Talk:Redbone (ethnicity)
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[edit] Moving to "Redbone (ethnicity)"
I plan to move this article to "Redbone (ethnicity)" shortly because:
- There are only two non-user-page references to this use, as opposed to half a dozen to the music group.
- Neither Merriam-Webster Online nor Dictionary.com mention this use. They both define "redbone" as a type of dog.
I have already created a disambiguation page, whose title I will change to "Redbone". — Jeff Q 16:38, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
It needs to be understood that this term, as applied to ethnicity, was considered pejorative, and consequently has had much more of a life in the oral tradition than in written records and reference works such as dictionaries. As sensitivities subside and interest in tracing heritage increases, the written record is being made by the present generation.King Alexander (talk) 02:17, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Reference to Melungeon in this definition
The paragraph reference to Melungeon is not appropriate to the definition Redbone and should be removed. Mishiho (talk) 07:41, 2 January 2008 (UTC)Mishiho
- It is a related concept and does seem to deserve mention in the article, even if only to distinguish the differences. Badagnani (talk) 07:55, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Surnames, traditions, and now DNA do link the eastern seaboard Melungeons to the Sabine-Calcasieu area Redbones, the latter being a subset/colony of the former. —Preceding unsigned comment added by King Alexander (talk • contribs) 02:09, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Famous Redbones
This section will be removed, as the selections are arbitrary - most of the people were not born nor grew up in the South. They seem to have been selected because of being light-skinned African Americans. It is just pointless.--Parkwells (talk) 23:08, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
