Mulatto, quadroon, octoroon, hexadecaroon: what was considered . . . - Reddit Mulatto meant half black, quadroon meant quarter black, octoroon meant one eighth black and hexadecaroon meant 1 16th black And depending on where you fell on that scale, determined your position in life (so to speak) Obviously mulattos were likely gonna be slaves, quadroons and octoroons as well (I'm looking at you, Thomas Jefferson
I’m a white passing quadroon and sometimes it feels like I . . . - Reddit Quadroon, mulatto, Oriental, etc are outdated, racist, and don't belong in a conversation taking place in the 21st century There's nothing empowering about using racist terms, especially ones that are so outdated that you'd have to consult Google to understand what they refer to
People who are 1 4 anything… we are the new biracials. Yeahhhh I posted my ancestry results yesterday and got called 2 different slurs in the thread, including “quadroon ” That person was correcting someone who called me a mullatto 🤦🏽♀️ I am mixed, half white and half black It comes around more to 60 40 actually And I STILL got called a “quadroon ”
In 19th Century New Orleans, to whom were the racial terms . . . - Reddit Certain events in New Orleans, colloquially termed "Quadroon Balls," while not so formalized as the name implies, would provide opportunities for such arrangements While not necessarily restricted to 1 4 African women, there was an emphasis on more European-appearing women, as an early and distinct form of colorism
Regarding to Quadroon. . . : r phenotypes - Reddit Ok, So I need to have 25% subsaharan african to be a quadroon back then? Yeah, they seem mostly updated terms to refer to those mixes of white+black back then I came to know it from a subreddit of Puerto Rico where some people refer certain puerto ricans like that which was odd to me
“Proving My Blackness” by Mat Johnson - The Quadroon Experience The contrast between “blackness” and how I looked was so stark that I often found myself sifting through archaic, pre-20th-century African-American racial definitions to find a word that fit me Mulatto, 50 percent African Quadroon, 25 percent African Octoroon, 12 5 percent African
r quadroons - Reddit If you're 1 4 black and 3 4 white, this is the place for you Discuss experiences, stories, and identity, with other Quadroons This is a place for people who are 1 4 black to connect with eachother If you're new, please write a quick hello in the sticky so the sub doesn't look dead tags: mixed race, quadroon, 1 4 black, quarter black
Quadroons are usually forgotten : r mixedrace - Reddit I find quadroon, along with mulatto and similar outdated words to be incredibly racist and insensitive When most people think about mixed race individuals, they tend to think of biracial people with a father and mother of different races
What happened to Lana being a quadroon? : r ArcherFX - Reddit What happened to Lana being a quadroon? Archer calls her one in the first season because she is blackish, and in the timeline he would have already met her parents at that point (though may not remember them) but it seems like a stretch to think Archer believed that she was only a quarter black when her parents are both clearly black
About Lana’s Ethniticy : r ArcherFX - Reddit Archer probably called her quadroon to refer as her being a quarter white but since quadroon is the Incorrect term Lana probably freaked out at t he bract that the man she was dating for a while still mislabeled her using a term that is offensive ** I assume it’s offensive but I’m not American so I can’t guarantee that Also the Math