Hispanic Miami police captain sparks community backlash after claiming he is black


A controversial Miami police captain is under fire this week for claiming he was black because of the "one-drop rule" while speaking at a public meeting.
Miami Police Capt. Javier Ortiz, who is Cuban-American, appeared Friday to defend himself in front of city commissioners at a meeting on racial equality in the department after Sgt. Stanley Jean-Poix, president of Miami’s Community Police Benevolent Association, accused him of having identified as black on police promotional exams.
“As far as Captain [Dana] Carr, she loves to call me a Latin male,” Ortiz told commissioners. “I’m a black male. Yes, I am, and I am not Hispanic. I was born in this country.”
Speaking to Commissioner Keon Hardemon, Ortiz cited the “one-drop rule,” a centuries-old term that defines a person as black even if they have just one black ancestor, to back up his claim of having a mixed background.
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