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@@mememo3764 I don’t consider it a badge of honor it is who I am, people handle things different and go through different trails, what may seem simple to you may not be for me and Vice a versa, I would not dare to tell someone how to feel about their situations, until we walk in someone else’s shoes, that is just how I feel, because I know what God has brought me through and I thank him!
Mulatto people were also people mixed with Native Americans "black" and/or "white" people.. It's also a fact that all people were regardless of color of skin were slaves in America.. This was prior to people being labeled "black or white"... There was indigenous darker complexioned people living alongside the Native Americans before Columbus "stumbled upon" as well as Irish, Dutch Scottish etc etc etc..
I've watched your videos and I think you have a wonderful spirit. It's interesting on your focus on Mulattoes. I have Mulattoes in my direct lineage on both sides of my family. I learned that when I was looking for biological relatives and I found my dad through matching my aunt. Getting the matches that I got open the door for flashing out my family history. So knowing that history, it made me more proud of being a descendant of The Pre Civil War Black American Population/Community of over 4 million in 1860, enslaved and free. That Community is an collectively admixed population where mixed, bi racials, octoroons, quadroons as well as fully African shaped the community to what it is now. Those ancestors' fought and gave their lives for us so that we could have opportunities that they didn't. They were far from perfect but God was with them and their example inspire me to be my best self. So I'm happy that you're getting into your family history, have found your biological mother and learning so much about your ancestors'.
Thank you so much, and I learned things through your words, it is good to know where you came from, at times I can visualize and feel the pain and makes me to want to keep on, keeping on, I feel it is something I need to know is the best way I can explain it, and I truly love it, thank you for sharing with me and blessing me, Curtis have a blessed day!
Amazing to know something new. Im called Mulata in my country, here I’m called light skin. I did a DNA test. I had a highest percentage of Africa 56-58% then Europe with a 27-28% and indigenous with a 15%. A big surprise for me, because nobody in my family knew where it came from. I also came out with a 1% Filipino. The word Mulato or light skin started to bother me once people compared my mother and I skin colors.
In the 1970's the term was used to refer to a mixed raced individual. I'm African American and Puerto Rican. I remember well some of the words. We are God's children whom He loves. Speaking of which I love you Sister. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.❤️
What? Mulatto is a term used well before the 1900s. Mulatto means mixed race period. It has nothing to do with black or white. Do better research. In fact the one drop rule came about because whites/British didn't like the fact the was NEW racial and social class growing that was competing with them. Many Mulatto and even Black's were slave owners.
My DNA results showed I have recent African ancestry. After a decade of searching I found out that my great-grandmother was multiracial, having Scottish, Native American Indian, and African American and that she was abandoned at birth. She was born post slavery in NC, but it makes perfect sense that the white woman (3rd great) who had a relationship with a biracial man (3rd great) gave up her baby girl. I also through lots of research found two pictures of my great-grandmother Ella and it is very obvious she was a woman of color who was passed as a Native American Indian. I was told my entire life my great-grand was an Indian and she was, but she was equally of African descent. I am a white woman with 3% African and 3% Native. We get 6% of our DNA from our great-grandparents. :-) sorry for the long story, but when you said that white women gave their babies away, it rang true to my great-grand.
I enjoyed reading your story, we are all mixed with something, and your bloodlines have beautiful people in it, what a blessing, when we research and see what our families went through we are blessed!
Those low-percentage 'trace' ancestory estimates can be tricky. So far I've taken 3 DNA tests: one was a YDNA test pertaining only to my Dad's line. Of the other 2 tests I got different trace results: The My Heritage DNA Test estimated 2.4% Greek & Southern Italian (note: no African) My Ancestry DNA Test estimated 1% Saharan North Africa (note: no Greek or Italian) All other estimates remained fairly-close percentage-wise between the two companies & their estimates each shared all the same major estimated areas; but, not so for those respective trace areas & percentages. I look forward to seeing any & all estimate updates (as estimates change as repective company databases grow in size & scope). A trace estimate may grow or disappear altogether (as in, Oops! We may have guessed wrong; so, here's our newest guess).
Great job on this breakdown! I love your spirit and insight. As for me, I've had people call me "mulatto" -- mainly white people while in college, growing up just called "high yellow" or you look half-breed or the whole "what are you" thing. Not a fan of that word. However, today, I identify as a mixed black person, and it makes life easier when people ask that question. I do think of African Americans as a primarily mixed group of people who have predominately African heritage, but for me, after taking my DNA test, it's true that what outsiders were seeing was accurate as it turns out I am about 52% African, 45% European, the rest West / South Asian and Native American . The term "mulatto" was used one way during slavery and in the later censuses under various definitions. Two parents of different races and multigenerationally mixed people based on appearance. I believe a lot of times the census takers would mark what they observed. There was not self-reporting like now as you know. If anyone looks part black then they marked it down as M. The categories would change, too. I know they included as a category in certain censuses, then would remove it, then put it back. Then eliminated it fully. You have to look up each census for each decade to see what the rules were. Overall, I think learning about all of this is fascinating. I'm enjoying doing the deep-dive into my family tree the most. Thanks again for the video.
I agree 💯 with you, the first time I saw that word in my search it threw me, because when I was a child I heard it but had forgotten, and I had to look the word up, it took several weeks for it to fully set in, because a lot of family I meet or light skinned and my biological mother and her sister where, my father was a lot darker, and when I was a child in school the light skinned kids where treated better, a complete turn around, but I am so happy to know the blood line that flows within me and thanks to my ancestors for their sacrifice for me.
