tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114430537754622078.post606832782624205907..comments2024-03-20T02:20:12.812-07:00Comments on News Spike: J. Edgar Hoover - House NegroAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776819136448782354noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114430537754622078.post-55358527014186622252013-07-18T12:23:47.220-07:002013-07-18T12:23:47.220-07:00You're absolutely correct - my information is ...You're absolutely correct - my information is that Hoover's maternal grandfather was indeed black enough to live in a segregated black community.<br /><br />It's semantics after that point - of the technical terms you are using, Quadraloon is probably the one you would apply, but again, that's just semantics; mulatto, I am familiar with as a generic term for mixed race, but I suspect that those other terms are just arbitrary technical distinctions required by virtue of the nature of a racially segregated legal code.<br /><br />No doubt that was as from the only white blood on his mother's side, at any rate.<br /><br />I'm content just to conclude that he's mixed race.<br /><br />Not only that, but once you know to look for it, it's OBVIOUS - the texture of the hair and the obvious use of relaxer is plain as day.<br /><br />In this context, his hatred of black people and 50 year pathological oppression of them makes perfect sense - he knew he was one, everyone was saying he was one and his way of dealing with it was to come down as hard as can be on black issues just so no-one would ever think that he was one.<br /><br />And spend a lot of time in Texas and California, so everyone would just think he was tan.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776819136448782354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114430537754622078.post-81027932948359586862013-07-18T03:51:04.421-07:002013-07-18T03:51:04.421-07:00It seems to me that Mr. Hoover may have been a Bla...It seems to me that Mr. Hoover may have been a Black man trying to pass as white. Mulatto or even Quadroon trying to pass as white. Wouldnt that be a bomb? There is only one tiny pic with his fam I found while googling, father is White indeed, but mom looks Black/Mulatta/Quadroon....Christinnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077002092275683667noreply@blogger.com