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Encyclopedia > List of terms for multiraciality

This is a list of terms for multiraciality used worldwide for people of various types, kinds and degrees of multiracial backgrounds. Many of these may be considered offensive slurs. Beyoncé Knowles is of mixed White and African American ancestry. ... Terms of disparagement are pejorative terms such as yid, kike, nigger, whore, slut, fag and queer whose use usually arouses painful feelings in the target, members of the targeted group or sympathizers. ...

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General

Generally considered inoffensive

  • Biracial
  • of mixed ancestry
  • Mixed race
  • Multiracial
  • Multiethnic
  • Polygeneric — Neologism from Greek, poly-, (many) and genera (races)

Beyoncé Knowles is of mixed White and African American ancestry. ... A neologism is a word, term, or phrase which has been recently created (coined) — often to apply to new concepts, or to reshape older terms in newer language form. ...

Generally considered offensive

Illegitimacy was a term in common use for the condition of being born of parents who were not validly married to one another; the legal term was bastardy. ... Half-breed is a term used to descrie anyone who is half of one race and half of another. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Half-caste. ... Dieu et mon droit (motto) (French for God and my right)2 Northern Irelands location within the UK Languages English (De facto) 3, Irish, Ulster Scots 4 Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP Area  - Total Ranked 4th... In biology, hybrid has three meanings. ... The term crossbreed or crossbred refers to a hybrid animal of two purebred parents created by means of crossbreeding. ... Binomial name Canis latrans Say, 1823 The coyote (Canis latrans, meaning barking dog, also prairie wolf [2]) is a member of the Canidae (dog) family and a relative of the domestic dog. ... Mongrel refers to mixed ancestry: Among pets, one whose parentage is of mixed breeds as opposed to purebred Among dogs, this is also called a mutt or a mixed-breed dog A mongrel cat is often referred to as a moggy For humans (often an insult) a description of a... In its common modern meaning, a mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. ... Mutt has more than one meaning: When referring to a dog, mutt means a mixed-breed dog with parents from different breeds. ...

Non-English language

  • Ahí te estás — Spanish for "Stay there"
  • Ai no ko — Japanese for "child of unlike things put together"
  • Albarazado —
  • Cambujo —
  • Con lai — Vietnamese for "half-breed"
  • Daburu — (ダブル) Japanese for the English word "double", a term used to describe the mix of two races/cultures/ethinicities/nationalities as a positive influence rather than a negative one yet does not embrace multiple elements; many times used in preference to the alternative Japanese term "haafu"
  • Dougla — used in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago for any mixed race, but typically African and Indian (Asian Indian)
  • Gado Gado — used in Indonesia and Malaysia for "mixed"; literally "mixed vegetable salad with peanut sauce")
  • Haafu — used in Japan and the United States for "half", often meaning half-Japanese
  • Halfbloed — Dutch for "Half-blooded". "Bastaard", the Dutch translation for the offensive term "bastard" also resembles the English pronunciation.
  • Hapa — Hawaiian for "half Hawaiian" or "half Asian, half Caucasian"
  • Honhyeol — Korean for "mixed blood"
  • Hun xue — Mandarin for "mixed blood"
  • Konketsuji — Japanese for "mixed blood child"
  • Luk kreung — Thai term used for children of mixed racial heritage, literally means "half-child"
  • Mischling — German for "mixed person"
  • Tente en el aire — Spanish for "Stay in the air"
  • Rojak or Rujak — Singlish [Singapore English] for "mixed vegetable/fruit salad"
  • Torna atrás — Spanish for "turn around"
  • Salto atrás — Spanish for "[a] jump backwards"

Dougla, a word used by people of the West Indies, especially in, but not limited to, Trinidad and Tobago, comes from dogala, the Hindustani word for bastard. It was often used by people of Hindustani descent (i. ... Central America and the Caribbean (detailed pdf map) The Caribbean (Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbe; Dutch: Caraïben; Portuguese: Caribe or Caraíbas) is a region of the Americas consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (most of which enclose the sea), and the surrounding coasts. ... In the Hawaiian language and in Hawaiian Pidgin, a hapa is an individual of mixed racial or ethnic heritage. ... Hawaiian could refer to the Hawaiian language the native Hawaiian people within Hawaii. ... This article is on all of the Northern Chinese dialects. ... A luk kreung (Thai ลูกครึ่ง), literally half child, is a person in Thailand whose parents are of two different races. ... Mischling is a term coined during the Third Reich era in Germany to denote persons deemed to have partial Jewish ancestry. ... Rojak (Chinese: 囉喏; Pinyin: luōrĕ) is a fruit and vegetable salad dish commonly found in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia (where it is called rujak). ... Singlish, a portmanteau of Singapore and English, is the English-based creole spoken colloquially in Singapore. ...

