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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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)
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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)