@@BeverlyBlack Yeah, things change. I saw what you mean with the older generations but it was different with younger. And same. Really thankful to my ancestors. Such sacrifices that were made. I can't even imagine.
@@fivemillion1719 and my father is German, Jewish, Irish, Native American and Northern African, which also makes me of mixed ethnicity just as he is and my paternal family.
In the 1910 census my great grandmother and the three children she had at the time were listed as mulatto. She had very pale skin and light eyes. As a child she looked like an elderly white woman to me and I was afraid of her. By 1920s they were no longer using that term on the census and they were all referred to as black. I have been told that the family prized light skin and tried to maintain it in the family.
Wow, I have heard about families like that, and where I lived as a child you could not tell the white peoples from the blacks, some of the blacks looked more white than white peoples, it was unbelievable.
I learned of the word (mulatto) when I attended Indiana University Northwest in 1974 from my professor. She told us stories that were written about the (Tragic Mulatto). That was the title of the work that was written. I never forget that class. It made me understand my father and his family more than ever and my heart went out to them. Thanks for just expressing your feelings about this. I understand very well where you are coming from. It's always better to get understanding of our own personal past. God bless us to be understanding to one another 🙏🙏🙏
Amen Coleen, it has really open my eyes, I knew but I didn't know at the same time, it is feeling my ancestors pain that really open my eyes, I have been really going back in my feelings, they endured so much to bring me to where I am today and I am so thankful for what they did for me, I don't know if I could have done it, but God knows and he works it out for us!
@@BeverlyBlackGod bless you in your search. I've been trying to find out our real last name for my brother's mainly because they always wanted to know since my father didn't know who his father was. So pray for me and I'll pray for you. 🙏🙏🙏
HI there Beverly... I am glad you are finding your family members. Keep on searching you will find info on your mom and its so true about Mulatto... I have heard that word when I was growing up. God Loves us all.
My fellow-countrymen were not considered white in America because they had a dark complexion. I don't know if white Americans are crazy or they want to play this role. Mulatto is used in Italian language for people who have European and African origins. A major sensitiveness will induce us to eliminate this word sooner or later.
Stefano I just don't understand either, some white people hate our skin color yet in the summer they tan to get darker, a lot of them in up darker than me but will say hurtful words to us, their brain is wired completely different.
@@BeverlyBlack I feel really sorry for you, My complexion is fair that I look northern European, but I tan easily. I may fall in love with a black woman in the same way as a white woman. Black women attract me, the skin color doesn't keep me away from them, it has a good reaction on me 😀
Context is everything. The word Mulatto means different things in different cultures, and even within the same culture the meaning could change based on any given era. In the United States Mulatto underwent many changes. I believe initially it referred to people of mixed Native American/Black, Native American/white/, Black/white or a combination of all three. When Jim Crow kicked in with a vengeance, especially in the south. You were either colored or white and nothing in between. During the Racial integrity Act of 1924 Hysteria, the one drop rule became the de facto method of classifying and disenfranchising people. Officials actually went back and altered Census data; basically erasing a portion of a person’s heritage.
Mulatto/ Mulata is a perfectly acceptable term in Latin America and the Caribbean with no negative connotations and is used with pride. We don't associate ot with negativity as it simply means 1 parent Black and 1 White or the child of 2 Mul@toes, ie Multigeneration Mul@toed . I'm proud to be Mul@to!!
I'm from southern Louisiana and I remember being a child and hearing the old folks use this word ...there's creole and cajuns here creole were light skinned ....but we're considered black...where as a Cajun sometimes were darker but considered white...it's a true melting pot...I love my culture...I'm a Cajun with a mixed daughter...
Thank you, I learned something today I really didn’t know the difference between the two, I thought one was French, lol, I really love how people are pouring knowledge into me, thank you so much for sharing.
Cajun is not short for Canadian. It’s shortened from the word Acadian which comes from the word Acadia. The French settlers, in what was now Nova Scotia, thought their new lands they settled was the Greek paradise, Acadia.
Cajun’s ancestry specifically comes from Nova Scotia and western France before that. You are not considered a Cajun unless your family comes from the home country/Nova Scotia.
The term Mulatto originated in the Spain/Portugal area. In fact, many older writings (1600s and prior) talk about Negro and Mulatto Jews (descendants of King James) who were expelled by King Alphonse (by order of the Papal decree) during the Spanish Inquisition. Those folks mostly fled into West Africa (including São Tomé), were executed or forced to convert to European Christianity aka Catholicism. Many who eventually were captured and enslaved during the TransAtlantic Slave Trade. Peace to you my sister and I pray you receive many blessings from the Most High Yah🙏🏿
Mulattoes aka biracial can also be those with two biracial parents or multigenerational mixed race parents. I cringe when people say black passing as white. Proper term is mixed race people passing for full white because the mixed race person is already part white. Also, I cringe when people try to push the one drop rule but reject slavery and the 3/5 of a human being. Slavery included the one drop and 3/5 of a human being …why is any black person accepting the one drop? It came from slavery…we reject all aspects of slavery. Biracial people are just that…black and white…they are not just black. I never considered biracial people as black…how can they be when they are half something else? Makes no damn sense. Also, one drop….most Latinos have more then one drop…but they are somehow excluded from the one drop? Tell me how that makes sense? Speaking Spanish does not exclude your dna from being under the one drop…furthermore Spanish is a white ethnic group from Spain. Speaking English or Spanish should not make a difference from the one drop rule? Anyways, the one drop was outlawed in 1967… it was deemed unconstitutional. One drop does not wipe out all your other ethnicities…dumb anyway you look at it.
