Alice Jones (II)

The trial of marriage and divorce between Kip Rhinelander and Alice Jones brings ethnic tension to the court to find out how the country is legally labeled as "colored" and "white." Rhinelander is a white society born in a famous family in New York. Jones is a mixed-daughter of a working-class couple. In 1921, the two met at the clinic in Stamford, Connecticut, where Kip was tackling the problem of anxiety and stuttering. Before they got married in 1924, the couple had a three-year relationship. Because of the high ranking of Rhinelander in society, their marriage was included in the New York social registry. Alice became the first black woman to appear on her page and the media began to act.

Headline news immediately caused marriage news. Kip's family soon followed this request, and eventually asked him to divorce his wife who succumbed to their will. At the heart of the divorce trial is Kip that claims that Jones treated himself as a white woman. From the eyes of all white men, the boys of all boys, the focus of the trial is whether Rhinelander must reasonably understand Jones' mixed heritage. In a movement that can only be described as badly weakened, Jones is ordered to take off clothes, so the jury can decide whether he is considered a "colored person" or not. They ruled for the interests of Jones and canceled the abolition. Kip's heritage was ordered Alice to pay annual allowance. They have never met again.