C14A. What is the One-Drop Rule?

The one-drop rule is a U.S. folkloric tradition that someone of European appearance who rejects an African-American self-identity is "really Black," like it or not, due to having "one drop" of known African ancestry, no matter how ancient.

For a text version of this topic, visit
http://backintyme.com/essays/item/422 .
For the scholarly version, with all sources, visit
http://backintyme.com/essays/item/14 .

Link to Internet radio playing 24/7 audio-only lectures on the U.S. "race" notion, including this one:
http://sc.digitaleagles.com/tunein.php/backintyme2/playlist.pls .

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