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Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by SuoDuanDao on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:51PM (#27612947)
Under US law, 'one drop of blood' is sufficient to count as nonwhite. Might be an outgrowth of puritanism, I'm not sure.
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Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by whoooooo123 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @03:36AM (#27614888)
That was only true in some states during Jim Crow. Others had different definitions of "white". In fact it was possible for some "black" people to become "white" just by crossing a state boundary.

Racism is stupid.

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Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by woodruffw on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:41PM (#27613713)
"One drop" is not and was never federal law in the US[1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule

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