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[novapsyche]

The fascist who 'passed' for white -- thanks, dsgood

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[pstscrpt.livejournal.com]

Despite laws against miscegenation, the pervasive practice of masters raping their slaves had produced a large number of light-skinned people. Under America's rigidly enforced codes of racial supremacy, any child of a mixed-race relationship was deemed "black", regardless of their complexion. They called it the one-drop rule: one drop of "black blood" made you black.
Stories like this perpetuate that, don't they? It's always struck me as pretty odd that someone only counts as biracial if it happened in the last couple of generations.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Stories like this perpetuate that, don't they?

I don't think so. It was in Louisiana that the law specifically stated the "one-drop" rule.

[dionysus1999.livejournal.com]

Fascinating character, even if he was a fascist.