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‘I’m a Black male’: Hispanic cop invokes ‘one-drop rule’ after being accused of racism

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

White supremacist finds out he is 14 percent black – what that tells us

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

'White' slave kids front public schools campaign in 1860s

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Barbershop Buzz: Do you agree with the ‘one drop theory’?

VIDEO – With a mixed race president and most blacks having mixed backgrounds, should this debate even matter?…
/ February 11, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Halle Berry custody battle re-opens ‘one drop rule’ debate

OPINION – In America, race has never been a scientific or genealogical designation, but a political and social one…
/ February 8, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Halle Berry: Daughter Nahla is black from ‘one drop rule’

A simple split has become a nasty race war, and now, it’s going back to the ugliest time in American history…
/ February 8, 2011

University of Vermont study examines biracial identity

Racial “passing” still takes place today, University of Vermont sociologist Nikki Khanna reports in a new study, but in different ways…
/ December 29, 2010