Good morning Rick, you gave me so much to think about, there are so many difference for people of colors, nothing balance out, but I know who I am but not where I came from which is painful but one day I will know the truth.
@@BeverlyBlack yes…I just do not understand the logic behind being biracial is the same as being black. It does not make sense…from a genetic standpoint, and a soci- cultural. We are influenced and conditioned by our parents…I had a white mom…she passed…but that is who raised and conditioned me…it’s not the same as being raised and conditioned by a black mom. Completely different histories and paradigms. Just keeping it 💯 One last thing, watch this video on biracial bone marrow matches. We cannot accept bone 🦴 marrow from anyone else except another biracial person. th-cam.com/video/-vrji4ls4OU/w-d-xo.html
@@PsychicMedium4747 it does not, but most people are set in their ways and don't like change or really thinking for themself, e learn new things everyday, have a blessed day Rick.
@@BeverlyBlack I will tell you one last thing…some people don’t like change until a mixed race person gets promoted over them at work or gets the hot date over them, then it becomes a problem. Anyways, have a blessed day.
This is the first time that Im hearing this and it is hard to believe where this word came from but at the same time it was kind of easy to guess... Im a mix-race knowing that “Mulat@“ is something cute and I think it is cute because all the mix-race people that I know is beautiful, doesn’t matter where they come from they are beautiful. I’m glad that the word “Mulato” was changed for ‘Mixrace” instead. By the way, I’m mix-race from White Mexican and Black Brazilian Man (my parents 😌)
@@sandratucker8636 For example I consider myself “black-Mexican”. If you born in Mexico you are Mexican doesn’t matter where your ancestors come from but sometimes people needs some kind of “details” when you don’t “look” like they think Mexican should. It is up to you if you want to give those details.
Yes i heard this term growing up (I'm in my 20s), maybe because I grew up in the south. We pronounce it "muladdo" (southern accents haha), and to me it always meant someone that was mixed (i.e. black and something else)
@@CROX1153 That’s not true. Mulato is black and white. It’s a Spanish derived word because THEY had a casta system, not the USA British people. Natives mixed with black were called Zambo’s.
Im so glad you shared this. Alot of people don't know the history of the the branch of of the white looking black people from royal Jewish welsh blood. The Merricks and people from this can take a dna test come up %50 northern african and Eastern African. They are Jewish. Joesph Arimathea is on this Large tree. So, God bless you for sharing this. I once had to leave a place because the man speaks starts comparing two men in a homosexual act to a black and white marriage. I almost didn't think I heard the man correctly but the person with me was like are you ready to leave. I was so stunned because I was like is this really happening its 2010. So, this equivalent of skin to sinful act is long over done. So, just because people think they know Jesus they have no love for the brother.
Amen! You told the truth, the ones who are trying to destroy us claims they are Christians, the slave owners where supposed to be Christian’s, what bible are they reading, God is love ❤️ and he is not in confusion, thank you so much for sharing with me❤️
Or if the family kept the mix in the family. My 2nd great was listed as mulatto, her mom and dad, and a 4th great grandmother, the whole family. They only married other mixed race people.
I believe that is what happened in the "Arab" and North African countries too. There is a TH-cam video featuring a village of people in Egypt that only marry within the same blood lines so that they can keep the complexion and hair texture.
I think you are trying to extend a definition (mule) to which it never was meant or intended. "Historically, the mule is "the most common and oldest known manmade hybrid."[24][25] It was likely invented in ancient times in what is now Turkey. They were common in Egypt by 3000 BCE.[24] Homer noted their arrival in Asia Minor in the Iliad in 800 BCE. Mules are mentioned in the Bible (Samuel 2:18:9" The word mulatto is of Arabic derivation...as is MUCH of the Spanish AND Portuguese languages (approximately 30% of each language is of Arabic origin) since Arabs arrived in the Iberian Peninsula about 700AD until their expulsion from Spain and Portugal in about 1490 during the Spanish Inquisition. "Mullato" originated in the Arabic term "muwallad", which means "a person of mixed ancestry".[17] Muwallad literally means "born, begotten, produced, generated; brought up", with the implication of being born and raised among Arabs, but not of Arab blood. Muwallad is derived from the root word WaLaD (Arabic: ولد, direct Arabic transliteration: waw, lam, dal) and colloquial Arabic pronunciation can vary greatly. Walad means, "descendant, offspring, scion; child; son; boy; young animal, young one". It's so easy to look for offensive connections when none was ever the case...and I'm sure that was not your intention. You were just passing on what you had heard from someone else...but that doesn't mean that it was true. Let's agree that the term "mulatto" did mean someone of mixed ancestry...and that it may have even been used as a derogatory term at some point...but that there is no etymological connection--except by those uninformed trying to stir up offense--to mules, who have existed and been referred to as a mule since pre-Biblical times.
I appreciate what you have shared with me, I understand what you are saying but with the history of my race that is how many of us receive it, truth will set you free and the word has been turned into something ugly for some people, I cannot change their struggle and what they believe, in my heart by what I have founded out about my family it was meant for pain, thank you so much for sharing.
