When people mention race as about ancestry, it's a good idea to inform them that Obama's mother is a descendant of an enslaved African-American.
The "one-drop" rule isn't as clean as people think.
The "one-drop" rule isn't as clean as people think.
A very famous American-American journalist has a "white" parent and like most ADOS, "complex" ancestry.
They are called the n-word rather regularly.
They are called the n-word rather regularly.
Race is and always has been a social and political label that says much less about a person's genetic or genealogical ancestry than people think.
Finally I'll end with a reminder that we're all much closer related than people think. Just a few thousand years ago *everyone* reading this had *all* the same ancestors.
Race is a social construct with very real consequences, but it's claims to biology is weak at best.
Race is a social construct with very real consequences, but it's claims to biology is weak at best.
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