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LETTERS, Page 9Eyeballing Mankind
The idea that Mahin Root, whose father is white and mother
black (NATION, Sept. 4), should be classified by a "rule of reason"
or an "eyeball" test merely plays to the entrenched, racist "one
drop" theory that has been used for centuries to avoid dealing with
interracial realities in this country. My father was black and my
mother white. Throughout my life, I have consistently refused to
make a choice when faced with forms that ask my race. Most times
I ignore the space, and other times I check both black and white.
The real selection the individual is being asked to make is between
parents and cultures, not a decision any biracial child should ever
be forced to make.
Leni Ashmore Sorensen
Crozet, Va.