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61Sambo (racial term) — Sambo is a racial term for a person with mixed Amerindian and African heritage in the Caribbean, also for a black or South Asian person in the United States and the United Kingdom. It is considered a racial slur in the U.S. and the UK, but not in …
62History of New Orleans — The history of New Orleans, Louisiana traces its development from its founding by the French, through its period under Spanish control, then back to French rule before being sold to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. It has been one of… …
63Lonette McKee — Infobox actor imagesize = 150px name = Lonette McKee birthdate = Birth date and age|1954|7|22|mf=y birthplace = Detroit, MichiganLonette McKee (born July 22, 1954) is an American film and television actress, music composer/producer/songwriter,… …
64Hyperdescent — is the practice of determining the lineage of a child of mixed race ancestry by assigning the child the race of his more socially dominant parent. Hyperdescent is the opposite of hypodescent (the practice of determining the lineage of a child of… …
65Hypodescent — is the practice of determining the lineage of a child of mixed race ancestry by assigning the child the race of his or her more socially subordinate parent. Because Caucasians were generally socially dominant in the Western world, mixed race… …
66In the Wet — is a novel by Nevil Shute that was first published in the UK in 1953. It contains many of the typical elements of a hearty and adventurous Shute yarn such as: flying; the future; mystic states; and ordinary people doing extraordinary things.Plot… …
67The Feast of All Saints — (1979) is a novel by Anne Rice.Plot summary This novel is about the gens de couleur libres, or free people of color, who lived in New Orleans before the Civil War. The gens de couleur libres were the descendants of European settlers of Louisiana …
68The Octoroon — The word octoroon means one eighth black. Half black is a mulatto, a quarter black is a quadroon. The Oxford English Dictionary cites The Octoroon with the earliest record of the word mashup with the quote: He don t understand; he speaks a mash… …
69Racial segregation in the United States — is the racial segregation of facilities, services, and opportunities such as housing, education, employment, and transportation along racial lines. The expression refers primarily to the legally or socially enforced separation of African… …
70Aboriginal Protection and restriction of the sale of opium act 1897 — The Aboriginal Protection and Restrictions of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 was an Act of the Parliament of Queensland.As a result of dispersal, malnutrition, opium and diseases, it was widely believed in Queensland that Aborigines were members of a …
