unless the skin color, hair, and facial features suggest that the person is more than 50% white, such as Jason Kidd, Derek Jeter, and Mariah Carey.
Skin Color 2010
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Several posts note that U.S. history includes a number of Southern states adopting the so-called "one-drop rule," which classified as black an individual with any African ancestry.
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But our “one-drop” paradigm also created great racial solidarity among African Americans, while maximizing our numbers.
Skin Color 2010
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That happens less under the American one-drop rule, although it still happens.
Skin Color 2010
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