Talk:Fredi Washington

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"Who passes for white"

"turned down a number of opportunities to pass for white"

LOL @ Americans.

Yes, an unknown number of White Americans have among their ancestors African-Americans who successfully "passed" as white. I believe that the Wikipedia entry on Thomas Jefferson reports that several of his children with Sally Hemmings chose to pass as white when they became adults and were allowed to leave the Jefferson estate, and that only one chose to publicly identify himself as being 1/8th African-American.

American race laws defining "black and "white" have been stricter over the last two centuries than the Nazi laws defining "Jew" and "Aryan." If Nazi standards were used in the United States anyone who was less than 1/8th "black" would be considered "white" even if they were known to have African-American ancestors farther back in their family tree. (71.22.47.232 (talk) 06:36, 6 December 2010 (UTC))

Not that i disagree, but what does this have to do with fredi washington?

Adding to the activism section.
Hello fellow Wikipedians!

I want to add more about Fredi's activism, including her work with the NAACP and would like to know all of your thoughts on this, just to ensure that everyone is fine with these changes. I am new to Wikipedia editing, so I am open to hearing your suggestions as well.

Thanks, everyone! Riijones23 (talk) 23:58, 16 November 2023 (UTC)