@@BeverlyBlack Your race? How do you know what race I am, or do you just choose to make assumptions? I've had my DNA done, plus have spent countless hours doing genealogy...and I will tell you now that I'm every bit as mixed as what DNA is proving for EVERY single person on the planet. NO ONE is of "pure" lineage...NO ONE...and DNA gives us the ability to prove that, so the stigmas of the past s-h-o-u-l-d be able to be wiped away...IF we choose to let them. If we choose to harbor them, then that is choosing to continue letting the hurts of the past fester within...and universal love and acceptance can NEVER come to pass. I'm choosing to love the entirety of human kind.
@@joannathesinger770 I am so sorry for how I put my words and I do not know what race you are, and to be truthful, to me it is not important we are human, and I am on this journey finding who I am, yes there is and will be hiccups, but I am learning searching for my truth and understanding, I have a lot of people pouring into me and I appreciate everyone, I don’t know I am learning and as I involved I will share it, I mean no offense to you as a person but my understanding is growing.
@@BeverlyBlack I feel very much that the philosophy espoused by Morgan Freeman in his conversation with Mike Wallace is as close to correct as we can get...that until we stop identifying each other by our supposed racial backgrounds/appearance and just see each other as the lovely, worthwhile people we are--and race/culture/creed becomes immaterial--that we, as a society, will never be able to move past that. In my personal family, we have a blend of Korean, Japanese, black, Native American, white, tall, short (but mostly tall), and a multitude of faiths/religions thrown in the mix...and my own first husband was Puerto Rican with all the racial diversity that entails, may he RIP. You would be hard-pressed to add other races/cultures...and we might have, but for now, we've run out of people until this new generation grows up and can add more. Know that I love all of them...and I love you, as well...and I'm not going to allow antiquated constructs from the past continue to have place in my thinking or that of my family. That's how we achieve change!!!
@@joannathesinger770 well said my friend, I want to be where you are, I am working on it, sounds like you have a beautiful family and so blessed, I have truly enjoyed our conversation and I feel like we are having coffee and conversation, you have given me a lot to digest and I was blessed my friend, and God always have a ram in the bushes.
Census takers in 18 and 1900's also used Mulatto to describe people who were part Native American and part Black because they didn't know what race to assign them to, I have several mullatos in my family history.
It’s existing to lean about our ancestors and keep their names alive! From my research mulatto used to refer to people of Native American and “black” ancestry. Over time the classification changed to mean a person of white and black ancestry. I’m telling you it’s a lot to unpack. One of my ancestors started on the freedmen’s bank records in around 1860s under “complexion and color” as Dark Brown. Hmmm interesting no race there. By the census in the late 1800s the entire family including his wife were listed as mulatto, after a few more census’ they were now magically negro. By the time they passed they were either COLORED, NEGRO or BLACK? I’m telling you when our grandparents said that we had Native American ancestry they WEREN’T mistaken! My brother remembers our grandmother doing rituals and she would tell him she’s Cherokee and Blackfeet, Irish and BLACK AMERICAN. Found her records and she too comes from a family who most all started as being mulatto and passed Negro. Something ain’t clean in the buttermilk.
Good point! I still hear those words, I can hear in my mind some of the older people saying it, and yes I am a southern girl and those words very very poplar and when I was a kid they where the teachers pet in the class room.
It is too bad that mixed race only means biracial. I personally know people who are mixed race who are European, black and Native American. I have met people who are Asian, black, native American, Latino and white. All of them are mixed race/ multi-ethnic. Hopefully the understanding of mixed race will be changed from biracial to be more inclusive and include more than just 2 races/ethnicities.
Being mixed is not the same as being a mono racial African or black. Those people are different from us, even biblical it was given to his people not to marry out of their nation and THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO EITH RACE BUT WITH BLOODLINE.
Before 1870 “mulatto” mainly meant American Indian mixed with Africans and/or Irish. They were enslaved together and intermarriage was very very common and widespread among them during that time. Mixing between them didn’t matter to the government at that time because all were considered slaves and had no nationality. Over time all slaves mixed or not became known as Negro. After 1770 those “Negroes” left over from those 3 mixed groups were in most cases raped by their masters and the birth of THOSE children became the new meaning of Mulatto.
I'm of mulatto origin and I didn't come from RAPE. In fact my great grand mother x 6 was of French descent and her lover was either mulatto or black. It's a couple with the same story on this side of my family. None from RAPE. So stop with the RAPE nonsense
My third Great Grandfather had mulatto on his birth certificate but he was light enough to pass as white. When he was older he had lost his BC and when he got a new one it said white/caucasian. In the US it was a derogatory term maybe it wasn't meant that way at first but it became so.
It sure did become that way, this is so sad how our ancestors were treated, I sometimes feel the pain and it keeps me going, I believe there is something I need to know.
There is a article i came across when doing my own research around “Mulattos” on the census for my family tree. It breaks it down pretty well. Mulatto can also refer to being indigenous. Often times Dark skin Native Americans were forced to be considered “mulatto” and or “negro” “colored” along with those who were mixed raced. It was interesting, I found ancestors that were listed as ‘Mulatto’ and ‘Colored’ and as I digged deeper i found some of them were actually native Americans from Texas from when Texas and the surrounding parts were actually Mexico. (at least in my case) some were mixed raced white/black as well on another side of my family. Heres the link I mentioned if anyone is interested. www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2015/06/11/chapter-1-race-and-multiracial-americans-in-the-u-s-census/ 🙏🏽🙂
That word Mulatto has a very interesting pass, and I feel a pull to know more about it, I see you have been digging also, knowledge is power, be blessed my friend.
