Who can "pass" as white

When I was reviewing the paper on skin color and ethnic ancestry a few days ago I saw a peculiar figure in a related paper which I thought I would highlight. The paper is Skin pigmentation, biogeographical ancestry and admixture mapping. The samples were 232 African and African-American individuals living in Washington, D.C., 173 British African Caribbean persons, and 187 individuals of European-American ancestry living in State College, Pa. The goal was to compare the ancestry of individuals to see how it related to their complexion. The African ancestry of these populations was: African Americans Washington D.C. 78.7%±1.2% African Caribbeans Britain 87.9%±1.1% European Americans State College, Pa. 0.7%±0.9% The European ancestry was: African Americans Washington D.C. 18.6%±1.5% African Caribbeans Britain 10.2%±1.4% European Americans State College, Pa. 96.1%±1.6% The Native American ancestry was: African Americans Washington D.C. 2.7%±1.4% African Caribbeans Britain 1.9%±1.3% European Americans State College, Pa. 3.2%±1.6 Below is a ...