One Drop Rule vs. Affirmative Action.

[ArizonaBear]

Originally Posted by florida southerner 3

A good example of White people with obvious Black in their ancestry are the American character actor/boxer Randall "Tex" Cobb and possibly the reknowned British actor John Rhys-Davies. These 2 actors, both obviously White, but also show signs of Black in their genetic makeup, especially Cobb!

I saw a woman some years ago who was obviously 'White' (porcelain skin, strawberry blond hair and probably blue/green eyes) but had an honest-to-God Afro and some other Sub-Saharan Africa facial features.

Definitely attractive though-----she had IMHO the best of both 'races' and had I had the opportunity to ask her out, I would have done so.

[Vagabond]

Originally Posted by F355

The one drop rule is an antiquated, genetically inconsistent, and quite frankly, racist classification. If one is considered black if they have any sub Saharan African genetic roots, why then is a black person with any European genetic roots not considered white?

Because as you have already stated, it is an antiquated, racist classification system that treats black as a contaminant, but any other racial admixture as absorbable and of course "white" as preferred.

[florida southerner 3]

Originally Posted by ArizonaBear

I saw a woman some years ago who was obviously 'White' (porcelain skin, strawberry blond hair and probably blue/green eyes) but had an honest-to-God Afro and some other Sub-Saharan Africa facial features.

Definitely attractive though-----she had IMHO the best of both 'races' and had I had the opportunity to ask her out, I would have done so.

I agree with you but for one aspect. The Sub-Saharan part. There are Blacks that are not Sub-Saharan. There are plenty of Black North Africans, Black Asians (such as many Indians), etc. But yes I do agree with you.

[boiseguy]

Originally Posted by florida southerner 3

Well, it's obvious you haven't a clue what you are talking about. I've done considerable study on this and related subjects. I'm sorry that my mind is not held captive by evolutionary thought and anti-Bible sentiments. My mind is free to explore the real truth! I have compiled volumes--too many to list here to rebutt yout false claims, but if you so desire, I would gladly send you emails to enlighten you on some very little wellknown facts!

good god...with such findings.. u should be nominated for a nobel prize my friend.. because that certainly proves all previous findings false... and such information would be worthy of such.. for setting the scientific community straight....

[MrSykes]

Originally Posted by florida southerner 3

In short, the most logical outlook on race if we're going to look at it at all is this. If one looks Black or predominantly Black, they're Black. If one looks White or predominantly White, they're White. If one looks obviously Mixed to obvious degrees, then they're Mixed (Mulatto) It's simple, concise, and non-contradictory.

Which is why race has always been, and will remain, nothing more than a societal construct.

[florida southerner 3]

Originally Posted by MrSykes

Which is why race has always been, and will remain, nothing more than a societal construct.

Race may be a social construct in the manner in which it is used, manipulated, and wielded by those with personal axes to grind, political egendas to fulfill, and biases, but there's obvious differences that exist. True. We are all of a single race--the human race. We all descend from Adam and Eve (or as the evolutionists say, "Mitochondrial Eve" because they just can't bring themselves to utter the names of the patriarchal and matriarchal parents of the human race). However. Anyone can look and see obvious differences between a Black and a White person. It may not be race per say, but that's what people are used to. People groups would be a more accurate rendering of those differences--the White people group, the Black people group, and the Mulatto people groups.

[florida southerner 3]

Originally Posted by boiseguy

good god...with such findings.. u should be nominated for a nobel prize my friend.. because that certainly proves all previous findings false... and such information would be worthy of such.. for setting the scientific community straight....

I have no wish for a Nobel Prize even though your comment is sarcastically intended, my friend. One has not to achieve gold medals, prizes, recognition, and wealth to be intelligent. I have educated myself and continue to do so. I don't discount all scientist's findings, but when those that are hailed, praised, and almost worshipped as gods for their "knowledge" spend their lives believing in men from apes, billions of years, and macro evolution biologically and cosmically, they lose most of their credability. It's easier and takes much less faith to believe in Adam and Eve rather than an explosion, Lucy, or Australopithecus. There's absolutely no evidence at all that primeval sludge or slime is all life's daddy and momma or this world is over 10,000 years old, man from apes, whales from cows, or birds from dinosaurs, or that civilization was a long slow evolutionary process! No evidence at all! Another thing. Some of the smartest people on Earth never went to college or universities and some of the wealthiest people alive were highschool dropouts. So, if scientists who believe in something a million times more fanciful than Adam and Eve then they might as well believe in the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, and the Easter Bunny, because I hear that they evolved from some primordial pixy dust!

[MikkiJ]

Are people this ignorant about U.S. history? Almost every black person in AMERICA has close "white" blood/ancestry. This new "bi-racial"/"not actually black" thing defies logic. Most "immediately mixed" blacks often have LESS "white" blood genetically than many blacks that have two black parents, because often the black parent in a bi-racial union is a very dark/non-mixed person. The "whitest-looking" black people in the world are those who have two very fair-skinned black/Negro parents, not "immediately-mixed" people (i.e. one white/one black parent). For example, compare in appearance Halle Berry (white mother/black father) to Lena Horne or Fredi Washington (both these actresses had TWO black parents of light complexions! -GOOGLE the images to compare!) or Barack Obama with his brown skin, to late civil rights leaders like Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (who looked extremely white) or Maynard Jackson, Jr. (Both of these leaders had two black parents, and Jackson's mother was dark-skinned). How can Barack Obama be classified as something "other than black" because his mother is white, and these men who looked almost white be considered "all black". It defies logic and is contradictory to the EYES! The one drop rule created extremely fair Negroes, some "white-looking" in appearance and not necessarily AND MOST OFTEN NOT "immediately mixed". Light Negroes marrying other light Negroes for centuries created some really "white-looking" Negroes and Barack Obama is not one of them--he is clearly Black!