Currently, I am not a paid subscriber to Jon Rappoport’s Substack, so I cannot post my contradiction to his supposition that he wrote here, 👇🏾
“Of course, black activists have been saying, for a long time, that one drop of black blood means you’re black. That’s an interesting off-the-cuff Black Power fairy tale.”
The “one drop” law was hoisted upon folks who were mixed during slavery in the US, and was not codified by “black activists” but was codified by the US government. From wikipedia (don’t give me the blues about Wikipedia).
“This concept became codified into the law of some U.S. states in the early 20th century.[4] It was associated with the principle of “invisible blackness”[5] that developed after the long history of racial interaction in the South, which had included the hardening of slavery as a racial caste system and later segregation. Before the rule was outlawed by the Supreme Court in the Loving v. Virginia decision of 1967, it was used to prevent interracial marriages and in general to deny rights and equal opportunities and uphold white supremacy.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule
I would like to add that there has been much debate about this “so-called” law, and that is was mostly used by the Post Bellum South to reflect that a person with “one drop” of Black blood was no longer a pure blood. This law was racist and discriminatory against anyone who may have mixed heritage, particularly the blood of an African enslaved person. These individuals were summarily denied access that their pure blood ancestors had.
It was more of an insult, than anything Black Activists would want to ascribe to or even make a fairy tale about.
While I do appreciate much of what Mr. Rappoport writes and have been a long subscriber to his work before he came to substack, I must strongly disagree with his assertion that Black Activists had anything at all to do with codifying the “one drop” law. In fact, if they were to ascribe to this so-called fairy tale, it would be to say how powerful and dominate just one drop of African blood is!
However, most African American activists see it as it was initially enshrined; racist and not only towards anyone with the blood of Africans running thru their veins, but the blood of the Indigenous of this colony called the United States of America.
There have been some scholarly writing about whether or not certain US Presidents had “one drop” of black blood. One such writer comes to mind J.A. Rogers. https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/ja-rogers/224271/
Joel Augustus Rogers (September 6, 1880 – March 26, 1966) was a Jamaican-American author, journalist, and amateur historian who focused on the history of Africa; as well as the African diaspora. After settling in the United States in 1906, he lived in Chicago and then New York City. He became interested in the history of African Americans in the United States. His research spanned the academic fields of history, sociology and anthropology. He challenged prevailing ideas about scientific racism and the social construction of race, demonstrated the connections between civilizations, and traced achievements of ethnic Africans, including some with mixed European ancestry. He was one of the earliest popularizers of African and African-American history in the 20th century.[1] His book World’s Great Men of Color was recognized by John Henrik Clarke as being his greatest achievement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Augustus_Rogers
Of course some may say that his works were pure speculation but considering the times and sentiment of the societal, political and economical environment in which he wrote, one would do well, in my opinion, to note his works with an objective lens. His writings had a major impact on the movement against racial discrimination by offering alternative views as to what and who human beings really are. With that, the question of “The 5 Negro Presidents” was definitely couched within the realm of the “one drop” law. It clearly shows that if this law is to be recognized as a major distinction in racial identity, then surely one drop would make these 5 Presidents “Negro.”
I find it ironic that there are still ‘so-called” political scholars, pundits, historians, educators and the like, who remain virtually ignorant of the racial climate that this colony called the USA, has perpetuated by the obstruction of the entire historical contribution of the African American. Since we certainly have not had a female president of the USA, we can summarily say that Ms. Kamala Harris may be the first Black Woman President. We can also say that should she be elected, it is her choice to decide how she wishes to ethnically categorize herself. This choice is now available to all since the “one drop” rule was outlawed by the Supreme court in 1967 a full 57 years ago. Slavery in the USA began with the Transatlantic Slave Trade in 1400’s. They were transported to mainland USA in 1638 so we are looking at over 300 years where this rule prevailed. One Drop and you’re black!
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The history of enslaved Africans in America shows us how this rule had pervasive racist implications. Names like Mullato, half-breed, colored, etc. became the instrument of racist stratification and in some cases even death.
I can not honestly blame anyone going thru the USA educational system for being ignorant of the true history of this country. This system does not expose its students to a full view of what actually happened in this country as it relates to the interactions between the European and the Enslaved African. Even sighting certain Hollyweird renditions of what it was like for the African to be enslaved in the USA leaves out many poignant and penetrating observations. The fact that one month out of the year is designated to “Black History” speaks volumes about the suppression of the information about the role, impact and contributions of the African in this country. So again, I cannot blame the ignorance of those who came through and graduated with high honors from this system.
My point is simply, before you report to your thousands and potentially millions of readers, that you make sure that you have taken the time to study the works of African American writers & scholars and in fact, other writers in the African-Diaspora, before you make claims in an authoritative manner.
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