This happened in Louisiana as well. I am indigenous native on BOTH sides. Neither of my parents ever called themselves African Americans because they knew they weren’t. Mixed race also means more than just being black and white (biracial) because many people have other ethnicity besides two. Many White people are mixed or multiracial same as Black people. I am Indigenous with Cajun, French Creole and some Haitian blood. I am mixed by all accounts. When l tell other People of color l am Black, l often get the “but what are you really?” or “what are you mixed with cause your not just Black!”
@@BeverlyBlack my grandmother also the one that stopped everyone from looking as such she married a army man that was jet black after that she became the black sheep of the family
Thanks for this. I did a little digging myself and found this connection: The English word "MULATTO" derived from the Spanish and Portuguese word "MULATO". As we know, it was a common term in the Southeastern United States during the era of slavery. The word "NEGRO" is also Native to Portuguese as it was synonymous with the term for the Native "Portuguese Jew" and "Black Jew". I bring this up because it is important that Black and Indigenous Americans begin to realize their link with Pre-Colonial Spain and Portugal. Modern day Black and Indigenous Americans are descendants of Jews that self-migrated directly from Jerusalem prior to the destruction of the Temple. They later intermixed with Jews that were Native to Portugal and Spain. Under Ferdinand and Isabella, these Portuguese and Spanish Jews were exiled from their Native lands and sent to Africa (see Cape Verde, Negroland, Hebrewland, Slave Coast, etc.). Within a few years, these same jews became the slaves of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Today, those bloodlines rest almost exclusively in Africa and the Americas. Hence the pyramids in Egypt and The Americas. The Hebrew slaves that built the pyramids in Egypt are the same Hebrews that built the pyramids in the Americas, as well as many landmarks that still stand today in The United States. This quarantine has allowed me a lot of time to research old history books and journals. Looks like we both diligently sought TRUTH and found it!
Negro does not mean Jew. There are separate words for Jew and Negro in Iberian languages. Negro is from Latin nigrus or nigrum, meaning "black". West Africa was called nigratorum regio or nigritia in the Middle ages. The Portuguese started raiding Africa in the 1430s to enslave people but really did not get serious with it until the 1440s. They colonized Cape Verde in the 1460s. By the 1470s the Portuguese had reached the king of Benin in what is now Nigeria and the Congo in the 1480s. Columbus did not reach the Caribbean until the 1490s. The Portuguese were originally taking "negros" from West Africa to the Iberian peninsula. So because of this some of the first Black people who were brought over to replace the Taino and Caribs they were killing off were people who were of African descent but had been living in Spain or Portugal. Yes Sephardic Jews did go to Africa,but they were not Black. Sephardic or Spanish speaking Jews still exist. No they are not Black. Some people who may be Black or mulatto today in some African countries like Cape Verde or Sao Tome and Principe have Spanish Jewish heritage.
Hebrews did not build the pyramids. The Bible does not even say they did. Remember the Bible mentions that the Israelites built with mud bricks which needed straw. The pyramids are made of stone not mud bricks, also the Bible talks about building cities. The pyramids are not part of cities. Pyramids in the Americas only resemble those in Africa in superficial shape. It was difficult to build large stuctures that did not take on a pyramid shape because of physics and materials. So different cultures separated by thousands of miles or kilometres would end up with pyramids. Mayan and Aztec pyramids had steps leading up to a place where human or other sacrifices were conducted.
@@mlungisiwright Read my comment again so you gain clarity on my point which has nothing to do with your point. You speak of the modern day understanding that you were taught. Remember, we haven’t been told EVERYthing in school. Anyhow, Negro WAS a term SYNONYMOUS with “Black Portuguese”, “Portuguese Jew”, and “Black Jew”. It’s the history of its use. Not it’s definition or origin. I never said it’s the modern day meaning, which are the facts that you chose to share. I’m not guessing this, this is history. I’ve got the history books and journals to prove it AND the family. I’m a Black Portuguese Cape Verdean. Can’t tell you your history, but I can share mine. Please don’t try to guess that my truth is a lie. Especially when it’s based on emotion, opinion or inefficient research. I’m not telling anyone that their truth is a lie. Your comment is very insensitive. Definitions evolve. Words evolve. Research this harder and you will find the truth. Promise.
@@mlungisiwright Okay, it looks like you’re just not finished reading scripture. So I won’t comment on your comment. But I will say, study to show yourself approved and lean NOT on your own understanding, but lean on HIS. Pray about it. Meditate on HIS word. Ask HIM to soften your heart and to remove any spirit of deceit from around you. Ask the RUACH ha’Qodesh to deliver Wisdom and reveal Truth. When someone proclaims something you don’t want to believe, then research how they came to their conclusion. The worst thing any of us can do is write off disbelief as a lie. Because we all know who’s at the root of all lies. 🙏🏽
Please do not attempt to speak on the heritages of others outside of your own. I am Indigenous Native, not Jewish or Portuguese, and the African blood l have comes from a Haitian bloodline and is scant.
