These interviews explore perceived racial identities and how they affected people’s experiences under apartheid. Interviews with women classified as coloured under apartheid with a focus on researching if there is such a thing as a ‘coloured identity’ in Cape Town and South Africa. Themes include: child raising; discrimination under apartheid; family; family histories; how racial classifications affected peoples lived experience; gendered roles; job reservation; living conditions; mixed race parentage; police detention under the Communism Act; politicisation of racial categories; politicisation of racial terms; schooling; Security Branch; work.