The Unintended Ripple Effect of the One Drop Rule: How Miscegenation Backfired on White Supremacy! PART I (of 2)
Definitions are warranted to offer a fundamental framework for this article, with a few substantive (yet certainly not all-inclusive) entries about some of the more salient developments in American history. I would be remiss if I did not point out, … Continue reading The Unintended Ripple Effect of the One Drop Rule: How Miscegenation Backfired on White Supremacy! PART I (of 2)
The Unintended Ripple Effect of the One Drop Rule: How Miscegenation Backfired on White Supremacy! PART 2 (of 2)
[As stated in Part I of this article, to maximize the hidden takeaways underlying this article, readers are strongly encouraged to invest themselves in reading the full content of the referenced footnotes (for better context around the noted entries)]. Politically … Continue reading The Unintended Ripple Effect of the One Drop Rule: How Miscegenation Backfired on White Supremacy! PART 2 (of 2)
Coming This October! Three-Fifths Magazine’s Annual Season of Giving
Mark your calendars for October 2024 for Three-Fifths Magazine’s annual Season of Giving. The season of giving, also known as giving season or year-end giving, is a time of year when people focus on generosity and supporting those in need. It’s generally … Continue reading Coming This October! Three-Fifths Magazine’s Annual Season of Giving
The September Edition. MiscegeNATION: The One-Drop Rule Gone Awry
It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. Winston Churchill Why do the family, particularly the children in the picture above, frighten many people in America? Let’s overlay this picture upon a divisive subculture, snake-bitten by fear, … Continue reading The September Edition. MiscegeNATION: The One-Drop Rule Gone Awry
The Gift of the Other
In the speech quoted above, Dr. King draws out the logical end of racism. If one believes that another race of people is made inferior, the conclusion one ultimately reaches is that they ought to be eliminated. And, though he … Continue reading The Gift of the Other
Will the Real Negros Please Stand Up?
Former president Donald Trump recently appeared at the National Black Journalist Convention to be interviewed by a few Black journalists. It didn’t take long before Trump gravitated toward his old ways of insults and disrespect before going down the dark … Continue reading Will the Real Negros Please Stand Up?
We are all Structurally Trapped…
I used to look at middle class people with some disdain. I would think these privileged people are insulated from the “real world”. They live in the suburbs, shop at Specialty Grocery Stores, drive hybrid SUVs, go skiing in Vail, … Continue reading We are all Structurally Trapped…
“MiscegeNATION: The One-Drop Rule Gone Awry”
Believe it or not, the norms of American society – alongside the slavery-adjacent laws instituted within the earliest American states and the widespread falsities of the constructs of race – once insisted that as little as one single drop of … Continue reading “MiscegeNATION: The One-Drop Rule Gone Awry”
The Complexity of Human Diversity and the Struggle with Binary Thinking
The resistance and terror towards racial mixing, epitomized by the “one drop rule,” stem from humanity’s current inability to comfortably conceptualize non-binary thinking. I’m sure there are other reasons, but this is the driving force behind it in 2024. It … Continue reading The Complexity of Human Diversity and the Struggle with Binary Thinking
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