#hypodescent

[probablyasocialecologist]

Do you know much about the American Reconstruction? Could you (or your followers) recommend any readings?

Hey there :-) I’m afraid I don’t!

I know W. E. B. Du Bois wrote a book about it, Black Reconstruction in America, which I haven’t read myself but judging by Du Bois’ other work I’m sure it’s worth reading.

Libcom.org also has a section with several books/articles on the Reconstruction Era here.

Hope that helps!

[wepinkladies-blog]

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Hypodescent- a system created to keep children from mixed marriages in a lower category and help slave owners own their offspring. Commonly known as the one drop rule. The picture below shows how commonly used the idea of hypodescent was used among slave owners.   

[librarycards]

7 & 16?

If you had the chance to get a single, free tattoo of any size or intricacy right now, what would you want it to be of?

gonna be pedantic and ask “what constitutes a single tattoo” etc etc....that said if we’re talking about a singular Piece, i’ve long wanted a very elaborate dragon-round-a-castle-tower half-sleeve, full color, curled around my right bicep -- i think it’d play well with the stained-glass one on my left. 

Are you the kind of person to fantasize about getting into fights?

shfdjshdfj i fantasize more about just. beating people up....not actually receiving damage myself, literally just ridiculous revenge fantasies lmao

[jarrydwillis]

We will have #Thanksgiving again in 2021 During this Year Of Years we’ve had a fun time assessing #NativeAmerican proportionality. The #MixedStudentUnion has perhaps been the most open social space in my life where I’ve felt comfortable openly discussing it. Let’s review what we know 💁🏻‍♀️ Dad’s side: Maternal ➡️ maternal great grandmother was half Cherokee ➕great-great grandfather was Irish Paternal ➡️ African Mom’s side: Maternal ➡️ great grandmother was #biracial, half Native American Senator E Warren ➡️ 1/32nd Native American So I’m Native American than Native American but doubt I could ever identify in that manner as she has a few times. #Hypodescent is another entire conversation... Anywho, hope everyone has the best #TurkeyDay possible given that 2020 keeps on #2020ing #WearAMask 😷 #SocialDistancing Avoid airports at all costs (at Quarantine 2020) https://www.instagram.com/p/CICnpOSD9MY/?igshid=6bvc5dwp0kts

[librarycards]

red orange pink! off anon, fuck it!

thank you so much!!!!!!!! <3

[megamercedezmitchell-blog]

Above is a picture of a family that has a black mother and a white father. They have three children that are half black and half white. In the days of when the Jim Crow laws were enforced they would be deemed hypodescent. Simply meaning less than other races because they are mixed with black. 

[principleofplenitude]

[mcanyu]

NYU's official student newspaper. Hey so here’s an article I wrote that related a lot to what we talked about in class- such as issues of racial identity, hypodecent and how racial meanings change over time. Being mixed race- previously frowned upon, is now viewed as being superior-- see this quote:

 “The problem is that in a lot of social science literature, it seems like the end goal is to prove that multi-racial people who are multiracial, either people who identify themselves as multiracial or who are identified by a researcher as multiracial, are somehow special or exceptional,” Holliday said. “I’m interested in how can we study this population of people who identify as multiracial in a more nuanced way, without putting them on a pedestal.”

Here’s another interesting quote from a mixed race person- who tried to use her mixed race identity to set herself apart:

“When I was younger, for me to say ‘I’m mixed,’ was to denounce blackness,” Walker said. “I was trying to elevate myself because I wanted to feel special or different, but I was running away from my blackness.” Read the article for the full story :) I wrote it, so I’d be flattered if you’d check it out. “