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Afro-Asians, African Asians, Blasians, or simply Black Asians are people of mixed Asian and African ancestry. [1] Historically, Afro-Asian populations have been marginalised as a result of human migration and social conflict.
The promotion of mestizaje in Mexico, or the idea that all Mexican people are mestizos, has been cited as a reason for this assumption. Another contributor to this idea was the assertion during the Chicano Movement of a distinctly Brown race. This has led to Blaxicans being assumed to know nothing of Mexican American culture because there is an ...
Mulatto-Creole, Dougla, Blasian, Zambo, Maroon, Pardo, Quadroon, Octoroon or Hexadecaroon (Quintroon) were all racial terms used to measure the amount of West African ancestry someone possessed in Trinidad and Tobago and throughout North American, Latin American and Caribbean history. [citation needed]
Blasian — A more colloquially used term to refer to people of mixed Sub-Saharan African and Asian descent. The term "Blasian" is a portmanteau of "Black" and "Asian". The term was first coined in 2001 by Zak Heaton, a Korean adoptee raised in an African American family.
The terms multiracial people refer to people who are of multiple races, [1] and the terms multi-ethnic people refer to people who are of more than one ethnicities. [2] [3] A variety of terms have been used both historically and presently for multiracial people in a variety of contexts, including multiethnic, polyethnic, occasionally bi-ethnic, biracial, mixed-race, Métis, Muwallad, [4] Melezi ...
Growing up Asian and Black American or “Blasian” in Orange County, California, Remigio didn't feel a sense of belonging. His neighbors and classmates were mostly white; He was called racial ...
Funeral services for a teenage boy remembered for his endearing smile and a math teacher known for her dedication to students were held Saturday, 10 days after both were killed by a gunman who ...
Mulatto (/ m j uː ˈ l æ t oʊ /, / m ə ˈ l ɑː t oʊ /) (original Italian spelling) is a racial classification that refers to people of mixed African and European ancestry only. When speaking or writing about a singular woman in English, the word is mulatta (Spanish: mulata).