Part black

  • Afrasian - of mixed African and Asian descent
  • Africasian - of mixed African and Asian descent
  • Blasian- used in the United States, Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa
  • Eurafrican — African and European ancestry
  • Cafuzo — used in Brazil for black and Amerindian
  • Chino — used in Latin America for Zambo and black
  • Dougla — used in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago for any mixed race, but typically African and Indian (Asian Indian)
  • Lobo — used in Latin America for black and Amerindian; synonym for Zambo
  • Morisco — used in Latin America for Caucasian and Mulatto. (Christianized in Spain as Moors)
  • Goffal — African and European ancestry
  • Octoroon — offspring of a quadroon and a European parent or offspring of two octoroons
  • Pardo — used in Brazil for black and white
  • Pointee — used in Kenya for African and Caucasian or other
  • Quadroon — one quarter black, generally three quarters white
  • Quintroon (also sextroon)— offspring of an octoroon and a white parent
  • Zambo — Spanish for Latin Americans of mixed African and Amerindian descent
  • Zambo — also used in some places for the offspring of a mulatto and a black parent
  • Zebra — for black and white

Map showing the distribution of Afro-Asiatic languages The Afro-Asiatic languages are a language family of about 240 languages and 285 million people widespread throughout North Africa, East Africa, the Sahel, and Southwest Asia. ... All I Have (2002) The term Blasian refers to those of mixed Black and Asian ancestry. ... Cafuzo is a term of Portuguese origin describing the first generation offspring of a Black African and an Amerindian (see Zambo). ... Chino may refer to Chino, Nagano, a city in Nagano, Japan. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... A representation of Zambos in Pintura de Castas during the Latin American colonial period. ... Dougla, a word used by people of the West Indies, especially in, but not limited to, Trinidad and Tobago, comes from dogala, the Hindustani word for bastard. It was often used by people of Hindustani descent (i. ... Central America and the Caribbean (detailed pdf map) The Caribbean (Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbe; Dutch: Caraïben; Portuguese: Caribe or Caraíbas) is a region of the Americas consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (most of which enclose the sea), and the surrounding coasts. ... Lobo is the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) Lobo is a superhuman anti-hero published by DC Comics Lobo is a musician Lobo is a television show Lobo was a synonym for Zambo in the racial classification of colonial Mexico. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... A representation of Zambos in Pintura de Castas during the Latin American colonial period. ... Morisco (Spanish Moor-like) or mourisco (Portuguese) is a term referring to a kind of New Christian in Spain and Portugal. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... It has been suggested that Moor religion be merged into this article or section. ... Goffals are people of mixed race from Southern Africa . ... An octoroon or mustee is the offspring of a quadroon and a European parent, having ancestry that is one-eighth Negroid. ... Quadroon describes a person with one quarter African or black ancestry. ... Pardo is a term for a mixed-race Brazilian. ... Pointee is a term coined in Kenya for people of mixed African and other ethnic origins, usually African/Caucasian ancestry. ... Quadroon describes a person with one quarter African or black ancestry. ... A quintroon is the offspring of an octoroon and a European parent, having ancestry that is one-sixteenth African. ... An octoroon or mustee is the offspring of a quadroon and a European parent, having ancestry that is one-eighth Negroid. ... A representation of Zambos in Pintura de Castas during the Latin American colonial period. ... A representation of Zambos in Pintura de Castas during the Latin American colonial period. ...

Historical

  • Under the Caste System of Colonial Latin America, very detailed vocabulary and charts of the various racial mixes (Castas) are depicted in the "Pintura de Castas", which were developed marking the proportions of White, Black and Amerindian blood of an individual.

Casta is a 17th century term used in Mexico, and refers to a person who is neither indigenous nor caucasian. ... White is a color, (more accurately it contains all the colors of the visible spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ... Black is a colour with several subtle differences in meaning. ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ...

