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How does the one drop rule play a role in defining race?

"We are unique in this country in the way the other hand such person will be
we describe and define race and ascribe totally accepted by black population and
to it characteristics that other cultures partially or totally rejected as white by
view very differently", those are the whites. The issue of black vs. white in
words of Thomas C. Sawyer who is a case of blended blood is not only racial,
chairman of House Sub-committee on but it is truly political now and
Census, Statistics, and Postal Personnel. consequently economical. There are great
Although the question of race and ethical numbers of economic issues that are
belongingness could seem to be of a minor associated with distinguishing of the
importance in other countries, it is a races. Such as affirmative-action
very debatable and controversial issue in programs for black population as for the
the States. America is probably the only minority group is an important aspect for
country in the world which holds so many most of its representatives. They receive
nationalities and races on one piece of certain privileges in a lot of aspects of
land. And although America is considered life, such as education, work place,
to be a very democratic entity, it has a living arrangements, etc. Consequently
rather autocratic approach to the race one can view the one-drop rule as two
identification of its citizens. The whole sided, as it can have positive and
concept of one-drop rule has its roots in negative effect. Politically it is not a
the colonial America, when there were constructive decision to let go off of
only few races inhabiting the States. all the privileges such minorities as
There were whites, blacks, and Native black people receive, lobbying their
Americans (Indians). The antebellum South interests in the government. I believe
promoted the rule as a way of enlarging however, that the question is not in any
the slave population with the children of political or economic benefits or damages
slave holders. By the nineteen-twenties, that such groups can undergo. It is not a
in Jim Crow America the one-drop rule was question of number of boxes in which one
well established as the law of the land. marks national integration, but a
As one can see, the notion of one-drop question of how one feels when he or she
rule was made out of the convenience of is unfairly prearranged to be something.
slave masters, who wished for the slave An adult person should decide to which
population to grow. It was for the race and color he/she belongs and how one
purpose of having more working force, feels about it, and no one should
although a lot of times slaves had skin indicate it. Even if there are two drops
as fair as their masters'. That is where of black blood in a white or Asian
all the confusion with determining one's person, the holder of those two drops has
racial belongingness started. Nowadays, to decide to which race he/she belongs,
although two centuries have elapsed, especially because it's an only a matter
America is facing a problem of defining of social debates and not biological
one's race. The mixture of peoples living assessment. Canada has found an answer to
in the States is incredible, it is very this problem 50 years ago when it decided
hard for a person to identify to what to drop the race question from its census
extent he or she is black or white, Asian and hasn't return to it ever since. Now
or Hispanic. Although this racial issue Canadians are only Canadians, with all
should concern all mixed "bloods" somehow the bloods they have in them being only
one-drop rule considers black and white their own and not a subject to
mixtures solely. This approach galvanizes governmental discussion. In conclusion to
a number of racist issues, which are all being said above, I have to
mostly diminished in other inter-racial acknowledge that the elimination of
mixtures such as Asian and white or ethical differences in legal papers will
Indian and white. It is believed that probably never happen in America, I do
person with just a little of black blood hope that any number of drops of
is not considered white even if his or different blood type will not result in
her great-great-great-great grandfather racism or racial inequality.
was black and the rest were whites. On




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