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Record 1 2023-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Sociology
DEF

The first-generation offspring of a Black person and a white person.

OBS

mulatto: usually offensive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences humaines
  • Sociologie
DEF

[Personne issue] de l'union d'une personne noire et d'une personne blanche.

OBS

mulâtre; mulâtresse : Comme les autres noms et adjectifs faisant référence à la couleur de la peau et pouvant passer pour discriminatoires, «mulâtre» et «mulâtresse» sont peu employés [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias humanas
  • Sociología
DEF

Persona nacida de negro y blanca, o de blanco y negra.

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