: Re: Is this an accurate way to negatively describe a mix-breed race? so i have a scene where a bunch of people are arguing about their race "don't act all high and mighty you snobby Evian

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Bastard:

archaic derogatory
a person born of parents not married to each other.
synonyms: illegitimate child, child born out of wedlock
informal
an unpleasant or despicable person.
"he lied to me, the bastard!"
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While your phrasing doesn't follow the strict definition of bastard, consider that some mixed race couples in more prejudicial societies can ONLY have children outside of marriage. That's why, in what's answer, you can see that it meant that in South Africa. In the United States, in the deep South, decades ago, it was also used colloquially in this manner. Back when there was slavery in the 1800s every mixed race kid was considered a bastard, because that's what they were. White men would often already be married when they had those kids out of wedlock, off of their slaves.

Mixed race=bastard here in the US, in certain regions for many years, though that is changing/has changed...Also, I think, until about 1960 it was actually illegal for blacks and whites to marry at all, so any child of mixed heritage was considered this. I believe Alabama finally repealed the last law forbidding it in like 1999 or 2000. (Even though on a Federal level it was legal.)

So, my answer to you is this: does this fit culturally in your world? Are all half-breeds considered tainted, or as the result of a forbidden union? If so, this can fit your world. It's all about context.

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