Half Cast
1. The
erroneous way of spelling
half caste.2. A term used to refer to
mixed race individuals, but unfortunately the term has been abused by racists to poke fun at those who are mixed race.
Half Cast
by EnglishTea on Feb 22, 2012 23:45:49
Half-cast is a derogatory term to describe a person of
mixed race or ethnicity. It is commonly used to refer to people who are white/black. This term is incorrectly believed to have been adopted from the Indian
caste system, but 'Cast' comes from the Latin castus, meaning pure, and the derivative Portuguese and Spanish
casta, meaning race.
Half Cast
by Catherine on Sep 28, 2004 08:24:20
Half cast is term used majorly in the U.K. Half cast is to be mixed race mainly meaning half black/white people. This term (shoot me if i'm wrong) orginates from a poem written about a mixed race child whom was not quite an outcast from soiciety but was
half cast.
intresting stuff.
Half Cast
by anonnonononononon on Sep 06, 2006 23:35:54
half cast
by Terrii on Mar 17, 2008 03:17:10
A wrong way to spell
Half-Caste
It usually means
mixed race of any sort. It's a racial term because "caste" means pure, so if someone calls a person of mixed race "
half-caste" they are calling them half pure!
There is a poem called Half-Caste but the term doesnt originate from that poem.
half caste
by Mike on Feb 13, 2004 07:45:28
British description for someone who is mixed race, usually half-white, half-black. Derived from the Indian
caste system for classifying society in ranks. In this case the idea being that Whites are the higher caste, and Blacks/Non-Whites are the lower caste, and therefore if you're half-white, then you are
half-caste.
See mulatto,
mulatta, Biracial
Example:
About 40% of children in the UK with one black parent, have one
white parent. (1997)
The
mixed race population in the UK grew by 75% during the 1990's
14% of the
ethnic minority population in the UK is mixed race, and over half are under 16 years old. (2001)
half-caste
by damola on Mar 28, 2010 21:50:52
Basically,
half caste means a person of
mixed race or two nationalities.Here,it means someone that has two personalities or mixed character. Like someone who acts gud gal when at home, and acts a badass when
out of home or away with friends.
Example:
Me : I could be a tomboy or a diva.....depending on my mood at the time.
Farouk : That's two personalities u
gt there. Me : u can say I'm half
good gal,half badass. Farouk : or better still.....we can cal it half-caste
hot little half cast
by foana on Jul 10, 2009 14:39:55
Term describing the present day female victims of
the stolen generation.
Generally speaking they are around 1/4 to
1/8 boong to achieve hot little half cast rating, though this is subject to actual appearance.
Example:
-friends talking-
friend1: I was working the till and this
boong came up and asked for sex in the neighbouring alley.
friend2: Yeah sounds about right.
friend1: Yeah she was a hot little half cast
aswel, spewing my boss was
on shift.