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I MENTIONED THE ?ONE-DROP RULE? EARLIER TODAY, and Ryan Garcia sent this law review article on the A?

By Glenn Reynolds

I MENTIONED THE “ONE-DROP RULE” EARLIER TODAY, and Ryan Garcia sent this law review article on the Akaka Bill and how it implements the one-drop rule for native Hawaiians. “The question is how much ethnic Hawaiian blood should special legislation for ethnic Hawaiians require. That the vast majority ? ninety percent ? of ethnic Hawaiians are comprised of less than fifty percent ethnic Hawaiian blood makes this question particularly pertinent. . . . Nor is cultural orientation or identification what special legislation for ethnic Hawaiians requires. Blood is at issue here because blood determines and denies eligibility for ethnic entitlement programs.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on February 09, 2011 (boomark / email).