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Originally posted by 928ram
There was some H.S. girl a while back that was 1/2 black/white that got chastized from all sides for listing herself as white on some school form.
Why is it that that she should automatically have to be black?
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Historically that was so. By law.
FWIW: Jefferson's "black" mistress was only 25% African. His kids only 1/2 that.
The lighter skinned ones "passed" into white society and are lost to history it is the "black" ones we know of today...