What is the definition of Mulatto and Mulattoes ?

Question

What is the definition of Mulatto and Mulattoes ?

Answer 1

a person half black and half other color, like Obama

Answer 2

I first became aware of the word from reading about history and that New Orleans was famous for its beautiful mulatto women. I had always equated it with beauty and was not aware of any derogatory meaning.  I had never heard it used in speech until 15 years ago by a beautiful girl who was part Asian and African American.  If it was unflattering, she would not have used it because the girl was quite egotistic. I think that both mule and mutation have a similar Latin roots meaning "change" in life form.  This website may give you an idea of the beautiful women of New Orleans that history talks.

http://www.frenchcreoles.com/CreoleCultu...

Answer 3

it is someone who generally has one parent who is white and one parent who is black.

Answer 4

the individual must have black and white ancestory

Answer 5

Mulatto is an adjective to describe someone who's biracial. (One white parent, one black parent, for example.)

Answer 6

Mulatto unflateringly translates as "mule", which implies not pure, not homogenous, but rather Mixed, especially referring to being racially mixed!