Robert Is Taking a Black History Class

question 76

Multiple Choice

Robert is taking a black history class.He learned that the one-drop rule labeled anyone who had a black ancestor as black.He concluded,based on this definition,that this was a racist rule.What is the best explanation as to why Robert would arrive at that conclusion?

• A)When the one-drop rule became enshrined,blacks in the United States were slaves,a source of free labor;it was in the best interest of white Americans to increase the numbers of the enslaved.
• B)By labeling people of mixed ancestry as black,whites in the American South could successfully increase their proportional representation in the U.S.Congress.
• C)Social rules determine how we classify people by race and even when we know it is wrong.
• D)Natural biological rules about race had yet to be postulated.

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