half-breed/half-caste
unacceptable terms when referring to people of mixed ancestry or descent. "Half-breed and half-caste are senseless. We're not half of anything. We are whole people" (Jaimie Markham, in Colors ). Tim Giago, publisher of Indian Country Today , the largest U.S. Indian weekly, says, "Research has shown that these terms were created by the federal bureaucracy to place Indian people into racial pigeonholes." They are equally offensive when used of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia. See also aborigine, Indian, mélange, métis/métisse.
