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Mulatto denotes a person with one white parent and one black parent or a person who has both black ancestry and white ancestry. Â The term may be perceived as pejorative in some cultures and situations. Â Its current usage varies greatly.
The etymology of the term is uncertain. It may be derived from the Portuguese and Spanish word mulato, which itself is derived from mula, mule; from Old Spanish; from Latin mÅ«lus), by analogy with the mule, which is the hybrid offspring of a horse and a donkey…