Just curious. Are you then a proponent of the "one drop rule?" Are you familiar with its unsavory history?
Not really- I go by what a person looks like and what they say they are. Halle identifies as Black and that's consistent with her appearance.
My father was half Swede and half German, but he didn't identify as a Swede and ignore his German mother.
The racial dynamics of German vs, Swede are completely different than Black vs. White- no comparison.
That's why I think it is important to not perpetuate such unreal divisions. That this artificial division into black/white forms part of our culture is no reason to keep it going.
Just curious. Would you equally accept her decision if she had decided to reject her black father and self-identify as white? If not, why not?