The term mulatto is a legacy of attempts to establish taxonomies of race, a concept that science has shown to be socially constructed and to have no biological basis. Morton identified voorhees as “mulatto,” which some historians say in the 19th century often meant a black person with mixed ancestry, including indigenous ancestry. 1 a mulatto is defined as
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The first general offspring of a black and white parent
Or, an individual with both white and black ancestors
The english term mulatto is derived from the spanish and portuguese mulatto Unofficial worldwide estimates of regions with significant mulatto populations are south america, the caribbean, southern africa, north america, and northwestern europe Related ethnic groups include pardo and creole. Mestizo refers to individuals of mixed european and indigenous american descent, while mulatto describes those of mixed european and african ancestry.
/ məˈlæt.əʊ / us / məˈlæt̬.oʊ / an offensive word for someone with one black parent and one white parent (definition of mulatto from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus © cambridge university press)