Part Asian

  • Amerasian — used in the United States and Philippines for a child of an American military serviceman and an Asian women
  • Anglo-Asian — used in the United Kingdom for English and Asian
  • Anglo-Burmese - used in Burma and wherever this community settled, for this Eurasian community of mixed Burmese and European descent.
  • Anglo-Indian — used in India and in the United Kingdom for English and Indian
  • Afrasian - of mixed African and Asian descent
  • Africasian - of mixed African and Asian descent
  • Bui doi — Vietnamese, literally "dust of the earth," for the children of American military servicemen (usually Caucasian) and Vietnamese women
  • Chewish — used to describe those who are part Jewish and Chinese.
  • Chindian — used in Malaysia and Singapore, referring to individuals of both Chinese and Indian descendants
  • Dougla — used in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago for any mixed race, but typically African and Indian (Asian Indian)
  • Eurasian — used in the United States, Europe, and Singapore for European descent and (usually) East or SE Asian
  • Hasian — used for someone who is half asian
  • Haafu — used in Japan and the United States for "half", often meaning half-Japanese
  • Hapa — Hawaiian for "half Hawaiian" or "half Asian, half Caucasian"
  • Indo — used in the Netherlands and Indonesia for European descent and Asian; synonymous with Eurasian
  • Indo-European — used in India, Europe, and Indonesia for European descent and Indian or Indonesian
  • Lai Mỹ — used in Vietnam for "American mix"
  • Luk kreung — used in Thailand, literally "half children," for Thai and white
  • Malaynese — used in Malaysia for Malay and Chinese or Japanese
  • Mestiço - used in Brazil for European and Japanese descent
  • Mestiso — used in Malaysia and the Philippines for [[Filipino people|Filipino] / Malay people] and Spanish, Chinese, American, Japanese, or other
  • Peranakan — used for Indonesian Chinese
  • Serani — Malay for European descent and Asian; synonymous with Eurasian

Amerasian is a term coined by author Pearl S. Buck, and adopted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, for a person fathered abroad by U.S. servicemen to women of Asian nationalities. ... The Anglo-Burmese, also known as the Anglo-Burmans, are a community of Eurasians of Burmese and European descent, and emerged as a distinct community through mixed relations (sometimes permanent, sometimes temporary) between the British and other European settlers, and the local Burmese ethnic groups from 1826 until 1948 when... Anglo-Indians are persons who have descended from a mix of British and Indian parentage. ... Map showing the distribution of Afro-Asiatic languages The Afro-Asiatic languages are a language family of about 240 languages and 285 million people widespread throughout North Africa, East Africa, the Sahel, and Southwest Asia. ... Translates to children of the dust meaning a child of mix race in vietnamese. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Chindia is a neologism that refers to China and India together in general, and their economies in particular. ... Dougla, a word used by people of the West Indies, especially in, but not limited to, Trinidad and Tobago, comes from dogala, the Hindustani word for bastard. It was often used by people of Hindustani descent (i. ... Central America and the Caribbean (detailed pdf map) The Caribbean (Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbe; Dutch: Caraïben; Portuguese: Caribe or Caraíbas) is a region of the Americas consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (most of which enclose the sea), and the surrounding coasts. ... Princess Alexandra of Denmark is of Chinese, British, Polish, and Austrian descent. ... In the Hawaiian language and in Hawaiian Pidgin, a hapa is an individual of mixed racial or ethnic heritage. ... Hawaiian could refer to the Hawaiian language the native Hawaiian people within Hawaii. ... Indo, Indo-European or Eurasian is a term used to describe people of mixed European and Indonesian ancestry, in particular, people of Dutch and Indonesian ancestry. ... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... A luk kreung (Thai ลูกครึ่ง), literally half child, is a person in Thailand whose parents are of two different races. ... Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; Canadian French, Métis: from Late Latin mixtcius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere, to mix) is a term of Spanish origin used to designate the peoples of mixed European and Amerindian racial strain inhabiting the region spanning the Americas, from the Canadian prairies in... Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; French, Métis: from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere, to mix) is a term of Spanish origin used to designate the people of mixed European and indigenous non-European ancestry. ... Peranakan, Baba-Nyonya (峇峇娘惹) and Straits Chinese (土生華人; named after the Straits of Malacca) are terms used for the descendants of the very early Chinese immigrants to the Nusantara region, including both the British Straits Settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Penang and the Dutch-controlled island of Java among other places, who... The Malay language, also known locally as Bahasa Melayu, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who reside in the Malay peninsula, southern Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau islands, and parts of the coast of Borneo. ...

