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Half-Caste" is a poem by Guyanese poet John Agard that looks at people's ideas and usage of the term "half-caste", a derogatory term for people of multiracial descent. The poem is included within Agard's 2005 collection of the same name, in which he explores a range of issues affecting black and mixed-race identity in the UK.
His poems "Half Caste" and "Checking Out Me History" have been featured in the Edexcel and AQA English GCSE anthologies respectively, meaning that many students (aged 13–16) have studied his work for their GCSE English qualifications. [9]
The poem is about the contrast between these people and the gap that is developing between the rich and poor even in the USA which is meant to be a 'democracy'. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The description of the couple as "Beautiful People" is perhaps ironic as the term was first used to describe those had held countercultural ideals during the 1960s. [ 2 ]
Half-caste are people of mixed ethnicity. Half Caste may also refer to: Half Caste (horse), the winner of the 1859 Grand National Steeplechase "Half Caste" (poem), a poem by John Agard; Half-Caste, a 2004 horror film; Half-Caste Act 1886 (title in Victoria), or Aborigines Protection Act 1886 (title in Western Australia)
Alvi describes a few gifts that she receives from her aunts. This is a metaphor for her Pakistani culture, and she says how much it clashes with her English culture. The poem is about the poet's struggle to find which culture she truly belongs to; Pakistani or English. It is included in Cluster 2, Poems from Different Cultures, of the AQA ...
An 1870 illustration by David Bonwick titled Last of the Tasmanians Woodcut 12 - with the description -- Walter George Arthur with his half-caste wife Mary Anne. Half-caste is a term used for individuals of multiracial descent. [1] The word caste is borrowed from the Portuguese or Spanish word casta, meaning race.
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The Bulletin said Baume "tells vividly and clearly, often poignantly, the problems that beset the half-caste Maori girl who is highly educated but is without money or social background." [ 3 ] The Australian Woman's Mirror called it "a frankly realistic and in parts savagely critical piece of writing."