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31-07-06, 05:37 PM
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Gmahogany wrote:
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At one time back in the early 1800's I think, mixed race people in New Orleans were considered a separate category from Blacks, different laws applied to them, etc.
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This more relaxed view on race only applied in the French ruled/influenced NO, crackers outside of NO didn't recognize it, whatsoever. So these mixed race "people of coleur", or however they called themselves thought they had it made in the shade. Then one day, the white folks in New Orleans changed their minds,lol. Changed the laws and threw those fools right back in the N****r category.
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If I'm not mistaken, that is where the one drop rule originated and came from. It's how jazz came about, actually. All the mixed people who had been embracing their French/European side, having access to classical music, etc. When those classically trained/influenced mixed musicians got thrown back into the batch with the rest of the N****rs (they could no longer play in white bands/venues), the European classical style got mixed with the African styles(of theBlack musicians)and jazz was born. Like I said, this is Amerikka, fools better recognize.
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African heart, African mind
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