Mixed Race Studies

How I Learned about the One-Drop Rule: Mark Fanshen Cox 2016-01-20 One Drop of Love is a multimedia one-woman show exploring the intersections of race, class, gender, justice and LOVE. For more information, click here.

The “one-drop rule,” which, for much of American history, legally defined as black anyone with a black ancestor, was used to keep black people from adopting whiteness. Ironically, it has made it easier for Ms. [Rachel] Dolezal to claim blackness without others questioning the assertion. If they are not themselves of a similar hue to Ms. […]

  Beyond the One-Drop Rule: Views of Obama’s Race and Voting Intention in 2008 Sociological Science Volume 1, March 2014 (2014-04-17) pages 70-80 DOI: 10.15195/v1.a6 Simon Cheng, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut David Weakliem, Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut We use data from a national survey of likely voters conducted before the 2008 […]

One Drop of Love: Finding the Love in the One-drop Rule through Documentary Storytelling and Performance California State University, Los Angeles May 2013 84 pages Fanshen DiGiovanni A Project Report Presented to The Faculties of the Departments of Television, Film & Media Studies, and Music, Theatre & Dance In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for […]

Can the “one-drop rule” tell us anything about racial discrimination? New evidence from the multiple race question on the 2000 Census Labour Economics Volume 16, Issue 4 (August 2009) pages 451-460 DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2009.01.003 Robert W. Fairlie, Professor of Economics University of California, Santa Cruz The inclusion of multiple race information for the first time in […]

Did one-drop rules have a positive side? Cable News Network (CNN) Black in America: A Soledad O’Brien Report 2012-12-05 Soledad O’Brien, Host   Ethnographer and professor Dr. Yaba Blay explains why she thinks the one-drop rule has a positive side. [Transcription by Steven F. Riley] Soledad O’Brien: Why do so many black people—me included—embrace the “one-drop […]

In this article, my thesis is simple. If racial caste has been upended by changes in legal rules that created a hierarchical racial structure, its demise also has been hastened by the use of symbols, a strategy of cultural inversion with respect to the meaning of race.

“If You’re Half Black, You’re Just Black”: Reflected Appraisals and the Persistence of the One-Drop Rule Sociological Quarterly Volume 51 Issue 1 (Winter 2010) Pages 96 – 121 Published Online: 2010-01-15 DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2009.01162.x Nikki Khanna, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Vermont Despite growing interest in multiracial identity, much of the research remains atheoretical and […]

Hypodescent: A history of the crystallization of the one-drop rule in the United States, 1880-1940 Princeton University September 2011 383 pages Publication Number: AAT 3480237 ISBN: 9781124939179 Scott Leon Washington A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY RECOMMENDED FOR ACCEPTANCE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF […]

One ‘Speck’ of Imperfection—Invisible blackness and the one-drop rule: An interdisciplinary approach to examining Plessy v. Ferguson and Jane Doe v. State of Louisiana Indiana University 2008 371 pages Publication Number: AAT 3315914 ISBN: 9780549675372 Erica Faye Cooper Submitted to the faculty of the University Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the […]