• Afatasi: Mixed ancestry between Samoan and White
• Afrasian: Mixed ancestry between an African and Asian
• Afro-Asian: Mixed ancestry between an African and Asian
• Afro-European: Mixed heritage between Africa and Europe
• Africasian: Mixed ancestry between an African and Asian
• Ainoco:Mixed ancestry between White and Japanese
• Amerasian: Mixed ancestry between American and an Asian
• Amalgamation: Archaic term for the intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races
• Anglo-Asian: Mixed ancestry between an English and Asian
• Anglo-Burmese: Mixed ancestry between Burmese and European
• Anglo-Indian: Mixed ancestry between an English and Indian
• Atlantic-Creole: Mixed ancestry between European and African
• Bastard: A person of mixed blood
• Baster: People with a mixed racial and ethnic heritage
• Biracial: People of white and black origins
• Blackanese: Mixed Black and Asian
• Blackinese: Mixed ancestry between Black and Chinese
• Blacktino: Mixed of Black and Latino
• Black Dutch: People with mixed racial. cultural and ethnic heritage
• Black Indians: Mixed heritage between African and Native American
• Blasian: Mixed ancestry between Black and Asian
• Blaxican: Mixed ancestry between Black and Mexican
• Brown Skin: A political, racial, ethnic, societal, and cultural classification not limited to people of mixed heritage.
• Bruin-ou: People with a mixed racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
• Bruinmense: People with mixed racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
• Burgher People: Mixed ancestry between Europeans and Sri Lankans
• Bushie: People with a mixed racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
• Cablinasian: Causcasian/Black/American Indian/Asian Mix
• Caboclo: Mixed ancestry between White and Amerindian
• Cafuzo: Mixed ancestry between Black and Amerindian
• Capie: People with a mixed racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
• Castizo: Mixed ancestry between White and Mestizo
• Chewish: Mixed ancestry between a Jew and Chinese
• Chestnut Ridge People: see Melungeon
• Chindian: Mixed ancestry between the Chinese and Indian
• Cholo: Mixed ancestry between American Indian and Black African
• Chino: Mixed Asian and African American ancestry
• Coffee Coloured: People of mixed race with a brownish skin texture
• Colored: People of mixed blood or black
• Coloured: People with a mixed racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
• Con lai: Half-breed
• Coolie: Mixed ancestry between Black and Asian Indian
• Creole peoples: Locally-born people with foreign ancestry
• Creoles of color: Mixed-race blacks residing in the Gulf Coast and Louisiana area of the pre-existing indigenous population of Spanish Guinean originating from the island of Fernando Pó
• Daburu: The mix of races, cultures and ethnicities
• Dougla: Mixed race typically African and Asian India
• Eurafrican: African and European ancestry
• Eurasian: Mixed ancestry between a European and Asian
• Jingoism: Judging one’s own country as superior to others – an extreme type of nationalism.
• Gado Gado: Mixed
• Goffals: Mixed ancestry between Ndebele/Shona and White
• Griqua: People with a mixed racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
• Haafu or Hafu:  Half Japanese
• Halfbloed: Mixed Blood
• Half-blood: A person of mixed blood
• Half-breed: A person of mixed blood
• Half-caste: People of mixed caste
• Half-Chat: People of white and black origins
• Halfling: People with a mixed ancestry, racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
• Halfrican: Half African/ Half White
• Halvsie: Mixed Japanese Hapa: Half Hawaiian or half Asian, half Caucasian
• Hapa: A person of mixed Asian or Pacific Islander racial/ethnic heritage
• Hasian: Half Asian
• Honhyeol: Mixed blood
• Hotnot: People with a mixed racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
• Hun xue: Mixed blood
• Hybrid: Fusion or mix of race, ancestry, race, culture and ethnicity
• Indo: Mixed ancestry between a European and an Asian
• Kablungajuit: Mixed ancestry between White and Inuit
• Kailoma or Vasu: Mixed ancestry between European and Fijian
• Kleurling: People with a mixed racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
• Lai Má: American mix
• Lobo: Mixed ancestry between Black and Amerindian
• Louisiana Creole: People of mixed ancestry
• Luk kreung: Mixed racial heritage, literally means half-child
• Lumbee: Products of mixed unions
• Malaynese: Mixed ancestry between Malay and Chinese or Japanese
• Marabou: Mixed ancestry between black African/European and an Amerindian, specifically the native Taíno
• Melungeon: Mixed European, African, and Native American ancestry
• Miscegenation: Mixing of different racial groups
• Métis: A person born to parents who belong to different groups
• Mischling: Mixed person
• Mixedasians: Mixed Person
• Mixed: People of mixed origins
• Mixed ancestry: People of mixed ancestry
• Mixed-Bloods: Individuals of mixed European and Native American ancestry who are not of Hispanic descent
• Mixed race: People of white and black origins
• Mongrel: Fusion or mix of ethnicity
• Morisco: Mixed ancestry between Caucasian and Mulatto
• Mudblood: A person of mixblood
• Mulatto: Mixed ancestry between white European and black African
• Mule: Fusion or mix of horse and donkey
• Multiethnic: People of mixed ethnicity
• Multiracial: People of white and black origins
• Mutant: A mutation or mix between race, culture and ethnicity
• Mutt: Fusion or mix of ethnicity
• Nguoi Lai: Mixed-race person
• Octoroon: Mixed ancestry between a Quadroon and a European
• Pardo: Mixed ancestry between for black and white
• Passing: A person of mixed-race heritage assimilating to the white majority
• Peranakan: Indonesian Chinese
• Pointee: Mixed ancestry between an African and Caucasian
• Polygeneric: Neologism from Greek, poly-, (many) and genera (races)
• Quadroon: Generally three quarters white and one quarter black
• Quintroon: Mixed ancestry between an octoroon and a white parent
• Race of the Future: All the races are blending to become one race in the future
• Rojak or Rujak: Mixed vegetable/fruit salad
• Romani people: An ethnic group of Europe tracing their origins to medieval India
• Gypsies: An ethnic group of Europe tracing their origins to medieval India
• Redbone: Racially mixed ethnic groups in the the Sabine River region of Louisiana and Texas
• Réunion Creoles: A name given to those born on the island, of various ethnic origins on Reunion Islands
• Rhineland Bastards: Afro-German children of mixed German and African parentage
• Sri Lankan Moors: People of mixed heritage in Sri Lanka
• We-Sorts: People of “mixed-race” origins who claim descent from the Piscataway Native American population
• Zambo: Mixed ancestry between Black and Amerindian

