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Originally posted by Jack Manfred
BRC, as I recall, in South Africa, the term "coloured" means anyone of mixed race. It was a middle category in the apartheid system, though not only for people of black/white backgrounds. Many Indians (including Gandhi for a time) lived/worked in South Africa.
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Coloured was the term for non-blacks in SA, which meant most of those with Indian heritage. They were the middle category, with more rights than blacks (which is to say: some). Blacks were in their own category, and were in that category based on criteria like the US used to use (curliness of hair etc.).
