half-castes

People of dual ancestry

Half-castes is the plural of half-caste, an offensive term for people of mixed racial ancestry—particularly those with one white and one non-white parent.

The term was common in British colonial contexts, especially regarding South Asian and Indigenous Australian populations.

It is now considered deeply offensive, reflecting outdated racial classification systems: The colonial census categorized half-castes separately from both Europeans and natives.

heritage

biracial

Having two racial ancestries

multiracialOf multiple ethnicities
EurasianOf two connected continents
MulattoMixed Black-white heritage

Creole · Metis · mixed-race · interracial · hybridity · blended · mixed-blood · ancestry · lineage · parentage

discrimination

prejudice

Preformed unfavorable opinion

stigmaMark of dishonor
racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
segregationForced separation by group

marginalization · exclusion · othering · stereotyping · colorism · passing · ostracism · alienation · slur · pejorative

colonialism

imperialism

Extending dominion over others

miscegenationCross-racial intimate relations
colonialOf occupied territories
subjugationForcing into submission

exploitation · assimilation · colonizers · empire · plantations · orientalism · subaltern · hegemony · territories · annexation

Opposites

racial purity/ancestry composition

half-castespurebloods

Those of unmixed descent

full-bloods · purebreds · unmixed · pure-blooded · thoroughbreds

social status in colonial hierarchies

half-casteswhites

Pale-colored items collectively

colonizers · ruling class · natives · indigenous peoples

racial purity ideology

half-castestrue-born

Authentic by birth

pedigrees · blue-bloods · natives · aboriginals

Family

half, halve, halves, halved, halving, halfway, caste, castes

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