Jun 3, 2009 14:02
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| 5 +4 | Cape Coloured |
Annabel Rautenbach
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| 5 | Coloured |
aubreydewet
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| 5 | Coloured |
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Cape Coloured
It refers to the people living in the Cape Area. It was used in the old Apartheid days to classify brown people
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Coloured
This is for people of black/white mixed heritage.
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Note added at 2 mins (2009-06-03 14:04:31 GMT)
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Or sometimes also 'Brown'
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Note added at 9 mins (2009-06-03 14:12:11 GMT) Post-grading
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I think we may then need some more context. If it's a modern text (i.e. used today), then I would stick to Coloured or Brown. If it is more historical, rather take Annabel's answer.
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Note added at 2 mins (2009-06-03 14:04:31 GMT)
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Or sometimes also 'Brown'
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Note added at 9 mins (2009-06-03 14:12:11 GMT) Post-grading
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I think we may then need some more context. If it's a modern text (i.e. used today), then I would stick to Coloured or Brown. If it is more historical, rather take Annabel's answer.
Peer comment(s):
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Annabel Rautenbach
: Sorry, I did not see your answer... Don't you think it maybe refers to the old "Cape Coloureds" or "Capies"?
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Samuel Murray
: Just "coloured" may not be accurate. The Apartheid government distinguished between types of coloured, and K/Kleurling is probably Cape Coloured, most of whom were Malay or related.
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Afrikaans term (edited):
Kleurling
Coloured
"Coloured" indicates the issue of mixed (initially black and white, or subsequently black and coloured or white and coloured ) parentage.
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