Age difference between 2nd cousins can be pretty big. Found out my mom had a second cousin born in the 1920's. My mom was born in the 60's. Hey if you were a mullato or quardron( hope I spelled it right) and you had a kid with a white person, shouldn't the kid be even more white. Of crouse they would still carry black Gene's which can last for several generations until someone takes a test and go how do I get to be part black.
This is how some people “passed” but in actuality they were and are White. Ever notice how we allow our White peers to run down their ethnicities where they always like to insert Native American in between their European heritages? No one ever calls them on it but let a person of color open their mouth and they have to provide documentation to back up their claims. 😂 such hypocrisy
@@mj149 If you look at DNA many white families with a little black blood said they were part Native. Many black families with a little white blood also said they had Native blood (understandably).
@@Catlily5 ...l was referring to the word of mouth statements before DNA. However, with the introduction of DNA many African Americans are proudly aligning with their African backgrounds. l think it’s good for their mental health and stability as a culture and cultural group over the long haul. I was just watching where a 7 person group from the Carolinas visited Sierra Leone for a five day trip. Some of them became so emotional. It was beautiful to watch. I viewed all four parts. It’s here on TH-cam and if l am not mistaken sponsored by Ancestry.com.
I took a MyHeritage DNA test last year and it said I was 30% European, 67% African and 3%South Asia so I guess I am damn near a mulatto and I am dark ad hell.
@@mlungisiwright ...don’t think for the average Black American the % is higher than 50-60% and drops. You have to remember that African Americans are already mixed due to the nearly 400 years of race mixing with other cultures that came to these shores. People of African descent whose parents are first and second generation African will tend to have more African ancestry.
I have never heard the word mulatto. Beverly I am so sorry that you have. This world is very unkind. Good luck with your search and many blessings coming your way. See you soon.
Good morning Debra, I have missed you been here, I pray all is well, people who have been faithful to my channel and has touched me stays in my heart, I am just checking in, be blessed my friend!
@@carlamartinez3631 Not completely, it also stems from the word that means half donkey and half mule. It also depends on the country it is being used. Different cultures perceive different interpretations and take it differently.
@@lorriet2922 Everything is offensive in the USA. Like I said the original term is not meant to be offensive. So it's just stupid that non Spanish speakers take the word and manipulate it
@@carlamartinez3631 It is believed to be an Arab word brought over to Al-Andalusia or that it has a Portuguese origin meaning a cross between a horse and a mule. Nevertheless, the history associated with that word is very ugly indeed. It was used to discriminate against such people denying their rights to equality and also manipulation by such people to gain favors and status in society which sometimes lead to prostitution. And sometimes it was used to distinguish some to be held above others as better. These are some reasons why some cultures see it as an ugly word. Especially non Spanish speaking countries not just the USA.
We are going to need new words. We are all cousins, the DNA tests show that. We're all soon going to be so mixed it will be impossible to make racial divides. Perhaps that is a blessing in disguise. Soon, we won't be white, black, mulatto. We'll have to just be PEOPLE. it may be the best thing that every happened to us. My boyfriend is at least three different races. It doesn't matter, we're just a man, and a woman. it doesn't matter anymore HOW we got here; we are HERE. There were so many lies....so many unnecessary lies. It doesn't matter anymore. A mixed race baby is NOT any reason for shame or grief. No reason to lie. they made it here, now their life is theirs, and their content of character cannot be judged by their skin. Glory Hallilujah. I am somewhat sure I'm totally eastern European, but it would neither surprise or disgust me to find there are genes from many different places. I just want to know the reality of it, not that I believe it would change my view of myself. All of us....WE MADE IT HERE!!!! CELEBRATE!!!!! Celebrate YOUR life!!!!
Puerto Rican, Dominican and Cuban of true roots are mulattos which explain it cuz got fam that look like Queen Elizabeth, Pocahontas and Kunta Kinte. Got fam in San Juan, Ponce and Loíza...pretty sure Loíza alone explain it all. Think you’re in Jamaica or Haiti over there? No, you’re in Puerto Rico...average true roots Puerto Rican is 65% Spanish-European, 20% West-African and 15% Taíno. Key word AVERAGE tho
This is my journey searching for my mother, and to find that my pass relative where called that, I was surprise and everyone does not know the meaning of the word, and I had to deal with my feelings about it, and I know it is what it is, but when you don't know your family and see that for race I had a lot of emotions going, and I have gotten a lot of emails where people feel the same one, you are more advanced in it than me, I am 69 learning who I am, blessings to you.
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I never knew the origin of the word mulatto. I look forward to the day when we all can live in peace and harmony without labels.
Amen, to that that my friends, love conquers all, and we will make it!
If people would stop using their skin color as a badge of honor. It's just skin.
@@mememo3764 I don’t consider it a badge of honor it is who I am, people handle things different and go through different trails, what may seem simple to you may not be for me and Vice a versa, I would not dare to tell someone how to feel about their situations, until we walk in someone else’s shoes, that is just how I feel, because I know what God has brought me through and I thank him!
Mulato es la mezcla entre negro y blanco. Eso kos enseñan en la escuela en latinoamerica. Zambo es la mezcla de negro con indio.
@@BeverlyBlack God doesn't make you or anyone proud of ones colour, nor to make someone proud because of their colour.
Mulatto people were also people mixed with Native Americans "black" and/or "white" people.. It's also a fact that all people were regardless of color of skin were slaves in America.. This was prior to people being labeled "black or white"... There was indigenous darker complexioned people living alongside the Native Americans before Columbus "stumbled upon" as well as Irish, Dutch Scottish etc etc etc..
