{"id":57363,"date":"2019-01-25T15:42:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T15:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=57363"},"modified":"2019-01-25T15:45:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T15:45:27","slug":"mamp-podcast-ep-4-revisiting-the-one-drop-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=57363","title":{"rendered":"MAMP Podcast Ep #4: Revisiting the One-Drop Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"

MAMP Podcast Ep #4: Revisiting the One-Drop Rule<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

My American Melting Pot<\/a>
\n2019-01-04<\/p>\n

Lori L. Tharps<\/strong><\/a>, Host, Head Chef and Chief Content Creator; Associate Professor of journalism
\nTemple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/em><\/p>\n

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On episode #4 of the MAMP podcast, we\u2019re revisiting the one-drop rule<\/a> with two women who both believed they were white, until they discovered by accident, that they weren\u2019t.<\/em><\/p>\n

My guests are Gail Lukasik<\/a> and Shannon Wink<\/a>. Gail is the author of the new book, White Like Her: My Family\u2019s Story of Race and Racial Passing<\/em><\/a> and Shannon is a Philadelphia<\/a>-based journalist and writer. In her late 40s, Gail discovered that her mother had been passing as white<\/a> for her entire adult life. Shannon learned her maternal grandfather wasn\u2019t Native American as he\u2019d claimed, he was actually Black.<\/p>\n

In this riveting discussion, we hear about Gail and Shannon\u2019s \u201cfamily secrets,\u201d but spend the majority of the time speaking about what it means to be Black or white. We revisit this flawed concept of the one-drop rule that stipulates a person is Black if they have just one drop of Black blood in them. If that were truly the case, then both Gail and Shannon would be certifiably Black. But they\u2019re not.<\/p>\n

What does it mean to be white or Black in this country? How does knowing you have Black ancestry change one\u2019s sense of racial identity? What role do culture and community play in one\u2019s identity formation? Listen in on the conversation to hear how we answer these questions and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve often wondered why more colored girls \u2026 never \u2018passed<\/a>\u2019 over. It\u2019s such a frightfully easy thing to do. If one\u2019s the type, all that\u2019s needed is a little nerve.\u201d<\/em> \u2014Nella Larsen<\/a>, from the novel Passing<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Listen to the episode (00:47:24) here<\/a> download the episode here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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