I have crystalized a new method to determine who's White. It is something I call the maternal and paternal line rule. Here are the details.
If you are 1/4 non-white and 3/4 White, you look White, and it's your father's mother or mother's father who is the non-white grandparent, your White.
If you are 1/4 non-white and 3/4 White, your a male who's father's father is non-white or a female who's mother's mother is non-white, you are NOT White.
If you are 1/4 non-white and 3/4 White, and your a male who's mother's mother is non-white, or a female who's father's father is non-white, it goes on a case by case basis.
If you are 1/8th non-white and 7/8th White, in most cases your White. The exceptions to this would be a male who's great grandfather along the direct paternal line was non-white, or a female who's great grandmother along the direct maternal line was non-white. An exception would be a non-white great grand parent who was mixed raced, like a male Mestizo with a White y chomosome or a Chippewa Indian female with a White mtDNA.
The rules set fourth for 1/4 and 1/8th non-white people, in many cases, do NOT apply if the non-white ancestor is Black. This because the Black gene is so strong.
If you are a 1/2 White 1/2 non-white male with a non-white mother and a White father, your a mongrel.
If you are a 1/2 White 1/2 non-white male with a non-white father and a White mother, you are completely NON-WHITE.
If you are a 1/2 White 1/2 non-white female with a non-white father and a White mother, your a mongrel.
If you are a 1/2 White 1/2 non-white female with a non-white mother and a White father, your completely NON-WHITE.
The reason I put emphisis on direct maternal and paternal lines is because of mtDNA is only passed from mother to child, and Y chomosomes are only passed from father to child. Women can only pass on their mtDNA, wheas men can only pass on their Y chomosome. mtDNA and Y chomosomes are carried on for countless generations. I prefer that mtDNA and Y chomosomes are consistant with the race that the individual happens to appear as.
I welcome your comments and criticisms on this issue.
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