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Printablemeow85 said: PFunkjazz said: In the black community redbone ladies were always known to be fine. They had "good hair", "nice skintone" and a "regal look". I know kids make up crap about mixed breed kids, but that's envy and jealousy. By the time guys get interested in girls they are chasing down the redbones and other mixed-race girls. All that's true in every ethnic community about how halfbreeds are viewed, even if we don't all use the same term.  Its one of the terms used here too. Half Maori/Pakeha(white) are called halfcastes and quarter Maoris like me are called quarter quota or dirty white. There are also similar terms for people of mixed Pacific Ialand and or Maori/Asian/Pakeka blood ranging right down to 1/16 of any non white culture. Although generally 1/8 and 1/16 don't advertised. Us Maoris are quite pale so by 1/4 its barely detectable, by 1/8 which my nephew and niece they look entirely white. I prefer the term cafe latte. Half breed is slightly old fashioned here. Back to Redbone, perhaps too the names suggest Hispanic as well as First Nations Ancestry? [Edited 1/19/09 16:28pm] So what are u going 2 do? R u just gonna sit there and watch? I'm not gonna stop until the war is over. Its gonna take a long time | |
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Huggiebear said: meow85 said: All that's true in every ethnic community about how halfbreeds are viewed, even if we don't all use the same term. Its one of the terms used here too. Half Maori/Pakeha(white) are called halfcastes and quarter Maoris like me are called quarter quota or dirty white. There are also similar terms for people of mixed Pacific Ialand and or Maori/Asian/Pakeka blood ranging right down to 1/16 of any non white culture. Although generally 1/8 and 1/16 don't advertised. Us Maoris are quite pale so by 1/4 its barely detectable, by 1/8 which my nephew and niece they look entirely white. I prefer the term cafe latte. Half breed is slightly old fashioned here. Back to Redbone, perhaps too the names suggest Hispanic as well as First Nations Ancestry? If it is it must be a regional thing, because I don't recall ever hearing it before unless someone was talking about the band. In Canada the legal term for people with mixed Native ancestry is Metis or metis. Those are actually two seperate words because whether or not it's capitalized means different things. Slang terms are halfbreed or halfblood, but those are pretty old-fashioned. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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