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RE: Folktales, Race and Class Struggles in Afro-Venezuelan Literature
Incredible writing, as always, @hlezama. You really covered the topic in depth. I'm amazed. You should consider collecting these writings into a book.
I had not heard of the one-drop rule. It's ridiculous to contemplate the notion that one person of color is superior to another if he/she has any white blood. And for that matter, superiority based on race at all is so incredibly disturbing. It's sad that it has such deep roots, and that these backwater beliefs continue.
Thank you for sharing this enlightening post. Your knowledge and writing skill always amaze me.
Thank you so much, @jayna.
This was indeed my book project. Steemit has helped me give some shape to it. Hopefully, I will be able to publish all this in some form. I posted 7 parts previous to this section (see comment above).
From Charles Chesnutt and his Stories of the Color Line, African Americans have dealt with the issue of passing (blacks who were fair enough to pass as white). There is an African American writer, BarbaraNeely, who, from the perspective of a female detective (Blanche), approaches the nuances of internal racism within american blacks.
The pressure of white-normativity or the benefits associated with whiteness have taken a toll among non-white groups.