The One Drop Rule
If we were to take the one drop rule seriously, we’d have to apply it to species too, not just races, and it would have very grave implications. I mean a race is a vague term that’s not even recognised by science, while a species is a scientifically validated concept and represents a much more fundamental difference between two groups than the superficial differences associated with so-called “race”. As the one drop rule specifies that if someone has just one drop of blood from a minority group they cannot be considered to be a member of the majority group, and that the majority human species on this planet is Homo sapiens, and DNA testing has revealed that most people have 1-4% neanderthal DNA, we must therefore reclassify nearly everyone on the planet as Homo neanderthalensis.
The best, most sweetest irony of this is that the very group that the one drop rule was created to discriminate against (i.e.African-Americans), also happen to be from the only group on the planet who doesn’t seem to have any neanderthal DNA (sub-Saharan Africans), so they would be more likely to still be classified as Homo sapiens under the new rule. However bear in mind that 58% of African-Americans have some European ancestry, and as all Europeans would now be Homo neanderthalensis, 58% of African-Americans would still be Homo neanderthalensis under the one drop rule. However people who originate from African countries south of the Sahara would be the only ones who are in with a chance of remaining classified as Homo sapiens.
So, if anyone still believes in the one drop rule, please refrain from referring to yourself as a member of the species Homo sapiens, because the one drop rule makes you a Homo neanderthalensis. Thank you.
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