What Does the One-Drop Rule (Or Rule of Hypodescent) Say

Multiple Choice

What does the one-drop rule (or rule of hypodescent) say?

A) Mixed-race people are assigned to the race considered higher on the social hierarchy.
B) Mixed-race people can be considered as the race of their choosing regardless of the social hierarchy.
C) Mixed-race people are assigned to the race considered lower on the social hierarchy.
D) Mixed-race people are an entirely separate racial category on the social hierarchy.