Mulatto
noun
A person who has a black parent and a white parent.
He is a mulatto, born to a black mother and a white father.
Often appears as...
- mulatto child
- mulatto population
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Relating to the mixed offspring of a white person and a black person.
He has a mulatto complexion due to his mixed ethnic heritage.
Often appears as...
- mulatto complexion
- mulatto hair
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A person who has a black parent and a white parent.
He is a mulatto, born to a black mother and a white father.
Often appears as...
- mulatto child
- mulatto population
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Relating to the mixed offspring of a white person and a black person.
He has a mulatto complexion due to his mixed ethnic heritage.
Often appears as...
- mulatto complexion
- mulatto hair
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Outdated Term
The term 'mulatto' is considered outdated and potentially offensive. Use cautiously and understand the modern context.
The word 'mulatto' is rarely used in contemporary discussion about ethnicity.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
'Mulatto' originated in the era of slavery and colonization, which can imbue the word with negative connotations.
Historical texts may refer to individuals of mixed heritage as 'mulatto.'
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware of the local cultural and racial sensitivities when using the term 'mulatto' in conversation.
In some cultures, referring to someone as 'mulatto' might be met with discomfort.
Pro Tip 1/3Outdated Term
The term 'mulatto' is considered outdated and potentially offensive. Use cautiously and understand the modern context.
The word 'mulatto' is rarely used in contemporary discussion about ethnicity.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
'Mulatto' originated in the era of slavery and colonization, which can imbue the word with negative connotations.
Historical texts may refer to individuals of mixed heritage as 'mulatto.'
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware of the local cultural and racial sensitivities when using the term 'mulatto' in conversation.
In some cultures, referring to someone as 'mulatto' might be met with discomfort.
Pro Tip 1/3Outdated Term
The term 'mulatto' is considered outdated and potentially offensive. Use cautiously and understand the modern context.
The word 'mulatto' is rarely used in contemporary discussion about ethnicity.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
'Mulatto' originated in the era of slavery and colonization, which can imbue the word with negative connotations.
Historical texts may refer to individuals of mixed heritage as 'mulatto.'
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware of the local cultural and racial sensitivities when using the term 'mulatto' in conversation.
In some cultures, referring to someone as 'mulatto' might be met with discomfort.
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Video examples
Lemon Andersen performs...
Let me tell you an ancient Chinese Saturday afternoon kung fu secret. Boards don't hit back. You think black entertainers have it hard finding work in this business? I'm a suspicious mulatto, which means I'm too black to be white and too white to be doing it right.
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Safari Live - Day 368 PIPE...
of the mulatto MA which is a dry riverbed that kind of runs through almost south to north in the property and well I've come a little bit far out from there now as I said there were tracks coming out and this is the direction they were heading they were to
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Talking about good food ...
much in my country education has opened my mind has broadened my horizon and every day I look for ways to share my tradition with the world I'm a computer engineer who is so passionate about my roots and today I am a know mulatto
Video examples
Lemon Andersen performs...
Let me tell you an ancient Chinese Saturday afternoon kung fu secret. Boards don't hit back. You think black entertainers have it hard finding work in this business? I'm a suspicious mulatto, which means I'm too black to be white and too white to be doing it right.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 368 PIPE...
of the mulatto MA which is a dry riverbed that kind of runs through almost south to north in the property and well I've come a little bit far out from there now as I said there were tracks coming out and this is the direction they were heading they were to
Video examples
Talking about good food ...
much in my country education has opened my mind has broadened my horizon and every day I look for ways to share my tradition with the world I'm a computer engineer who is so passionate about my roots and today I am a know mulatto
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Quote examples
Soledad O'Brien
American Journalist
At Harvard I was taking an African-American studies class, and we were reading about the tragic mulatto. Invariably, the tragic mulatto can't fit in either world and flings herself off a bridge. So I'm reading, and I'm like, 'Oh, my God, I think I'm in literature,' but my life was never like that.
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Goldie
British Musician
I've always felt mixed race. Or as my music teacher said during a lesson: 'You are a mulatto.' I always felt there were white people, black, and then people like me in the middle.
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Randall Kennedy
American Educator
The idea of the mulatto has been a gathering point for a wide variety of racial prejudices, fears, myths, and speculations.
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Lemon Andersen
American Poet
I'm a suspicious mulatto, which means I'm too black to be white and too white to be doing it right.
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James McBride
American Writer
A lot of mixed-race stories are these navel-gazing, horrible accounts of mulatto tragedy.
Quote examples
Soledad O'Brien
American Journalist
At Harvard I was taking an African-American studies class, and we were reading about the tragic mulatto. Invariably, the tragic mulatto can't fit in either world and flings herself off a bridge. So I'm reading, and I'm like, 'Oh, my God, I think I'm in literature,' but my life was never like that.
Quote examples
Goldie
British Musician
I've always felt mixed race. Or as my music teacher said during a lesson: 'You are a mulatto.' I always felt there were white people, black, and then people like me in the middle.
Quote examples
Randall Kennedy
American Educator
The idea of the mulatto has been a gathering point for a wide variety of racial prejudices, fears, myths, and speculations.
Quote examples
Lemon Andersen
American Poet
I'm a suspicious mulatto, which means I'm too black to be white and too white to be doing it right.
Quote examples
James McBride
American Writer
A lot of mixed-race stories are these navel-gazing, horrible accounts of mulatto tragedy.
Example 1 of 5
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