Terms such as "mulatto" for people of partially African descent and "mestizo" for people of partially Native American descent are still used by English-speaking people of the Western Hemisphere but mostly to refer to the past or to the demography of Latin America and its diasporic population. "Half-breed" is a historic term that referred to people of partial Native American ancestry; it is now considered pejorative and discouraged from use. "Mestee", once widely used, is now used mostly for members of historically mixed-race groups, such as Louisiana Creoles, Melungeons, Redbones, Brass Ankles and Mayles. In South Africa and much of English-speaking southern Africa, the term "Coloured" was used to describe a mixed-race person and also Asians not of African descent. While the term is socially accepted, it is becoming outdated because of its association with the apartheid era.