One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race
Yaba Blay
Beacon Press
Does just one drop of Black blood make you Black? Blay explores "the one-drop rule" and the extent to which historical definitions of race continue to shape contemporary racial identities and lived experiences of racial difference. By recounting lived experiences and lived imagings of Black identity - particularly by those who do not fit neatly into the stereotypical "Black Box"- Blay visualizes multiple possibilities for Blackness.