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Subject:	Re: Mulatto
From:	Melinda Skinner <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:	Thu, 6 Nov 2008 23:03:33 +0000
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My daughter (in her 20s) informed me years ago that "mulatto" was considered insulting by her mixed-race friends. 

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Subject: [VA-HIST] Mulatto 

In another forum, I corrected a comment about the president-elect being the first Black American to become president by pointing out that by definition he is a mulatto.? I got a significant amount of negative comment on my use of the word suggesting that it is a racially inappropriate term, although found in?every dictionary I researched. 

Is this the?academic/educational system?language police at work, or is it a truly offensive term? 

J South 

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