The Study of Racialism

pianoplayer111 · Mentor Joined: 16 May 2007 {Posts: 379 }

Does anyone know of books that were written lately that promote the one-drop rule, whether knowingly or unknowingly? Please share and tell me your thoughts. I recently read a whole slew of books by black authors that promoted the ODR and these books were written in the last 8 years or so.

1. Passin' by Karen E. Quinones: this one is about a young woman who supposedly looks white and decides to "pass". It is full of cliches and stereotypes, including the author giving the character a very stereotypical "ghetto" name...Shanika Jenkins. It portrayed white men as vicious racists being threatened by black men, it portrayed black women badly, and it portrayed women with a European phenotype as being confused fakes.

2. Most books by the late Connie Briscoe. I find her writing to be entertaining but she one-dropped characters in nearly all of her books. One book had this white woman suddenly calling herself and her daughters "black" just because of one ancestor she never knew she had back in the 1800's. The book was pretty good but there were parts of it that had me sighing and Rolling Eyes

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3. Tripping on the Color Line by Gregory Howard Williams. I've stated in other threads that I dislike this book and I stated my reasons.

Those are the ones that come to mind as I type. How about you, folks? Have you read anything lately that provoked a reaction? Wink

Powell · Guru Joined: 27 Nov 2004 {Posts: 2125 }

Unfortunately, pro-ODR books are a dime a dozen. So-called (and misnamed) "African American" literature of the 19th century id obsessed with it as well as some Harlem Renaissance works. It is not hard to find pro-ODR literature (both "scholarly" and popular) in the 20th century and the present day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nella_Larsen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iola_Leroy

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai3/segregation/text6/text6read.htm

http://www.theromancereadersconnection.com/aotm/authorofthemonthwilliamsatkinsbowman.html

http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/73ntd7mq9780252026676.html

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2838/is_3_33/ai_58056037