Hypodescent rules make mixed-race people statistically impossible to classify as anything but black

Evidence

This schema is asymmetrical as to black and white inheritance. It logically precludes the possibility of mixed race because cases of mixed race, in which individuals have both black and white forebears, are automatically designated as cases of black race. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 721

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explains the logical structure of hypodescent - the one-drop rule that makes mixed race unclassifiable.
• XREF: Connects to discussions of racial categorization and the impossibility of mixed-race identity in US law. — connects to: Mixed-race individuals are classified as black under the hypodescent rule — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 721; Official Colored category absorbed anyone failing crisp racial classification — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 563