What does half-caste mean?
Half-caste means (derogatory) Of mixed racial descent..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(derogatory) Of mixed racial descent..
It was the racist, settler colonialism that created whiteness, that created blackness, half-caste, quarter-caste, octoroon, that saw mixed-race people as a third race.
AO Neville, the Protector of Aborigines in Western Australia until the 1930s, railed against the risk of the creation of a ‘third race’ of half-castes.
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Half-caste means (derogatory) Of mixed racial descent..
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It was the racist, settler colonialism that created whiteness, that created blackness, half-caste, quarter-caste, octoroon, that saw mixed-race people as a third race.
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