>> Ross Rayners <<

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So, what does it mean to live as a colored or if you like in South Africa? It meant to be subjected and cajoled to the bitter taste of Afrikaner racism. It meant to live in a society martyred by hypocrisy in a state of identity psychosis. It meant an exposure to a social bigotry, a social insecurity underpinned by ignorance, fear and vulnerability. Out of this, certain perceptions and stereotypes, called ‘Colored’ naissanced, still lived today. This nuisance evolved and over time became known as the Colored Commandments or Gam Gedagtes:

* I believe that I am the best in the street where I live. Anyone who lives in a bigger house, drives a better car or whose kids attends a more expensive school is liable to receive some unfair treatment, harassment or verbal slurs from me. I believe that I am better than anyone else, and the minute that I see another colored excel, I will suppress, oppress and undermine their achievements. Even my own children.

* I believe that when I am in need, then the neighbor is obliged to give me whatever I need (like sugar, rice or even a few rands), otherwise that neighbor is not fit to be regarded as a friend or acquaintance.

* I believe that I am compelled to obtain new possessions as determined by the rate at which my neighbors or work colleagues acquire new possessions. I am entitled to have the loudest musical system, the biggest satellite dish and the most expensive clothes on the market (all clothes should be designer-labeled). Should I not be able to afford this, I am entitled to sink my heavy ass into debts that I know I will not be able to pay.

* I believe that I have the right to afford my children education on the basis that I can boast about their achievements like it was my own. I retain the right to assess scholastic progress better than the drunken teacher. Education has not worked for me; so it will work for them as long their education do not surpass mine, as I made them. My children will work for me once they have completed their studies. My children are not to think for themselves.

* I believe that I may call black people ‘kaffirs’, white people ‘whities’; asians ‘coolies’ and other coloreds ‘hotnot’, ‘gam’ or if you like. In addition, I believe that I am better than anybody is and nobody may address me as any of the above because it is politically incorrect to label me as such. Such slander is a direct violation of my basic human rights but not yours.

* I believe that all white and black people are racist. I believe that I am racially tolerant by not allowing my children to play with black children because black people slaughter animals in their yards and believe in the tokolosh. I reserve the right to protect my children against the onslaughts of the white man’s way of living, allowing their offspring economic freedom. I believe, in addition, that my child should never be independent of me otherwise I have not been a good parent.

* I believe that I am not African. I am born on the South African continent. My narrow-mindedness is more than a vice and it does indeed surpass my intellect, don’t you forget that.

* I believe that my social constitution and laws are governed by what people think of me. The perception of what other people will say determines what I believe. A proud draadsitter.

* I believe that the government owes me a house and an education due to the inequities of the past. Why should I work for what I want, as my drinking time will be cut in half and besides, the government owes me.

* I believe that all other religions are an abomination of my religion and belief in God. May they have a happy journey to hell, God bless them. My authority should not be questioned because I have the Church by my side. At least I am saved.

* I believe that once I get elected to office or any committee, as it is due to me, I will turn my back on those idiots that elected me for that position. As long as I earn a good salary, I will not do anything to uplift my community, I don’t owe them anything.

Breaching any of the commandments will afford you extra-special names like ‘coconut’, ‘traitor’ or even ‘gatkruiper’. A first offence, in most cases, will be forgiven. After that, any act shall be scrutinized and deemed suspicious. You are warned. The truth or validity of the colored commandments depends on you.

Although there are plenty of talented people in colored communities, advancement are hampered by in-fighting, bigotry and blind recourse in the colored commandments. Frankly I do not belief or adhere to The Colored Commandments, as it is nothing but perceptions and stereotypes born out of a people that were not allowed to develop their own identity. It was stunted. Now is the time for change.

Let us change the way we look at life and ourselves. Let us have Colored Gedagtes.

>> Ross Rayners <<