Great information!
I've watched your videos and I think you have a wonderful spirit. It's interesting on your focus on Mulattoes. I have Mulattoes in my direct lineage on both sides of my family. I learned that when I was looking for biological relatives and I found my dad through matching my aunt. Getting the matches that I got open the door for flashing out my family history.
So knowing that history, it made me more proud of being a descendant of The Pre Civil War Black American Population/Community of over 4 million in 1860, enslaved and free.
That Community is an collectively admixed population where mixed, bi racials, octoroons, quadroons as well as fully African shaped the community to what it is now. Those ancestors' fought and gave their lives for us so that we could have opportunities that they didn't. They were far from perfect but God was with them and their example inspire me to be my best self.
So I'm happy that you're getting into your family history, have found your biological mother and learning so much about your ancestors'.
Thank you so much, and I learned things through your words, it is good to know where you came from, at times I can visualize and feel the pain and makes me to want to keep on, keeping on, I feel it is something I need to know is the best way I can explain it, and I truly love it, thank you for sharing with me and blessing me, Curtis have a blessed day!
Amazing to know something new. Im called Mulata in my country, here I’m called light skin. I did a DNA test. I had a highest percentage of Africa 56-58% then Europe with a 27-28% and indigenous with a 15%. A big surprise for me, because nobody in my family knew where it came from. I also came out with a 1% Filipino. The word Mulato or light skin started to bother me once people compared my mother and I skin colors.
Thank you Kelly, for sharing your story with me, we are so wonderful made!
In the 1970's the term was used to refer to a mixed raced individual. I'm African American and Puerto Rican. I remember well some of the words.
We are God's children whom He loves. Speaking of which I love you Sister. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.❤️
I love you my friend, that word carries a lot of pain, I can feel it but I am still blessed, God has been good to me!
Dearest Puerto Rican is not a race.
@@sandraatkins2539 ...neither is white or black. Race was socially constructed by European whites to advance white supremacy. 😊
@Sandra Atkins neither is African American.. It's a Nationality
What? Mulatto is a term used well before the 1900s. Mulatto means mixed race period. It has nothing to do with black or white. Do better research. In fact the one drop rule came about because whites/British didn't like the fact the was NEW racial and social class growing that was competing with them. Many Mulatto and even Black's were slave owners.
My DNA results showed I have recent African ancestry. After a decade of searching I found out that my great-grandmother was multiracial, having Scottish, Native American Indian, and African American and that she was abandoned at birth. She was born post slavery in NC, but it makes perfect sense that the white woman (3rd great) who had a relationship with a biracial man (3rd great) gave up her baby girl. I also through lots of research found two pictures of my great-grandmother Ella and it is very obvious she was a woman of color who was passed as a Native American Indian. I was told my entire life my great-grand was an Indian and she was, but she was equally of African descent. I am a white woman with 3% African and 3% Native. We get 6% of our DNA from our great-grandparents. :-) sorry for the long story, but when you said that white women gave their babies away, it rang true to my great-grand.
I enjoyed reading your story, we are all mixed with something, and your bloodlines have beautiful people in it, what a blessing, when we research and see what our families went through we are blessed!
Those low-percentage 'trace' ancestory estimates can be tricky.
So far I've taken 3 DNA tests: one was a YDNA test pertaining only to my Dad's line. Of the other 2 tests I got different trace results:
The My Heritage DNA Test estimated 2.4% Greek & Southern Italian (note: no African)
My Ancestry DNA Test estimated 1% Saharan North Africa (note: no Greek or Italian)
All other estimates remained fairly-close percentage-wise between the two companies & their estimates each shared all the same major estimated areas; but, not so for those respective trace areas & percentages.
I look forward to seeing any & all estimate updates (as estimates change as repective company databases grow in size & scope). A trace estimate may grow or disappear altogether (as in, Oops! We may have guessed wrong; so, here's our newest guess).
Great job on this breakdown! I love your spirit and insight. As for me, I've had people call me "mulatto" -- mainly white people while in college, growing up just called "high yellow" or you look half-breed or the whole "what are you" thing. Not a fan of that word. However, today, I identify as a mixed black person, and it makes life easier when people ask that question. I do think of African Americans as a primarily mixed group of people who have predominately African heritage, but for me, after taking my DNA test, it's true that what outsiders were seeing was accurate as it turns out I am about 52% African, 45% European, the rest West / South Asian and Native American . The term "mulatto" was used one way during slavery and in the later censuses under various definitions. Two parents of different races and multigenerationally mixed people based on appearance. I believe a lot of times the census takers would mark what they observed. There was not self-reporting like now as you know. If anyone looks part black then they marked it down as M. The categories would change, too. I know they included as a category in certain censuses, then would remove it, then put it back. Then eliminated it fully. You have to look up each census for each decade to see what the rules were. Overall, I think learning about all of this is fascinating. I'm enjoying doing the deep-dive into my family tree the most. Thanks again for the video.
I agree 💯 with you, the first time I saw that word in my search it threw me, because when I was a child I heard it but had forgotten, and I had to look the word up, it took several weeks for it to fully set in, because a lot of family I meet or light skinned and my biological mother and her sister where, my father was a lot darker, and when I was a child in school the light skinned kids where treated better, a complete turn around, but I am so happy to know the blood line that flows within me and thanks to my ancestors for their sacrifice for me.
