Feb 6, 2026
Is octoroon offensive?
The word "" is widely considered an outdated and offensive racial classification meaning a person of one‑eighth Black ancestry, a label recorded in and dictionaries . Contemporary dictionaries and usa...
19th-century censuses
The term 'octoroon' was part of a family of caste labels that were sometimes recorded in official documents, including U.S. censuses in the 19th century.