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If you are familiar with the term octoroon, you understand that if you are 1/8th black, you are considered a Black person despite all the generations of any other race that may be in your ancestry. This law was an economic decision. Keep Blacks enslaved = free labor, more wealth for plantation owners.
In other nations like China, being Black can means something different. A while back on Naturally Sophia‘s blog I saw the story of Lou Jing. Lou grew up in China with her Chinese mom, never knowing her African-American father.
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Whenever anyone looks at Lou Jing, they see a Black girl. Besides her skin color, Lou Jing is Chinese. She knows no Black people. Due to our interesting world, Lou needs to labeled, and put things into a neat box of race that does not exist for her.
CNN Video about Lou Jing
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Being Black is a Blessing, far from a curse! [Partly why this blog was created] Race is not as simple as how you look. The term octoroon is an example of how people are defined - just for economic reasons - and no other.
First off, his young lady is not an octoroon, she is biracial, she is both African American and Chinese. I don’t know why that term would even be mention in this article, it does not fit the topic. Furthermore, despite her not knowing any other Black people, doesn’t change the fact, that she looks Black, and will be viewed as Black. Being Black is not a curse, so why should it be viewed as something bad?
Just looking at her picture, If I didn’t know her mother was Chinese, I would never suspect her of being anything other than Black. There are African Americans who are much lighter than her and with different hair textures, that could be mistaken for biracial, however their parents are both African American.