A single eighth of black ancestry blocked Indian hierarchical advancement in caste logic

Evidence

The quaintness of the category “hold-yourself-in-midair” momentarily draws attention away from the insidious racial implications usually affiliated with animalization. An offspring 7/8 Indian and 1/8 black, “hold-yourselfin-midair” signals the floating in air betwixt and between categories, the insertion of blackness and the unknowability of the precise outcome restricting the otherwise relative hierarchical elevation and advancement that is the prospect of full-blooded Indians. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1104 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Even small admixtures of black blood blocked Indians’ racial advancement. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1104

Broader Connections

• Even small admixtures of black blood blocked Indians’ racial advancement. #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1104