Mulatto and you

[Martinus]

I guess mulatto is the equivalent of "mulâtre" in french. I still use it but it is not considered as a "touchy" or "provocative" word over here - Québecistan. Actually, we have a word for Indians "mulatto" in Canada (Métis) and the word is not provocative (but the definition is a hell hole).

Pretty much same here (the Polish word is "mulat"). It wouldn't be considered offensive or touchy but it would be a bit weird, I think, especially if asked like you describe ("are you a mulatto?").

[Martinus]

Incidentally, I thought this would be a thread / poll whether you had sex with any mulattos.

[Sheilbh]

Good grief, that's an old term.

Using it almost make someone sound like their talking about horse breeds rather than people, to my ear it has overtones of a slave owners talking about their chattels.

Yeah. Never heard it used, wouldn't use it.

I'm as likely to use mulatto as I am to use quadroon or octoroon.

So with your nicknames, there's a chance?

[Josquius]

No. It sounds silly. Or spanish

[Sheilbh]

No need to repeat yourself.

[The Brain]

Brain would like that the party also had a discussion about the difference between zoophilia and bestiality, as well as the normality of fucking donkeys in parts of Colombia.

[Admiral Yi]

So with your nicknames, there's a chance?

I don't get it.

[Syt]

The last time I used the word mulatto was 25 years ago in geography class when we were talking about the colonization of the Americas, the different racial mixes that were created at the time and how it led to discrimination.

[Richard Hakluyt]

The last time I used the word mulatto was 25 years ago in geography class when we were talking about the colonization of the Americas, the different racial mixes that were created at the time and how it led to discrimination.

Yes, I would not use the word unless discussing Latin America (especially in colonial times), then, like mestizo, it could easily be useful. That conversation has not happened yet.

[celedhring]

I don't ever use it in Spanish, rather use "mestizo" if somehow the topic creeps up, since at least it's not a word derived from cattle. Several Cuban friends use it quite proudly to refer to themselves, but I guess it's one of those "reclaim the word" thingies that I really don't get.

And I think the only time I ever use it in English is when singing along "Smells Like Teen Spirit".

[katmai]

Is it anything like a muffuletta?

[Caliga]

It is still spoken parlance with many people I know.

Yeah, I think it's more of a southern thing these days.  Imagine that.

Down here I never hear 'mulatto', but I do hear 'mixed' on occasion.

[Lettow77]

"Down here", with allusion to being a Southern place, is unforgivable presumption when referring to Kentucky. That state which, after much dithering, so tepidly embraced the war for independence and furnished so many sons for the conquest of the proper South, is in no way fit for the considerable prestige that comes with being a Southern state.

[Caliga]

  Remember, I used to live in New England.

[Grey Fox]

I don't use it no. I try to not desginate people by their skin colors.