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**evammaUselp** · 09-19-2010, 10:03 AM

People often say they don't, but society as a whole still does.

A lot of people still adhere to it, hence why Mariah Carey, Beyonce, and Alicia Keys for instance are all considered 'black' despite being far from pure Sub-Saharan African.

To many people, someone like Rashida Jones is a black woman who looks white, way before they'd consider her white with black admixture.

Where do you stand on this? Do you consider someone like Halle Berry 'black' more than 'white', despite that she is half and half?

09-19-2010, 10:03 AM	#1
evammaUselp Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 427 Senior Member	Do you, even without realizing it, adhere to the One Drop Rule? People often say they don't, but society as a whole still does. A lot of people still adhere to it, hence why Mariah Carey, Beyonce, and Alicia Keys for instance are all considered 'black' despite being far from pure Sub-Saharan African. To many people, someone like Rashida Jones is a black woman who looks white, way before they'd consider her white with black admixture. Where do you stand on this? Do you consider someone like Halle Berry 'black' more than 'white', despite that she is half and half?
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