What is Griffe?
1.
The offspring of a mulatto and either a black or an American Indian.
"The nurse, a comfortable looking Griffe woman in white apron and cap, was urging Edna to return to her bedroom."
(The Awakening, by Kate Chopin)
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2.
A griffe is someone of mixed Black African and Native Americans heritage. A lot of times we get confused with the Mulattos. But we are not Mulatto!
Hasapa hemacha/Lakhota.
"That boy's a proud Griffe!"
"No, he's Mulatto!"
"Oh, I thought they were the same?"
"Idiot."
3.
a black person who is partially or half native american. (Has nothing to do with being mulatto)
I am a griffe.
A lot of african americans are griffes.
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