Hypodescent
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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.
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See also
- Race
- Miscegenation
- Matrilineality
- Patrilineality
- Mestee
- Mestizo
- Racial segregation
- Racialism
- Racism
- Racial purity
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