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Maya is neither a Black woman NOR a White woman but a bi-racial woman with predominantly WHITE features from her White father Richard Rudolph: And let's not forget. Minnie was an AfroAmerican, descendant of slaves which means she probably wasn't 100% African herself and probably had White ancestry too making her slightly mixed. Which would explain why Maya's White genes predominate and make her look almost White. 　 my mind wins out - no matter her "phenotype," Maya is NOT white But racial classification IS BASED on phenotype, not just genes. Determining the race of another is not always simple, or accurate. Sometimes you have to "ask" the person 'what race are you'? In apartheid South Africa, Minnie would be of the black "race" and Maya would be of the Colored "race." In Brazil, mother and daughter would be of different races, as well. The one drop rule is alive and well in America, so they are both black. The white Powers That Be decide what race ALL of us are, thus it is as Troy said: Race is a man-made construct. Race is nor more "man made" than a person's sex. Just as the difference between MALES and FEMALES exist as a matter of fact regardless as to what mistakes have been made in their classification....the differences between RACES have existed as a matter of fact. They are visually self evident and need very little interpretation. White people don't decide race a person is. They have just historically decided upon which system would be used to classify them. Again, I don't support the "one drop" nonsense. It has little influence over the decisions I make regarding a person's race. I use the eyes and brain God gave me to make those decisions.