Talk:Coloureds

message: This is my personal opinion,as an actual coloured person. A coloured identity has existed in pre-apartheid times.early coloureds did benefit from marginally better treatment than the 'native black'population and have developed a superiority complex over their black counterparts. This is something they are paying for as the state is now sidelining them under the guise of 'black economic empowerment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theospeak (talk • contribs) 18:30, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: A coloured view

message: Many thanks to those who contributed to this Wikipedia article.  My father's family probably qualify under this racial designation.  They uprooted themselves from South Africa in the late 1950's, and re-settled in the UK.  Shortly after that, my father left for Canada where he married.  My surname is most definitely Afrikaans, but memories of my father's family suggest that they were enthusiastic adopters of British cultural norms.  Afrikaans was rarely if ever used among them, even though they were no doubt fairly fluent in it.  Surprisingly, my father became credentialed as a physician at Wits.  He played cricket and tennis, suggesting some level of acceptance within a British social circle (in Kimberley and Johannesburg).  Details of these events -- reasons for the family uprooting, their social status in South Africa -- were never discussed, and my surviving relatives prefer to either forget or embellish these uncomfortable memories.  I'd be interested in any perspectives others could lend to this history, as I find it interesting.  One source describes the Coloured Proclamation Act of 1959, which lead to land expropriation.  I'm wondering if my father's family, having owned a house in Kimberley, acted pre-emtively in leaving by selling their house.  Historical records suggest that family members owned a construction-related business in 1930's Kimberley.  Also, how could a coloured gain acceptance to a South African medical school? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.119.92.25 (talk) 00:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Another coloured view

message: Was the column with the larger numbers South African Sign Language?
And were there any other sign languages signed with 5000+ speakers?
--58.108.122.0 (talk) 08:30, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sign languages among Coloured people in South Africa 

message: 1. "Genetic studies suggest the group has the highest levels of mixed ancestry in the world."
No source is given for this. 
2. "Mitochondrial DNA studies have demonstrated that many maternal lines of the Coloured population are descended from African Khoisan women."
According to this study, 45.18% of Coloured male haplogroups are Sub-Saharan African. (American Journal of Human Genetics, NIH) Strong Maternal Khoisan Contribution to the South African Coloured Population: A Case of Gender-Biased Admixture, Table 2. So this statement isn't quite complete, even misleading. 2001:1C00:1E20:D900:25AD:7A8B:F359:EA12 (talk) 16:40, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I put in support for item 1 in the background section. The section on genetics seems to support the second statement, It says "many" without being specific, The statements made in the genetics section are supported from a 2010 study. Overall the article, particularly the lead have a bunch of factoids shoehorned in overtime. Perhaps a culling is needed. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 17:40, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Unsourced Statements