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Octaroon?
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:27 pm
by hotdoglaw
URM?
Re: Octaroon?
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:31 pm
by bubba
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Re: Octaroon?
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:36 pm
by Mr. Matlock
Octoroon means a person of fourth-generation black ancestry. Genealogically, it means one-eighth black. Typically an Octoroon has one great-grandparent who is of full African descent and seven great-grandparents who are not.
Hey, if you feel you identify and have always claimed AA status in the past, go for it. If not, work on trying to be a human being.
Re: Octaroon?
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:55 pm
by Grond
Isn't there a SCOTUS case on this? Plessy v. Ferguson?
Re: Octaroon?
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:57 pm
by booboo
Grond wrote:Isn't there a SCOTUS case on this? Plessy v. Ferguson?
Lol.