Colonial governors barred mixed-race men from commanding natives because both groups despised them

Evidence

In 1847 Governor-General Rochussen wrote to Minister of Colonies Baud that although he was no “lover of mixed bloods” (philoliplap), it was his job to ensure they did not become a danger. He also promised that he would never—in past, present, or future—appoint a “colored” to command natives who despised “the colored” and Europeans who disdained them even more. — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 987

Categorization

• SHARE: The philoliplap coinage and the frank admission about contempt from both sides is a vivid archival nugget to share with a colonial-history reader.
• XREF: connects to: Colonial racial mixture was permitted locally but barred from the metropole — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1320