On 2023-05-06 08:32:08 josephjoestar said:
Honest question Cape Malay and Cape Coloured the same? Or are Cape Coloured and Jozi colored different?
My understanding is that those terms are an apartheid relic and were used to distinguish between (and cause further divisions between) people with a Malay / Indonesian heritage and people with a mixed heritage or other background (like St Helena). May also indicate and divide on religious grounds as those with a Malay/Indonesian heritage are usually Muslim.
I have no issue with people calling themselves whatever works for them - but as someone who is not from those communities, I struggle with the terms and use the term "coloured" but with a degree of unease because of the apartheid connotations and because I don't think it truly reflects the wonderfully diverse communities being described!