In societies that regard some races of people as dominant or superior and others as subordinate or inferior, hypodescent is the automatic assignment of children of a mixed union or mating between members of different socioeconomic groups or ethnic groups to the subordinate group. The opposite practice is hyperdescent, in which children are assigne...
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The social and legal practice of assigning a genetically mixed-race person to the race with less social power.
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https://icma.org/glossary-terms-race-equity-and-social-justice
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