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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here.  Is the one drop rule still in effect for non-black mixed children? So if I have a half-Asian, half-white son, etc., would he still be considered by others to be Asian?[/quote]

Honestly, people claim that the "one drop" rule is in effect, but it is really a "one look" rule.  So, if your non-white ancestry can be discerned by looking at you, then you will more often than not be categorized as the non-white race, even if you are very light skinned and "almost" passable.  This usually doesn't affect you much in day to day society, but every once in a while when white privilege would have otherwise come in handy, you will come up short.  Stats show that bosses will offer you less in starting salary than they would a white person, the police will treat you more harshly, and you might have more dating difficulties.

For biracial people who are fully half "other", however, but do not look it at all, the one drop rule does not hold.  No one can apply the rule to you if they don't know you have "other" admixture.

For instance, Obama is treated as black because his black blood is clear.  Mariah Carey, on the other hand, was marketed as a white woman who could sing (and got heavy marketing accordingly) when she first came out.  Only when [i]she[/i] identified herself as black did anyone know the difference.  Both Mariah Carey and Obama are fully half black.  Kristin Kreuk often gets roles usually reserved for white actresses, but Russell Wong was cast virtually exclusively as the Asian guy (back when he had a career).  So on and so forth.  America goes by look and if America can discern any "other" in you, you will often get less than you should because America is still a very racist place.[/quote]

13:24 here.  All of this is to say that it really depends on how your son looks.  Are his eyes "slanted"?  Does he have that bone-straight, dark Asian hair?  Does he have the flatter facial bone structure?  Even if it is a Caucasian version of an Asian look, if he looks Asian, he will be treated as Asian in society.[/quote]

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