Neologisms

  • Blackinese — used in the United States for black and Chinese
  • Blasian — used in the United States for black and Asian
  • Cablinasian — used in the United States for Causcasian/Black/American Indian/Asian; this term was invented by American pro golfer Tiger Woods to describe his own particular racial and ethnic heritage
  • Coolie — used in Jamaica for Black and Asian Indian
  • Blaxican — used in the United States for Black and Mexican
  • Halfrican — used in the United States for persons with one black parent

All I Have (2002) The term Blasian refers to those of mixed Black and Asian ancestry. ... A person of Caucasian, Black, American Indian and Asian racial background. ... Eldrick Tiger Woods (born December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California) is an American golfer and considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time. ... East Indian coolies on a Trinidad Cacao Estate, circa 1903. ...

Part Pacific Islander

  • Afatasi — Samoan for half Samoan (or more generally, half Polynesian) and half other (usually white)
  • Hapa — Hawaiian for "half Hawaiian" or "half Asian, half Caucasian"

In the Hawaiian language and in Hawaiian Pidgin, a hapa is an individual of mixed racial or ethnic heritage. ... Hawaiian could refer to the Hawaiian language the native Hawaiian people within Hawaii. ...

Part Native American, Amerindian, First Nations, Latino, Hispanic, or Indigenous to the Americas

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Mestizo. ... First Nations is a term of ethnicity used in Canada. ... A Caboclo is a person of mixed Brazilian Indian and European ancestry. ... Cafuzo is a term of Portuguese origin describing the first generation offspring of a Black African and an Amerindian (see Zambo). ... Castizo is a Spanish word with a general meaning of genuine. It has other more concrete meanings. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; French, Métis: from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere, to mix) is a term of Spanish origin used to designate the people of mixed European and indigenous non-European ancestry. ... Chino may refer to Chino, Nagano, a city in Nagano, Japan. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... A representation of Zambos in Pintura de Castas during the Latin American colonial period. ... Inuit (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, singular Inuk / ᐃᓄᒃ) is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic coasts of Siberia, Alaska, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Labrador and Greenland (see Eskimo). ... Lobo is the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) Lobo is a superhuman anti-hero published by DC Comics Lobo is a musician Lobo is a television show Lobo was a synonym for Zambo in the racial classification of colonial Mexico. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... A representation of Zambos in Pintura de Castas during the Latin American colonial period. ... Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; French, Métis: from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere, to mix) is a term of Spanish origin used to designate the people of mixed European and indigenous non-European ancestry. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Mestizo. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... A representation of Zambos in Pintura de Castas during the Latin American colonial period. ...

Historical

  • Under the Caste System of Colonial Latin America, very detailed vocabulary and charts of the various racial mixes (Castas) are depicted in the "Pintura de Castas", which were developed marking the proportions of White, Black and Amerindian blood of an individual.

Casta is a 17th century term used in Mexico, and refers to a person who is neither indigenous nor caucasian. ... White is a color, (more accurately it contains all the colors of the visible spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ... Black is a colour with several subtle differences in meaning. ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ...

Part Caucasian or European

  • Afatasi — Samoan for half Samoan (or more generally, half Polynesian) and half other (usually white)
  • Amerasian — used in the United States and Philippines for a child of an American military serviceman and an Asian women
  • Anglo-Asian — used in the United Kingdom for English and Asian
  • Anglo-Indian — used in the United Kingdom for English and Indian
  • Bui doi — Vietnamese, literally "dust of the earth," for the children of American military servicemen (usually Caucasian) and Vietnamese women
  • Caboclo — used in Brazil for white and Amerindian
  • Castizo — used in Latin America for white and Mestizo
  • Cookies and Cream - slang term
  • Indo — used in the Netherlands and Indonesia for European descent and Asian; synonymous with Eurasian
  • Indo-European — used in India, Europe, and Indonesia for European descent and Indian or Indonesian
  • Kablunângajuit — used in Canada for European descent and Inuit
  • Luk kreung — used in Thailand, literally "half children," for Thai and white
  • Mestizo/Mestiço/Métis — used in Latin America for Caucasian and Amerindian
  • Morisco — used in Latin America for Caucasian and Mulatto. (Christianized in Spain as Moors)
  • Eurafrican — African and European ancestry
  • Octoroon — offspring of a quadroon and a European parent
  • Pardo — used in Brazil for black and white
  • Pointee — used in Kenya for African and Caucasian or other
  • Quadroon — one quarter African or black, generally three quarters European or white
  • Quintroon — offspring of an octoroon and a European parent
  • Serani — Malay for European descent and Asian; synonymous with Eurasian
  • Zebra — for black and white

