what is the one drop rule? one drop of black makes him black? never heard of such a rule.
I heard Halle Berry use it at one time, in regards to her child when she was trying to get custody of her child.
My understanding is that it has roots when the South was racist and a person, who was found to have even a bit of black ancestry wouldn’t be considered white and would be treated accordingly.
Blacks, in turn, would adopt that for themselves, but put a positive spin on it, like they do with the term, ‘ni**er”