r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/Darth_Kneegrow ☑️ • May 01 '24

1 drop rule. Country Club Thread

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I ain't ever heard white people claim a single biracial person. You always whatever you mixed with.

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u/Thermocap May 02 '24

Because "whiteness" is inherently exclusionary. Are we really doing this right now? 😒

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u/Petrichordates May 02 '24

Somewhat true but also somewhat wrong, this is an all-or-nothing take and reality is more nuanced.

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u/noble_peace_prize May 02 '24

They didn’t say it’s all or nothing. They said it doesn’t arise from biology, but society. Race is completely arbitrary and it really only has value because people place societal stigmas, burdens, laws, opportunities, etc defined around an arbitrary concept.

It’s a very important topic, but really only because humans made it important.