The question came to mind because of an article I read which used the term
"mulatto" along with other equivalent terms. It is not used in my area. The
only specific terms I know of are Metis mixed french and aboriginal and
"half-breed" for anglo- aboriginal. The latter term to some has a pejorative
ring. Here is the relevant quote from the article. The author is New York City
based. He could very well be American!
""To get an inkling of what it means to be a person of color in America
today, you must first understand and accept that the person elected to
occupy the White House for four years, is really a half-black man.
Despite this undisputed fact, there is not a major publication or media
outlet that characterizes Barack Obama’s true ethnic heritage as
mulatto, mixed, or bi-racial to the American public. ""
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/11708686-americas-dirty-little-secret
Cheers ken
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From: Doug Henwood <[email protected]>
To: Progressive Economics <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:17:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Why is Obama never identified as a mulatto?
On Mar 14, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Max Sawicky wrote:
> Mulatto harkens back to invidious caste distinctions serving
> exploitative purposes. This was developed to a high art in
> Louisiana, among other places ("quadroon," "octoroon").
When I took a course on Faulkner in college back in the early 70s, Cleanth
Brooks (b. 1906) regularly used those words as if they were still alive in his
mind.
Doug
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