mulattos
Half one, half another
Mulattos is the plural of mulatto, an offensive and dated term for a person of mixed white and Black ancestry.
The word reflects historical racial classification systems, particularly in colonial Americas where elaborate taxonomies ranked people by supposed "blood quantum." A Virginia planter in 1780 might have used the term matter-of-factly; today it is considered degrading and reductive.
The preferred terms are biracial or multiracial, or simply whatever identity a person claims for themselves.
Biracial Latin American
- creoleNativized pidgin tongue
- colouredHaving a hue
- biracialHaving two racial ancestries
- multiracialOf multiple ethnicities
Individual identity, personhood
- self-identificationClaiming an identity label
- belongingState of fitting in
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- self-conceptOne's own identity perception
personhood · authenticity · self-perception · affiliation · consciousness · individuality · self-awareness · passing
Large-scale farming operation
- colonialOf occupied territories
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- slaveryOwnership of people
- miscegenationCross-racial intimate relations
amalgamation · segregation · caste · passing · manumission
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- genealogyStudy of family descent
roots · forebears · kinship · inheritance · progeny · antecedents · parentage · extraction
mestizo
Biracial Latin American
selfhood
Individual identity, personhood
- self-identificationClaiming an identity label
- belongingState of fitting in
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
self-concept · personhood · authenticity · self-perception · affiliation · consciousness · individuality · self-awareness · passing · colorism
plantation
Large-scale farming operation
- colonialOf occupied territories
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- slaveryOwnership of people
miscegenation · amalgamation · segregation · caste · passing · manumission
ancestry
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
genealogy · roots · forebears · kinship · inheritance · progeny · antecedents · parentage · extraction · origins
- Imperial Brazilemperors, empress, imperial army, imperial navy, Second Empire
mulattoswhites
Pale-colored items collectively
blacks · Caucasians · Africans · Europeans