Hmmmm.....50 you say.
-I am Mulatto. (Although this is probably the last time I’d say this now considering.....)
-I learned this word from my Father who is Black and Mother who is White and it was used in our household by us.
-First I've ever heard of it being offensive is tonight.
-Funny enough that I"m 40 and haven't heard a word about it being offensive until tonight.
-Maybe it's Geographically offensive as googles seem to have conflicting portrayals of the words meaning.
I've heard that word hundreds of times over the years and never heard offended reactions after the fact, except tonight on here.
Even digging in for about 5 minutes just now it was real easy to see how the word got to be "offensive" supposing it came from the word "Mule" which also seems to be incorrect, allegedly "comes from the Arabic word
Mulatto does not derive from " Mule". The word derrives from "
Muladi", which is from Arabic " Muwaladeen", which means white mixed with
Moor. It comes from
medieval times. If the slavers wanted to call people "
mules", they just call would've call them " mulas" instead of " mulattos" just like the Jews that converted to Christianity in Medieval Spain were reffered to as "
Marrano" ( pig in Spanish). Mulatto as " mule" was invented by some racist white ***holes in the mid 18th century,who resented that some of them were richer than them. That's why Mulatto is not offensive in Latin America. It is just a pc idiots in the U.S that think that they know it all,and don't know **** about Spanish Medieval history nor Latin American history."
I'm not saying this UD is the Gospel, just posting this along with MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND UPBRINGING to show how things sometimes get carried away.
I/my family certainly wouldn't be calling each other or using the word to describe ourselves if it was in fact, derogatory.
