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What is a mulatto?

A mulatto is a person with black ancestry and white ancestry, or black and white parents. This term is not in technical use these days, and is found offensive in some cultures, but endearing in others.


What does the word octoroon mean?

It means that you are one-eighth black. other words for the same things are Mulatto, quadroon.A person who's ancestry is one eighth (1/8) black.


What is a quadrilateral family tree?

A quadrilateral family tree is one with four lines of descent. It traces the ancestry of all four of a person's grandparents.


Why isn't Hispanic considered a race by the US Census?

The concept of race in the US is mostly driven by skin color.The "Hispanic" designation indicates a person who derives from a Hispanic culture, from one of the countries of the Hispanic Peninsula (Spain or Portugal) or from one of their former colonies where Spanish or Portuguese is still a major language. Such people include white appearing people with mostly European ancestry, black appearing people with substantial African ancestry, people of Native American ancestry with skin color often described in the past as "red," as well as the children of marriages mixing those groups.


What are the accomplishments made by Crispus Attucks?

Crispus Attucks (c. 1723 - March 5, 1770) was one of five people killed in the Boston Massacre.He has been frequently named as the first martyr and is the only Boston Massacre victim whose name is commonly remembered. He is regarded as an important inspirational figure in American history.Referred to as a "mulatto" denotes a person with one white parent and one black parent or a person who has both black ancestry and white ancestry.He was also referred to as an "Indian" because he had Wampanoag ancestors. Attucks in all likelihood had both Wampanoag and African ancestry. Because slavery and racial discrimination were conditions of life in the 18th century.

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What is a mulatto?

A mulatto is a person with black ancestry and white ancestry, or black and white parents. This term is not in technical use these days, and is found offensive in some cultures, but endearing in others.


What was not a category under race and ethnicity in the US census of 1860?

Mulatto denotes a person with one white parent and one black parent or a person who has both black ancestry and white ancestry.


What does the word octoroon mean?

It means that you are one-eighth black. other words for the same things are Mulatto, quadroon.A person who's ancestry is one eighth (1/8) black.


Does one drop of black blood make you black?

Race is a social construct and not determined by biological factors like blood. Identifying as black is a personal and cultural choice. Some individuals with mixed heritage may choose to identify with different aspects of their ancestry.


What was true of one-drop rule?

It determined a person's status under the black codes. In the South it became known as the "one-drop rule,'' meaning that a single drop of "black blood" makes a person a black.


What is mellato?

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This SourceMulatto (Spanish mulato, small mule, person of mixed race, mulatto, from mulo, mule, from Old Spanish, from Latin mūlus.) is a person of mixed black and white ancestry or the offspring of one white parent and one black parent or someone 50% black and 50% white.


What race besides mixed race is a person who has one white parent and one black parent?

I and many other mixed race people prefer mixed race, half cast is rather offensive


What was. True of the one drop rule?

It determined a person's status under the black codes. In the South it became known as the "one-drop rule,'' meaning that a single drop of "black blood" makes a person a black.


Is it true that a mulatto is a person of Africans and Europeans ancestry?

Yes, historically, the term "mulatto" referred to a person of mixed African and European ancestry. However, this term is now considered outdated and potentially offensive, so it is better to use more respectful and accurate terminology such as biracial or mixed-race.


Is Lil Fizz mixed with Black and Spanish?

No, he is mixed with Black, French, and Native American, which makes him Louisiana Creole although some Louisiana Creoles have Spanish and other European ancestry. So as far as I know, Lil Fizz does not have Spanish in him, and I know he said he is not Hispanic in one of his Ustream videos.


What does one black feether mean?

It's usually an expression of when a black person is the foe of another black person.


What were mixed American slaves called?

They were called mulattos, but that designation was for one black and one white parent. There were various terms for the percentage of slave blood, such as "quadroon" for a person with one quarter African ancestry, and these terms were used to describe people with differing percentages of 'slave' blood. That is exactly right.