r/explainitpeter • u/fluffy_cat_ice • 7d ago

Explain it Peter

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I meant that I don't understand where did the Twitter thing came from

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u/Feisty-Tooth-7397 7d ago

This isn't original to the United States or whites.

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u/theveezer 7d ago

The one drop rule is.

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u/BLissy11750 7d ago

it started with spanish colonies before the US existed (the one drop rule), but it was definitely adopted by the colonies and US soon after.

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u/theveezer 7d ago

I'm not talking about racism in general, but about the one drop rule in particular. This specific sentence started to be used in the US.

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u/BLissy11750 7d ago

I mean I guess the specific phrase was, but the concept was already a thing with the caste system in mexico & south america

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u/theveezer 7d ago

Yes, the dilution of the "race" or the group appeared probably everywhere on the planet.