Abstract:
Two titles, two perspectives
One Drop:
In the 20th century skin color was important. People such as Thomas Jefferson reveled in blood quantum. J. A. Rogers, Sex and Race, Volume III, page 277 explored skin color and stated, “We are told, too, that white blood is superior, but in the same breathe informed that one ‘drop’ of ‘Negro’ blood makes a white man a Negro...” This theory is examined by poetry written by a woman with black skin who lived in the 20th century.

To Be the Color Black
“To be or not to be, that is the question...” asked by Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The premise that people born with white skin can choose which race they wish to belong to is explored by poets with white skin for the 21st century. This book examines Albert Einstein’s theory, “All modern people are the conglomeration of so many ethnic mixtures that no pure race remains. . .”