One Drop cid_3642 Every year

Every year

A week after the funeral I stare in the morning mirror Angry that my father’s eyes Stare back at me

and their joy fills the train car

readers embark on an epic journey

and the important voices of those who have lived through such experiences themselves

One Drop cid_3642 Every yearWhat exactly is Blackness and what does it mean to be Black? Is Blackness a matter of biology or consciousness? Who determines who is Black and who is not? Whos Black, whos not, and who cares? In the United States, a Black person has come to be defined as any person with any known Black ancestry. Statutorily referred to as the rule of hypodescent, this definition of Blackness is more popularly known as the one drop rule, meaning that a person with any