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Octaroon?

Post by hotdoglaw » Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:27 pm

URM?
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Re: Octaroon?

Post by bubba » Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:31 pm

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Mr. Matlock

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Re: Octaroon?

Post by Mr. Matlock » Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:36 pm

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.
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Re: Octaroon?

Post by Grond » Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:55 pm

Isn't there a SCOTUS case on this? Plessy v. Ferguson?
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Re: Octaroon?

Post by booboo » Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:57 pm

Grond wrote:Isn't there a SCOTUS case on this? Plessy v. Ferguson?
Lol.
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