Amerasian is a term coined by author Pearl S. Buck, and adopted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, for a person fathered abroad by U.S. servicemen to women of Asian nationalities. ... Anglo-Indians are persons who have descended from a mix of British and Indian parentage. ... Translates to children of the dust meaning a child of mix race in vietnamese. ... A Caboclo is a person of mixed Brazilian Indian and European ancestry. ... Castizo is a Spanish word with a general meaning of genuine. It has other more concrete meanings. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; French, Métis: from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere, to mix) is a term of Spanish origin used to designate the people of mixed European and indigenous non-European ancestry. ... Indo, Indo-European or Eurasian is a term used to describe people of mixed European and Indonesian ancestry, in particular, people of Dutch and Indonesian ancestry. ... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... Inuit (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, singular Inuk / ᐃᓄᒃ) is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic coasts of Siberia, Alaska, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Labrador and Greenland (see Eskimo). ... A luk kreung (Thai ลูกครึ่ง), literally half child, is a person in Thailand whose parents are of two different races. ... Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; French, Métis: from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere, to mix) is a term of Spanish origin used to designate the people of mixed European and indigenous non-European ancestry. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Mestizo. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Morisco (Spanish Moor-like) or mourisco (Portuguese) is a term referring to a kind of New Christian in Spain and Portugal. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... It has been suggested that Moor religion be merged into this article or section. ... An octoroon or mustee is the offspring of a quadroon and a European parent, having ancestry that is one-eighth Negroid. ... Quadroon describes a person with one quarter African or black ancestry. ... Pardo is a term for a mixed-race Brazilian. ... Pointee is a term coined in Kenya for people of mixed African and other ethnic origins, usually African/Caucasian ancestry. ... Quadroon describes a person with one quarter African or black ancestry. ... A quintroon is the offspring of an octoroon and a European parent, having ancestry that is one-sixteenth African. ... An octoroon or mustee is the offspring of a quadroon and a European parent, having ancestry that is one-eighth Negroid. ... The Malay language, also known locally as Bahasa Melayu, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who reside in the Malay peninsula, southern Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau islands, and parts of the coast of Borneo. ...

Neologisms

  • Cablinasian — used in the United States for Caucasian/Black/American Indian/Asian; this term was invented by American pro golfer Tiger Woods to describe his own particular racial and ethnic heritage

A person of Caucasian, Black, American Indian and Asian racial background. ... Eldrick Tiger Woods (born December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California) is an American golfer and considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time. ...

Historical

  • Under the Caste System of Colonial Latin America, very detailed vocabulary and charts of the various racial mixes (Castas) are depicted in the "Pintura de Castas", which were developed marking the proportions of White, Black and Amerindian blood of an individual.

Casta is a 17th century term used in Mexico, and refers to a person who is neither indigenous nor caucasian. ... White is a color, (more accurately it contains all the colors of the visible spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ... Black is a colour with several subtle differences in meaning. ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ...

Genetic isolate

A genetic isolate is a group that has maintained, to some degree, a distinct ethnic identity, though is not necessarily isolated in a geographic or cultural sense.

Melungeon is a term traditionally applied to one of a number of so-called tri-racial isolate groups of the Eastern United States, found mainly in Appalachia, especially Eastern Tennessee, Southwestern Virginia, and Eastern Kentucky. ... In the South African and Namibian context, the term Coloured (also known as Bruinmense, Kleurlinge or Bruine Afrikaners) refers to a rather heterogeneous group of people of mixed Khoisan, white European descent, Malay, Malagasy, Black (Bantu), and South Indian ancestry, especially in the Western Cape. ... Khoisan is the name for two major ethnic groups of southern Africa. ... Malays (Dutch, Malayo, ultimately from Malay: Melayu) are a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Map showing the approximate distribution of Bantu (dull yellow) vs. ... South India is a geographic and linguistic-cultural region of India. ... The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. ... The Griqua (Afrikaans Griekwa) are a subgroup of South Africas heterogeneous and multiracial Coloured people. ... Goffals are people of mixed race from Southern Africa . ... There are two versions of Ndebele in South Africa, they both belong to the Nguni group of Bantu Languages. ... Shona may refer to: Shona people, a Southern African people. ... This article is about the continent. ...

Unsorted

  • Calpamulato
  • Chamiso
  • Cholo
  • Tresalbo
  • Zambaigo
  • Cuadralbo
  • Galfarro
  • Outcross

Cholo is a Spanish term of Latin American origin. ...

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