In the United States, the one-drop rule broadly separated people into "black" and "white." Under apartheid in South Africa, on the other hand, there were four racial categories; and in Brazil there are up to a dozen racial categories, depending on whom you ask. What general insight can we draw from these differences in racial categories?
a.) Racial categories are social constructs, not biological absolutes that transcend time and place.
b.) Brazil is a more diverse society than either South Africa or the United States.
c.) The United States has had stricter laws against miscegenation than either South Africa or Brazil.
d.) There are more blacks in the United States than in South Africa or Brazil, which influenced how racism was manifested.
Answer: a.) Racial categories are social constructs, not biological absolutes that transcend time and place.
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