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Old 15-03-2010, 04:31 PM #1
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Ive always wondered, is calling someone halfcast racist?
We were studying poetry and the HalfCaste poem last year and my English teacher said that it is an actual offensive and racist term, but most people dont find it racist and use it.
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We were studying poetry and the HalfCaste poem last year and my English teacher said that it is an actual offensive and racist term, but most people dont find it racist and use it.
awww man I remember that poem in english

we had a book called anthology with loads of poems and short stories in it


+ I find it a bit hesitant and weird to call someone who only has the slightest black heritage , black
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