Why half black half white still called black?

Question

I am wondering why people who are born from white and black parents still called black. Sometimes even when they are only 1/3 or 1/4 black they are still called black.

In: Biology

Answer 1

Because of latent racism, and attendant conception of “race” from that.

Historically, a lot of person apply the “one drop” rule for determination of race, IE if you had any non-White ancestry, you were black. Thus, culturally, half castes were still considered “black”, and suffered under the same prejudice, and that attitude is still prevalent today.