In the U.S. during the Jim Crow era (1880-1967) people legally classified as black chose to pass as white to increase chances of upward mobility. The choice to pass was a response to laws of the day that limited mobility based on race. In this sense the choice depended on
a. context.
b. chance.
c. achieved characteristics.
d. ascribed characteristics.
a
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