Why is there a double standard in the one drop rule?

[Cherrylicious]

I personally do not subscribe to the one drop rule at all as I do not believe in it because for obvious reasons. But I believe that there tends to be this nonsensical double standard when it comes to deciding who is considered black and who is not especially when it comes to mixed people is when people tend to be very selective of who they consider to be an African-American man or woman I'll give some examples.

Mariah Carey (considered biracial rightfully so as she is)

Meghan Markle (considered biracial rightfully so as she is)

Alicia Keys (considered black even though she is biracial)

Jhene Aiko (considered multiracial rightfully so as she is)

Halle Berry (considered black even though she is biracial)

Beyoncé (considered black despite having with Creole heritage)

Barack Obama (considered black even though he is biracial)

Drake (considered black even though he is biracial)

Tiger Woods (considered black even though he is multiracial with an Asian mother)

So why do people pick and choose who is black and who isn't due to physical appearance obviously and if we are going to one drop rule someone, shouldn't we keep it equal for everyone who is mixed with black? So if Barack Obama is considered an African-American man despite him having a white mother, then Mariah Carey should be considered an African-American woman despite her having a white Irish mother. Fair enough?

[Avicenna]

The one drop rule was always nonsense, but in today's US, there is no advantage to being white, to the point we even have some white people attempting to pretend that they are not white. In my opinion, if you're biracial, it's up to you to define your own identity, and depending on your industry, you may find it more advantageous to identify as biracial or as black/Asian/Hispanic/Native American, etc. For example, Barack Obama's appeal as a politician was directly linked to his black identity.

[AngryCarl]

If we didn't discriminate against certain ethnicities it wouldn't matter.

One of these men is an inbred bigot

[purplepoppy]

Here is a really simple guide. If you look black you're black, if you look white you're white, if you look in the middle you're a bit of both.

[Cherrylicious]

A person looking "more black" or "more white" does not negate the fact that they have two parents of different ethnicities which makes them a biracial which is biologically what they are so therefore their other racial backgrounds should not be ignored regardless of what they look like. I don't go by the world's view of "you are what you look like" sentiment so regardless of what race they appear more as, it shouldn't matter because their true racial ethnicity is biracial or mixed. Therefore they should be claimed as and treated as such.

[loveslongnails]

That's nonsense. LOL My ex was 50% white, 50% native American, and she looked like a white Asian girl !! She had friends who were 20% native American and 80% white yet looked the other way around!

[Anonymous]

It’s almost like they decide whether it’s better to be Black or biracial based on their career ambitions...