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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
Mulatto, quadroon, octoroon, hexadecaroon: what was considered …
Apr 20, 2021 · 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
Jul 24, 2020 · 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 are outdated, racist, and don't belong in a conversation taking place in the 21st century. There's nothing empowering about using racist terms, especially ones that are so outdated that you'd have …
Quadroons are usually forgotten : r/mixedrace - Reddit
Aug 7, 2016 · I find quadroon, along with mulatto and similar outdated words to be incredibly racist and insensitive.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.
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 …
What happened to Lana being a quadroon? : r/ArcherFX - Reddit
Mar 4, 2015 · 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.
In 19th Century New Orleans, to whom were the racial terms
Aug 5, 2016 · 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.
They mention lana being mixed or even a quadroon several times …
Apr 25, 2017 · A quadroon is someone of 1/4 black ancestry, so it's also a joke about Archer being stupid. I tried to do the math once on what AJ would be if Lana's mom was 50/50. AJ would have 2 white grandparents (Archer's side), 1 black grandparent (Mr. Kane), and one half white/half black grandparent (Mrs. Kane).
I don’t know if you all saw this but this girl is getting ... - Reddit
Feb 23, 2024 · But what thoughts are being provoked by her using "coon," "quadroon," "mulatto," etc.? I am black/white mixed and much browner than her and if her message is that being 1/4 black places one in a weird position, personally, I think she could have opened with a different line(s) to express that.
What was a 'griff' or 'griffe,' as seen on old slave auction ... - Reddit
Jan 29, 2014 · Evidently so. The article describes "quadroon balls" and the fantasy of the "quadroon mistress," and that the purchasing of lighter-skinned slaves for sexual exploitation was popular and desirable among some slave owners and other whites, most notoriously in New Orleans. The author goes into some detail: