{"id":34240,"date":"2013-10-11T03:02:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T03:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=34240"},"modified":"2013-10-11T03:02:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T03:02:30","slug":"whats-history-got-to-do-with-it-evolving-classifications-of-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=34240","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s History Got to Do with It? Evolving Classifications of Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/blog\/whats-history-got-do-it-evolving-classifications-race\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s History Got to Do with It? Evolving Classifications of Race<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynhistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Historical Society<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations<\/a><br \/>\nOthmer Library<br \/>\nSaturday, 2014-01-25, 15:00-18:00 EST (Local Time)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynhistory.org\/graphics\/LittleCBBGlogo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part Three of the reading series <em>Quantifying Bloodlines<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>How did historical distinctions emerge, such as: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=451\" target=\"_blank\">mulatto<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=1144\" target=\"_blank\">quadroon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=1146\" target=\"_blank\">octoroon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louisiana_Creole_people\" target=\"_blank\">creole<\/a>, 1\/16th Native American\u2026? <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=3208\" target=\"_blank\">one-drop rule<\/a>? <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Why do we talk about our backgrounds, bloodlines, ethnic and racial make-ups in terms of percentages and fractions? <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Does race-mixing mean racial harmony? <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Do people still \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=5864\" target=\"_blank\">pass<\/a>\u201d to blend in in order to be accepted? <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Join in an engaging discussion about the formation of racial classifications, privilege and pedigree. As a focus, we will read and review a historical novel, based on the real-life family history of Creole society in Central Louisiana. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=33817\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Cane River<\/em><\/a> by Lalita Tademy describes this family and society as experienced through more than four generations of women\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p>Please plan to have read the book prior to our meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Session is limited to 15 participants. Active participation is key.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This reading and discussion group is co-sponsored by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">MixedRaceStudies.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information, click <a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/blog\/whats-history-got-do-it-evolving-classifications-race\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s History Got to Do with It? Evolving Classifications of Race Brooklyn Historical Society Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Othmer Library Saturday, 2014-01-25, 15:00-18:00 EST (Local Time) Part Three of the reading series Quantifying Bloodlines How did historical distinctions emerge, such as: mulatto, quadroon, octoroon, creole, 1\/16th Native American\u2026? What is the one-drop rule? 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