Malaysian Half-Breed

The online dictionary tells us that the term:

half-breed

[haf-breed, hahf-] Disparaging and Offensive.

noun

a contemptuous term used to refer to the offspring of parents of different racial origin, especially the offspring of an American Indian and a white person of European descent.

adjective

of or relating to such offspring.

Origin of half-breed

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60

In short, it is a vile racist term which we as civilised people should never use. Originally, that was, in America, it refers to "persons descended from Indian women by white men" and is usually used with disparaging intent and perceived as insulting, implying that a 'half-breed' is somehow different or inferior.

Kaytee suspects the term 'half-breed' refers to the 
white' part of the person's breed, where the 'non-white' part is not worth considering as a 'breed' or of animal or non-human characteristics.

A Facebook acquaintance used it to describe RPK. Whilst I realise RPK is much detested by Pakatan people for his socio-political posts (which they once adored very much and had even at one stage proposed him as PM of Malaysia, wakakaka) I was nonetheless shocked that a supposedly "educated" person as that FB acquaintance would even see fit to employ such a vile abusive description of a political 'enemy'.

That would have been akin to calling Mahathir a half-breed too, which much as I dislike him and fear his political policies, is horrendously wicked and malicious. While referring to Mahathir as Mamak has been a naughty jab or reminder of his Indian-religious origin (rather than his 'half' of whatever his genes may be), I would be very much against extremely horrendous racist terms such as half-breed.

As a quiet protest, I informed that FB acquaintance that I, kaytee, am also a half-breed. If he likes to use such a disgusting racist term, he should at least be aware of my ethnic status or composition, wakakaka.

Urassaya Sperbund

of Thai and Norwegian heritage

alas, poor kaytee, though with tomyum running in my veins, does not look as gorgeous as her, wakakaka

But Eff me if my ears fail me - I heard that bloke (FB acquaintance) explaining condescendingly why a half-breed like me, of Asian plus Asian genes, is far far different from RPK's half breed nature, which is half Pom (Mat Salleh) and half Melayu.

In his racist eyes and sadly, muddled thinking, I am supposedly far more superior to RPK, although in truth I am, by his lamentable fondness for that description, also a half-breed and as that contemptuous term implies, of an already gene-diminished status (only half pure lah, wakakaka).

I wonder whether I should be "grateful" to his "generous" gene-assessment of poor half-breed me being 'superior' to half-breed RPK, apart from his presumption I am Asian plus Asian type of half-breed, wakakaka? For all he knows, I could be also half Mat Salleh and half Taiwanese aborigine, wakakaka again.

Nancy Kwan Ka Shen

of Chinese Hong-Kongite, Scottish & English heritage

entirely my type, wakakaka  

But don't forget what I said above, that I suspect the term 'half-breed' refers only to the 'white' part of the person's breed, where the 'non-white' part is not worth considering or of animal or non-human characteristics - that effectively means my 'Asian plus Asian' genes work out for me as having 100% animal or non-human characteristics, grrrrrowl, wakakaka.

Next he used the normal (colloquial) Chinese Hokkien term, 'chaap-cheng' (mixed breed), perhaps an iota above 'half-breed' as it doesn't imply only 'half' of proper breed. But it is still a derogatory abusive term. A very racist term loved by racists and early Chinese Malaysian society.

In earlier days, we called offspring of happy unions between Europeans and Asians politely as 'Eurasians' (eg. like Nancy Kwan) but it seems even such an innocuous term has been deemed unacceptable in today's world, thus evolved the world 'Pan-Asians'.

Nancy Kwan Ka Shen
I adore her 

But in appalling repugnant offence, I suppose nothing beats the FB bloke's use of 'half-breed'.

Nadine Chandrawinata
Miss Indonesia 2006

Indonesia, Chinese & German heritage

(but which type of Indonesian? Javanese, Sundanese, Bugis (Sulawasi), Balinese, Sumatraan? but who cares)