07-12-2023, 05:19 PM
(07-12-2023, 01:52 PM)pally Wrote: The law was written by conservatives, not liberals regardless of party.
Whites with 1/16th Indian blood were allowed to claim to be white due to what is called the Pocohantas Rule. It was fashionable at the time to claim to be a descendant of her. They calculated out the generations from her time to the time of the law to get to that 1/16th. Even then racists made exceptions for their own circumstances
Good lord take a breather.
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