Word: appiah
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Professor of Afro-American Studies and Philosophy K. Anthony Appiah, whose mother is British and father is Ghanaian, says awareness of the mixed-race problem is increasing...
...Appiah, whose mother is white and British and whose father is Ghanaian, questions the rationale behind the Census question...
...drop rule" has long been an issue for mixed-race people. This convention refers to the belief that if a person has a single black ancestor, he or she is black, according to Appiah...
...look a certain way, you don't have much choice," says Appiah, adding that it won't help to say "No, no, I'm mixed-race!" if someone is chasing you in the street because you are black...
...There's been an increase in the number of people who want to resist the one-drop rule," Appiah says, pointing to people like golf star Tiger Woods, who says he shouldn't be defined by only one race...