A successful mixed race woman who dies childless and lonely due to the confusion placed on her head by american society. see also: halle berry.
If halle berry doesn't hurry up and settle down with a kid, she'll end up like all those other tragic hollywood mulattoes who leave no legacy. you wouldn't catch zeta jones not leaving a legacy.
by Future hollywood mogul in blackface March 5, 2005
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Light skin blacks and brown skin blacks were also considered mulattoes. Dark skin blacks were considered negroes. Negro is now considered offensive.
by QueenAfrica June 25, 2009
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The term "mulatto" is widely considered a derogatory term nowadays. It was coined during the slave trade era. It stems from the word "mule". A mule by defintion is half horse and half jack ass. Guess who was thought to be the jack ass back then? We all know who the jack ass is today. Power to my people!!!!!
Be a Halfrican and be P.C.! Calling yourself "mulatto" is the African American equivalent to the "N" word.
by Chuck Bizzle October 7, 2006
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Interesting factoid: Rappers like Nas, Ludacris and Royce da 5'9 have some white in them and are (technically) mulattos. DNA tests provided from them have proven that one of their great great grandfathers was a white slaveowner.
by fuck the world i have no name March 28, 2017
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/m(j)u ˈlatəʊ/
DATED•OFFENSIVE
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noun: mulatto; plural noun: mulattoes; plural noun: mulattos
a person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially a person with one white and one black parent.
a historical racial classification of people who are born of one white parent and one black parent, as well as mixed-race people in general. The term mulatto is now chiefly considered to be derogatory or offensive.
/m(j)u ˈlatəʊ/
DATED•OFFENSIVE
noun
noun: mulatto; plural noun: mulattoes; plural noun: mulattos
a person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially a person with one white and one black parent.
a historical racial classification of people who are born of one white parent and one black parent, as well as mixed-race people in general. The term mulatto is now chiefly considered to be derogatory or offensive.
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Get the Mulatto mug.a mixed race person , usually depicted as being of black ( african american ) & white ( european ) admixture , but not exclusive to that admixture .
" damn , you see that redbone ? her hair afrocentric , but with that light skin , she gotta be a mulatto ! "
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