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One-drop Rule

The "One-Drop Rule" is a socioracial construct that classifies any individual with even one ancestor of African descent as Black, thereby enforcing a rigid racial hierarchy by attributing hypodescent based solely on the presence of African ancestry.

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38

Authors

28

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2017–2026

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Publications

29

“If You're Half Black, You're Just Black”: Reflected Appraisals and the Persistence of the One-Drop Rule

Nikki Khanna · Sociological Quarterly · 2010 · 256 citations

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The End of the One-Drop Rule? Labeling of Multiracial Children in Black Intermarriages

Wendy D. Roth · Sociological Forum · 2005 · 202 citations

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The Devil and the One Drop Rule: Racial Categories, African Americans, and the U.S. Census

Christine B. Hickman · Michigan Law Review · 1997 · 148 citations

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Social marking and the mental coloring of identity: Sexual identity construction and maintenance in the United States

Wayne H. Brekhus · Sociological Forum · 1996 · 115 citations

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Historical Origins of the One-Drop Racial Rule in the United States

Winthrop D. Jordan · Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies · 2014 · 72 citations · Full text

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Authors

38

  1. LA
    Lawrence A. Hirschfeld

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 77 citations

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  2. LD
    Lauren D. Davenport

    Stanford University, United States

    1 publications · 47 citations

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  3. JX
    Janet Xu

    New York University, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  4. AC
    Aylin Caliskan

    University of Washington, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. JL
    Jennifer Lee

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    1 publications · 38 citations

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Institutions

28

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    217 citations

  2. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    54 citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  4. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    115 citations

  5. New York University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  6. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    43 citations

  7. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  8. Louisiana State University

    Baton Rouge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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Venues

  1. Child Development

    2 publications · 77 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 68 citations

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  3. Sociological Forum

    SF · 2 publications · 317 citations

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  4. Ethnic and Racial Studies

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  5. Michigan Law Review

    1 publications · 148 citations

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