The mulatto girl has a black mother and a white father.

Because I’m a mulatto, half white and half black, I generally select “other” when surveyed about my race.

People of mulatto descent are considered to be black even though they’re a mix of white and black ancestry.

Since the boy has the physical traits of his white mother, most people don’t believe he’s a mulatto with a black father.

During the days of slavery, the mulatto hid her mixed heritage and passed herself off as 100% white.