half-caste
Offensive mixed-ancestry term
Half-caste is an offensive term for a person of mixed racial ancestry, particularly someone with one European and one non-European parent.
The word was common in British colonial contexts and remains current in some regions, but is now widely considered derogatory.
She rejected the half-caste label imposed on her.
Having two racial ancestries
- multiracialOf multiple ethnicities
- EurasianOf two connected continents
- CreoleFused language, stabilized
- MulattoMixed Black-white heritage
Anglo-Indian · Métis · Afro-Asian · interracial · crossbreed · hybrid · mixed-blood
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
othering · colorism · stereotyping · alienation · passing · erasure · fetishization · exoticization
Insulting group label
- pejorativeTerm expressing disapproval
- derogatoryExpressing criticism or disrespect
- outdatedNo longer in use
- racistOne prejudiced by ethnicity
denigrating · disparaging · colonial · stigmatizing · offensive · archaic · taboo · insulting
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
genealogy · kinship · inheritance · legacy · forebears · parentage · ethnicity · birthright
Blended from varied elements
- blendedMixed into uniformity
- fusionJoining into unity
- dualHaving two parts
- compositeMade of distinct parts
synthesis · intermingling · confluence · amalgamation · bicultural · multicultural · code-switching
biracial
Having two racial ancestries
- multiracialOf multiple ethnicities
- EurasianOf two connected continents
- CreoleFused language, stabilized
Mulatto · Anglo-Indian · Métis · Afro-Asian · interracial · crossbreed · hybrid · mixed-blood
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
exclusion · othering · colorism · stereotyping · alienation · passing · erasure · fetishization · exoticization · in-between
slur
Insulting group label
- pejorativeTerm expressing disapproval
- derogatoryExpressing criticism or disrespect
- outdatedNo longer in use
racist · denigrating · disparaging · colonial · stigmatizing · offensive · archaic · taboo · insulting · deprecated
ancestry
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
roots · genealogy · kinship · inheritance · legacy · forebears · parentage · ethnicity · birthright
mixed
Blended from varied elements
composite · synthesis · intermingling · confluence · amalgamation · bicultural · multicultural · code-switching
- Indigenous AustraliaAboriginal art, Dreamtime, dreaming, corroboree, didgeridoo
half-castefull-blooded
Pure in lineage
purebred · pure · pureblood · unmixed · pureblooded
half-castefull-blood
Of unmixed descent
true-born · legitimate · pukka · European · white
half, halves, halve, caste, castes, mixed-race, half-blood