The term mulatto is a legacy of attempts to establish taxonomies of race, a concept that science has shown to be socially constructed and to have no biological basis. 1 a mulatto is defined as The first general offspring of a black and white parent Or, an individual with both white and black ancestors The english term mulatto is derived from the spanish and portuguese mulatto Unofficial worldwide estimates of regions with significant mulatto populations are south america, the caribbean, southern africa, north america, and northwestern europe
Related ethnic groups include pardo and creole. Mestizo refers to individuals of mixed european and indigenous american descent, while mulatto describes those of mixed european and african ancestry.
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