In the U.S. sexual relationships between enslaved women and their master produced not only "mixed race" offspring but also sons and daughters. Yet the system of racial classification assigned the offspring of these unions to the race of the mother. This situation speaks to the importance of ____________ in determining race.

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The situation described highlights the role of context in determining race, as societal rules and norms, rather than biological or personal characteristics, dictated the racial classification of individuals born from these unions.

In the US Sexual Relationships Between Enslaved Women and Their Master Produced