Coloureds in South Africa refers to the mixed-race population of people with European, Asian and African heritage.
Coloureds are not a race; they are a mixed-race population of people with European, Asian and African heritage. The term is often used to refer to the mixed-race population of people who identify as black or coloured in South Africa.
What is a Coloured Person in South Africa & How Did They Come to Be?
The history of South Africa is connected to the history of Europe. The white minority in South Africa came to be the dominant group by taking over land and using violence and intimidation.
The word ‘Coloured Person’ has a complicated history, as it was not always used to refer to a specific race. In the early 19th century, it referred to people who were not white but also not black, but who had mixed ancestry. It was only in 1910 that it became a racial term for people with mixed ancestry.
Coloured people are descendants of European settlers, enslaved Africans, and indigenous Khoisan peoples in South Africa. They now make up about 40% of the population in Cape Town.
