Editing Half-caste (section)

===British Central Africa===

In [[British Central Africa Protectorate|British Central Africa]], now part of modern-day [[Malawi]] and [[Zimbabwe]], people of multiracial descent were referred to as half-castes. These unions were considered socially improper, with mixed couples being segregated and shunned by society at large, and colonial courts passing legislation against mixed marriages.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Half Caste|date=February 17, 1904|publisher=Boston News|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2249&dat=19040217&id=F-M0AAAAIBAJ&pg=4141,2297933}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=C. JOON-HAI LEE|title=The 'native' Undefined: Colonial Categories, Anglo-African Status and the Politics of Kinship in British Central Africa, 1929–38|journal=The Journal of African History|year=2005| volume=46 |issue=3|pages= 455–478| doi=10.1017/S0021853705000861|s2cid=145790221}}</ref>