Catchword: royal

Filed under: English

Part of speech: adj.

Quotation: In Westmoreland where I was born, the word “royal” was used to describe mixed-race people, equating the African heritage with royalty. Thus there were Indian-Royals and Chinese-Royals. Though I didn’t hear anyone being referred to as White-Royal, a brown person’s wavy hair was described as “royal hair.”…If “royal” was synonymous to “African”, it is no wonder then that previous generations carried themselves with so much dignity.

Article or document title:
“Growing up as royalty” (URL)

Author:
Jean Lowrie-Chin

Article, document, publication, web site:
Jamaica Observer

Date of publication:
Feb. 28, 2005

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