We have heard from several people here that there ought to be a multiracial box on the U.S. Census forms so that people with parents of two races wouldn't have to deny one of them. What do you think should happen here? Long ago came to loathe the "One-Drop Rule." That's the Jim Crow-inspired maxim that holds if you have a drop of "black blood," you are automatically classified as black in America. Mixed-race individuals, with fair complexions and straight hair, are generally pigeonholed according to the race of the minority parent or, if the parents are from two different minorities, according to the race of the mother. Such rules don't allow mixed-race individuals to claim their entire heritage. Most whites have never heard of "One-Drop." These days, lamentably, it's the black community that enforces the notion that a person of mixed heritage should forget that he or she is a blend of two or more different "races." The radical right must not succeed in abolishing these programs, but black leadership must become more sophisticated in the way it handles the race issue. Many "mulattoes," are more than willing to forfeit participation in any government program in exchange for the basic right to self-identify. This discussion of racial identity is already blowing the lid off most people's perceptions of race, and that's good. All racial classifications should be dropped. Until that day comes, the multiracial category is a good first step along the way to "racial" sanity. 1) summarize the article in one paragraph. 2) compare the author’s comments with the conceptualization and operationalization of race used by the Census.
We have heard from several people here that there ought to be a multiracial box on the U.S. Census forms so that people with parents of two races wouldn't have to deny one of them. What do you think should happen here?
Long ago came to loathe the "One-Drop Rule." That's the Jim Crow-inspired maxim that holds if you have a drop of "black blood," you are automatically classified as black in America. Mixed-race individuals, with fair complexions and straight hair, are generally pigeonholed according to the race of the minority parent or, if the parents are from two different minorities, according to the race of the mother. Such rules don't allow mixed-race individuals to claim their entire heritage.
Most whites have never heard of "One-Drop." These days, lamentably, it's the black community that enforces the notion that a person of mixed heritage should forget that he or she is a blend of two or more different "races."
The radical right must not succeed in abolishing these programs, but black leadership must become more sophisticated in the way it handles the race issue. Many "mulattoes," are more than willing to forfeit participation in any government program in exchange for the basic right to self-identify.
This discussion of racial identity is already blowing the lid off most people's perceptions of race, and that's good. All racial classifications should be dropped. Until that day comes, the multiracial category is a good first step along the way to "racial" sanity.
1) summarize the article in one paragraph.
2) compare the author’s comments with the conceptualization and operationalization of race used by the Census.
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