one-drop
Any Black ancestry
One-drop refers to the racist principle, codified in some U.S. laws during the Jim Crow era, that any person with even one drop of Black ancestry should be classified as Black.
The rule was used to enforce segregation and restrict rights based on racial classification, regardless of appearance or self-identification.
It persists as a concept in discussions of race, identity, and the arbitrary nature of racial categories in America.
The one-drop rule meant that people who appeared white were legally classified as Black.
Ancestral proportion for tribal enrollment
- racial classificationGrouping by ancestry or ethnicity
- miscegenationCross-racial intimate relations
- anti-miscegenationOpposing interracial unions
- segregationForced separation by group
Jim Crow · colorism · passing · racial purity · ancestry · African descent · racial hierarchy · social construction
Perceived ancestral group membership
- self-identificationClaiming an identity label
- passingMoving by or temporary
- biracialHaving two racial ancestries
- multiracialOf multiple ethnicities
mixed-race · quadroon · octoroon · mulatto · creole · racialization · census · ethnicity
Forced separation by group
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- ostracismBanishment from a group
marginalization · prejudice · stigmatization · alienation · outcast · pariah · untouchability · ghettoization
Family line of descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
forebears · ancestors · kinship · family history · roots · progenitors · biological · inheritance
blood quantum
Ancestral proportion for tribal enrollment
- racial classificationGrouping by ancestry or ethnicity
- miscegenationCross-racial intimate relations
- anti-miscegenationOpposing interracial unions
segregation · Jim Crow · colorism · passing · racial purity · ancestry · African descent · racial hierarchy · social construction · mixed-race
racial identity
Perceived ancestral group membership
- self-identificationClaiming an identity label
- passingMoving by or temporary
- biracialHaving two racial ancestries
multiracial · mixed-race · quadroon · octoroon · mulatto · creole · racialization · census · ethnicity · heritage
segregation
Forced separation by group
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- apartheidRacial separation policy
ostracism · marginalization · prejudice · stigmatization · alienation · outcast · pariah · untouchability · ghettoization · disenfranchisement
ancestry
Family line of descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
heritage · forebears · ancestors · kinship · family history · roots · progenitors · biological · inheritance · African ancestry
one-dropwhitening
Making something lighter
passing · colorism · blood quantum · limpieza de sangre · casta system
one-dropracial integration
Unifying separated ethnic groups
miscegenation · color-blindness · melting pot · racial equality · amalgamation
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