Why do you people use the ONE DROP RULE?

Question

My ex bf was a quarter Native American and I considered him white. Why do you say someone is not white when they are mostly white and look white? Are you people retarded?

Answer 1

It's all about what the person identifies with. Im black and I look black. If anyone asks, I tell them Im a quarter Cherokee. Because Im proud of my ancestry.

But Ive never heard of the one drop rule. must be a country bumkin thing...

Answer 2

No, we simply go by the rules set forth by specific nationalities. For instance, did you know that if a person is one-sixteenth Native American, they can officially join their particular tribe and have access to all governmental bonuses? It's true. Some tribes go so far as to allow members who are only one-thirty-second Native American. Your ex-boyfriend would be a tribal shoe-in.

Answer 3

If he was 1/4 Indian, he must have a lot of casino money, so you should have called him Sugar Daddy!

Answer 4

some day in the remote future there will only be one race the grey race and maybe the triffling bickering will cease for race will once again be the human race .

Answer 5

It depends on who is looking at you. I am half white, half asian. ?My white friends look of me as asian and my asian friends look at me as white. Im sure this is true even with black / white mixes.

Honestly, it doesn't bother me at all. As long as my drop doesnt end up in a white girl, thats all I care.

Answer 6

You call somebody nonwhite, if that's how they identify.
This question is really ignorant.

Answer 7

I dont use that rule