That's certainly ONE meaning.
We might now get into a debate about whether we should be using the term
miscegenation. If you have produced a mixed-race child, it's not the nicest
of terms to describe what you've been up to!
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From: "Angela Allison" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: What Does 'Creole' Mean?
> I've always (perhaps mistakenly) had the impression that the term
> 'creole' was a social distinction to separate (and ostracise?) 'white'
> Caribbeans from their white European counterparts. I had the
> impression that there was some social slur attached to being a white
> person born in the Caribbean as there was always a suggestion that
> such births were the result of miscegenation - somewhere along the
> line.
>
> Or have I read too much Jean Rhys and Kate Chopin?
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