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Coloured (South African racial classification)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Coloured_(South_African_racial_classification)
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:group_of_people
racial classification
gptkbp:ancestry
gptkb:Indian
gptkb:Malay
gptkb:Xhosa
gptkb:Griqua
gptkb:Khoisan
European
Other African groups
gptkbp:culture
distinct cuisine
distinct music
distinct traditions
gptkbp:definedIn
gptkb:Population_Registration_Act,_1950
gptkbp:discriminatedUnder
Apartheid laws
gptkbp:historicallyClassifiedBy
gptkb:Apartheid_government
gptkbp:historicalName
created during colonial and apartheid eras
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Coloured (South African racial classification)
gptkbp:languageSpoken
gptkb:Afrikaans
English
South African indigenous languages
gptkbp:legalStatus
officially recognized in South African law
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Western_Cape
gptkb:Eastern_Cape
gptkb:Northern_Cape
gptkbp:notableGroup
gptkb:Griqua
gptkb:Cape_Coloureds
gptkb:Rehoboth_Basters
gptkb:Cape_Malays
Nama
gptkbp:notablePerson
gptkb:Trevor_Noah
gptkb:Abdullah_Ibrahim
gptkb:Patricia_de_Lille
gptkbp:populationEstimate
4.2 million (South Africa, 2011 census)
gptkbp:postApartheidStatus
remains a demographic category
gptkbp:regardedAs
controversial term
neutral or self-identification within South Africa
pejorative outside South Africa
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Indian_South_Africans
gptkb:White_South_Africans
gptkb:Black_South_Africans
Mixed-race people
gptkbp:religion
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
other faiths
gptkbp:usedIn
gptkb:Namibia
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Cape_Coloureds
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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