So I was thinking, and obviously im not going to FB this, but I wanted to hash it out.
So, this woman is "not black" (at least no more than 1/64th based on history)
Our president is black (one parent was)
George Zimmerman is "not black" (but he is at least 1/16th, since great grandfather was)
So:
1. What fraction is required to be referred to as black?
2. Does anyone else think this is $@@/&:);ing insane?. Are we seriously going back to a modified one-drop rule? How is that a good thing?
What ARE the rules?
Zimmerman is "white Hispanic" but not black.
I can't refer to Obama as white? Because it seems, unless we are going back in time, that that is just as accurate as saying he's black, or calling Zimmerman white...or calling zimmerman Hispanic.
Or is it "whatever you identify as", in which case...doesn't that make orange lady black? (Though, legally, self-identification is how it actually works)
Or is it some nebulous "priviledge" thing...where you are only a minority if you are treated worse, by your own judgement, at some point, ever, by a "majority" person.
I really don't want to live on this planet anymore.