▁This ▁legacy ▁continues ▁to ▁affect ▁the ▁eth nic ▁and ▁ra cial ▁disc ourse ▁in ▁F iji . ▁ ▁K ail omas ▁or ▁vas us ▁were ▁children ▁born ▁to ▁a ▁F ij ian ▁native ▁and ▁European ▁or ▁indent ured ▁labor ers ▁brought ▁in ▁by ▁the ▁colonial ▁government ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁sugar c ane ▁plant ations ▁over ▁a ▁century ▁ago . ▁Over ▁the ▁gener ations , ▁these ▁half - c aste ▁people ▁experienced ▁a ▁har sh , ▁sh unn ed ▁and ▁a ▁b izar re ▁social ▁treatment ▁from ▁the ▁colonial ▁ob session ▁with ▁her ding ▁citizens ▁into ▁separate , ▁tid y , ▁ra cial ▁boxes , ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁separation ▁of ▁F ij ian ▁mixed - blo ods ▁from ▁their ▁natural ▁families . ▁ ▁Malays ia ▁Half - c aste ▁in ▁Malays ia ▁referred ▁to ▁E uras ians ▁and ▁other ▁people ▁of ▁mixed ▁desc ents . ▁They ▁were ▁also ▁commonly ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁hy br ids , ▁and ▁in ▁certain ▁soci ological ▁literature ▁the ▁term ▁hy brid ity ▁is ▁common . ▁ ▁With ▁Malays ia ▁experien cing ▁a ▁wave ▁of ▁imm igr ations ▁from ▁China , ▁the ▁Middle ▁East , ▁India , ▁and ▁sout heast ▁Asia , ▁and ▁a ▁wave ▁of ▁different ▁colonial ▁powers ▁( Port ug uese , ▁Dutch , ▁English ), ▁many ▁other ▁terms ▁have ▁been ▁used ▁for ▁half - cast es . ▁Some ▁of ▁these ▁include ▁cap - c eng , ▁half - bre ed , ▁mest icos . ▁These ▁terms ▁are ▁considered ▁pe jor ative . ▁ ▁Half - cast