[andyt]

saturn_656 saturn_656:

He could have sued and won and stayed where he was, but the USA is a very "litigation friendly" country.

Aside, I know American perceptions on race range from somewhat to severly skewed, but technically speaking if the father is white, his daughter isn't "black", she is mixed race, biracial, etc.

$1:

The one-drop rule is a historical colloquial term in the United States for the social classification as black of individuals with any African ancestry; meaning any person with "one drop of black blood" was considered black.

But we get this in Canada too - anybody with a drop of non-white in them will call themselves what ever that non-white drop is. This is especially beneficial if that drop is Aboriginal, but you still get cred if it's any other color but white too. Whites aren't even white but ecru - how bland is that?

[saturn_656]

The so called "one drop rule" is a throwback to the Jim Crow days same as the sign on the pool fence. Obsolete way of thinking.

[Xort]

A mock up fake court because the state will not pass a real law. The standards for harm and evidence used fall so short of a real court that the government fakes up a new commission or tribunal in order to administer sub standard false justice.

Pseudo-judicial commissions are an insult to the rule of law. Anyone that believes in the rule of law as a force of good for a scoiety should stand against such abuses.

If putting up a sign is against the law, take the person to court with all the protections a person is entitled too under the law and the constitution. If that action is illegal they should be found as such and treated properly.
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You can't force people to be nice to each other, and a law that attempts to do that just makes the forced party dislike the other even more.

[andyt]

saturn_656 saturn_656:

The so called "one drop rule" is a throwback to the Jim Crow days same as the sign on the pool fence. Obsolete way of thinking.

Still very entrenched, and you get few people calling themselves biracial. They usually identify themselves by the their non-white part. Nobody says Hale Barry is biracial, they make a fuss about being one of the few actresses of African American descent. And so on. Obama, first black president, not first half-black half white president. And so on.

[saturn_656]

andyt andyt:

saturn_656 saturn_656:

The so called "one drop rule" is a throwback to the Jim Crow days same as the sign on the pool fence. Obsolete way of thinking.

Still very entrenched, and you get few people calling themselves biracial. They usually identify themselves by the their non-white part. Nobody says Hale Barry is biracial, they make a fuss about being one of the few actresses of African American descent. And so on. Obama, first black president, not first half-black half white president. And so on.

This all goes back to my first post and how screwed up perceptions of race and race politics are in the United States. Interesting you mention Halle Berry as she has come right out and said she believes in the old Jim Crow one drop rule. But the more interesting situation is with her young daughter (fathered by a Caucasian) whom she says is "black", completely ignoring three quarters of the ancestry. On the other end of things, the father claims the girl is white.

To this Canadian, it all seems very ridiculous. Mixed heritage isn't anything to be ashamed of.

[Guy_Fawkes]

So if a white got a long transplant from a black, would whitey become black?

[Unsound]

Guy_Fawkes Guy_Fawkes:

So if a white got a long transplant from a black, would whitey become black?

Yep. According to the Aryan Brotherhood in Oz, atleast.