ONE-DROP RULE

One-Drop Rule

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Abstract

This paper examines the “One-Drop Rule” in detail with the help of three examples. The paper also discusses the implications of this rule in contemporary race relations.

One-Drop Rule

Introduction

The belief that one single drop of black or African blood makes a person black; hence, could be considered to be a slave, this rule is known as One-Drop Rule. Invisible blackness rule was a hypo-descent example, the children assignment of a combined union between diverse ethnic and socioeconomic groups to the group in the inferior status.

Discussion

Hypo-descent is a term used by Marvin Harris ...