Talk:Cape Coloureds

no mention of teeth removal phenomenon?
cape coloured frequently remove their two front teeth, anyone know why? [Please forgive me if I have this done this incorrectly as I am still learning how to use Wiki - anyway, teeth are removed as funds for dental treatment are low, ie rotten, skew teeth are pulled and replaced with plastic!]

Yes, finances play a role, as dental hygiene is not high on the priority list for many coloured people, who are simply trying to survive. However there was a period during 1996-2002 when removal of front teeth became a fashion statement and some people would remove their healthy teeth to replace it with plastic teeth containing gold. Fortunately this fashion statement has passed. So now the removal of teeth are because of bad hygiene and in some cases the drugs used (Tik) rots the teeth as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiedaad (talk • contribs) 10:45, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

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Wow, four million people, a unique group with a history and culture of their own. And this is all Wikipedia has? I'm don't know enough about this to improve the article. But somebody needs to! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.207.32.37 (talk) 16:30, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Here are some questions I'm wondering about when I read the article (to stimulate expansion):
 * Do a significant number of people self-identify as Cape Coloured?
 * If so, what do they view as common characteristics that defines someone as Cape Coloured and distinguishes them from other groups?
 * Are there only 400 000 coloured people that are not Cape Coloured? Otherwise, why the discrepancy in numbers?  The coloured article actually states a lower percentage of SA's population.
 * Religion: Are the 5% Muslim Cape Coloured people different from Cape Malay people?
 * Voting rights: I believe those classified as Cape Coloured by the apartheid government had some voting rights (for a while) not held by other coloured people - perhaps this merits inclusion? — Gk sa (talk) 21:45, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Why not merge this with Coloured?
I'm not sure why this needs to be a seperate page - wouldn't it be better if this was a part of the article on Coloureds? Totorotroll (talk) 19:44, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed. The only reason this page exists is because apartheid used this as a classification.  I don't see a page being created for "Other Coloureds".  The only "type" of coloured people that might justify such a separate article is Cape Malay people - but simply because they often self-identify as being part of the Cape Malay community, largely due to religious affiliation rather than any perceived differences in ethnicity.  I suggest a one-line statement that the apartheid government used "Cape Coloured" as a distinct classification, but that most coloured people don't recognise that distinction today.  And link back to the Coloured article.
 * Also... "Language: Kaapse Afrikaans" - Really?  I wonder how much support one would be able to find for that assertion.  Unless there is evidence that the people are speaking a separate dialect with pride, in the same way that Afrikaans at some stage reached the turning point from being dismissed as "kitchen Dutch" and becoming a regional language that was/is proudly spoken, I'd say this seems too suggestive of the false notion that they "can't speak proper Afrikaans". — Gk sa (talk) 14:46, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

I didn't even notice these were separate pages until now. How would we go about merging them? CapingThroughTheBlue (talk) 06:04, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Capitalisation
The capitalisation in this article reminds strongly of apartheid and it's reverence and glorification of these racial divisions. Common usage today dictates that white, black and coloured are not capitalised (I know this is not yet universal, but it is safer if you're aiming for neutral POV). Yes, Asian and Indian still gets capitalised because they are proper adjectives. —Gk sa (talk) 14:46, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, maybe it would be worth bringing this up on the Coloured discussion page? Totorotroll (talk) 19:57, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

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Cape Coloured do not identify as black.
From the article "Cape Coloureds identify as black in every other country besides Namibia. They are black, e.g. in the United States of America and Britain"

This is incorrect - this is how people in Britain and America might identify them (and certainly how the Black politic in America would prefer it). Cape Coloured themselves do not identify as such! 2001:8003:70F5:2400:9107:C71E:CFB9:9AAE (talk) 13:44, 10 May 2024 (UTC)