|One-drop makes C. Thomas Howell a Soul Man| The amalgamation of
milk and chocolate creates chocolate milk, a delectable beverage
that wonderfully punctuates illustrates the concept of the "one-
drop rule" that predominates the thinking of Black people. What
is the "one-drop rule"?: The one-drop rule is a historical
colloquial term in the United States for the social
classification as black of individuals with any African
ancestry; it is an example of hypodescent, the automatic
assignment of children of a mixed union between different
socioeconomic or ethnic groups to the group with the lower
status. The one-drop rule was put into law in the twentieth
century, for instance in Virginia under the Racial Integrity
Actantebellum years free people could have up to one-eighth to
one-quarter African ancestry (depending on the state) and be
considered legally white. Community acceptance, carrying out
community responsibilities, and appearance were often the most
important factors if a person's racial status were quest