@@BeverlyBlack Yeah, things change. I saw what you mean with the older generations but it was different with younger. And same. Really thankful to my ancestors. Such sacrifices that were made. I can't even imagine.
As these DNA test show, there ain't no thorobreds anymore. We're all mixed race in one way or another, probably for the best.
Amen to that!
I want say for the best but it is what it is
No such thing as mixed race you are who your father is.
@@fivemillion1719 my father was Native American and English, which makes me???
@@fivemillion1719 and my father is German, Jewish, Irish, Native American and Northern African, which also makes me of mixed ethnicity just as he is and my paternal family.
In the 1910 census my great grandmother and the three children she had at the time were listed as mulatto. She had very pale skin and light eyes. As a child she looked like an elderly white woman to me and I was afraid of her. By 1920s they were no longer using that term on the census and they were all referred to as black. I have been told that the family prized light skin and tried to maintain it in the family.
Wow, I have heard about families like that, and where I lived as a child you could not tell the white peoples from the blacks, some of the blacks looked more white than white peoples, it was unbelievable.
I learned of the word (mulatto) when I attended Indiana University Northwest in 1974 from my professor. She told us stories that were written about the (Tragic Mulatto). That was the title of the work that was written. I never forget that class. It made me understand my father and his family more than ever and my heart went out to them. Thanks for just expressing your feelings about this. I understand very well where you are coming from. It's always better to get understanding of our own personal past. God bless us to be understanding to one another 🙏🙏🙏
Amen Coleen, it has really open my eyes, I knew but I didn't know at the same time, it is feeling my ancestors pain that really open my eyes, I have been really going back in my feelings, they endured so much to bring me to where I am today and I am so thankful for what they did for me, I don't know if I could have done it, but God knows and he works it out for us!
@@BeverlyBlackGod bless you in your search. I've been trying to find out our real last name for my brother's mainly because they always wanted to know since my father didn't know who his father was. So pray for me and I'll pray for you. 🙏🙏🙏
HI there Beverly... I am glad you are finding your family members. Keep on searching you will find info on your mom and its so true about Mulatto... I have heard that word when I was growing up. God Loves us all.
Thank you so much, and he doesn't see color, we are made in his image.
My fellow-countrymen were not considered white in America because they had a dark complexion. I don't know if white Americans are crazy or they want to play this role. Mulatto is used in Italian language for people who have European and African origins. A major sensitiveness will induce us to eliminate this word sooner or later.
Stefano I just don't understand either, some white people hate our skin color yet in the summer they tan to get darker, a lot of them in up darker than me but will say hurtful words to us, their brain is wired completely different.
@@BeverlyBlack I feel really sorry for you, My complexion is fair that I look northern European, but I tan easily. I may fall in love with a black woman in the same way as a white woman. Black women attract me, the skin color doesn't keep me away from them, it has a good reaction on me 😀
Context is everything. The word Mulatto means different things in different cultures, and even within the same culture the meaning could change based on any given era. In the United States Mulatto underwent many changes. I believe initially it referred to people of mixed Native American/Black, Native American/white/, Black/white or a combination of all three. When Jim Crow kicked in with a vengeance, especially in the south. You were either colored or white and nothing in between. During the Racial integrity Act of 1924 Hysteria, the one drop rule became the de facto method of classifying and disenfranchising people. Officials actually went back and altered Census data; basically erasing a portion of a person’s heritage.
So true, thank you for your knowledge.
Mulatto/ Mulata is a perfectly acceptable term in Latin America and the Caribbean with no negative connotations and is used with pride. We don't associate ot with negativity as it simply means 1 parent Black and 1 White or the child of 2 Mul@toes, ie Multigeneration Mul@toed .
I'm proud to be Mul@to!!
Amen! I am so happy to hear this! Thank you for blessing me with this wisdom!
@@BeverlyBlack Check out Mulatto Vanguard channel and Magic Mulatta channel.
I'm from southern Louisiana and I remember being a child and hearing the old folks use this word ...there's creole and cajuns here creole were light skinned ....but we're considered black...where as a Cajun sometimes were darker but considered white...it's a true melting pot...I love my culture...I'm a Cajun with a mixed daughter...
Thank you, I learned something today I really didn’t know the difference between the two, I thought one was French, lol, I really love how people are pouring knowledge into me, thank you so much for sharing.
Interesting. I never knew that. I just thought Cajuns were native Louisianans.
Cajan is short for Canadian. It was the French settlers from Eastern Canada that were thrown out when the British took over.
Cajun is not short for Canadian. It’s shortened from the word Acadian which comes from the word Acadia. The French settlers, in what was now Nova Scotia, thought their new lands they settled was the Greek paradise, Acadia.
Cajun’s ancestry specifically comes from Nova Scotia and western France before that. You are not considered a Cajun unless your family comes from the home country/Nova Scotia.
Blessing's Luv, sending love and light on your journey, my father's mother was Mulatto, from Mississippi, have a peaceful day and night.✨✨🦋✨✨
Same to you, and it sounds like you have a beautiful family.
@@BeverlyBlack You as well✨✨🦋✨✨
From an old white man, sweet lady. Good luck to you.
Thank you my friend!
I was born in Puerto Rico my ancestor’s race come up as ‘mulatto’ . On ancestry.
The term Mulatto originated in the Spain/Portugal area. In fact, many older writings (1600s and prior) talk about Negro and Mulatto Jews (descendants of King James) who were expelled by King Alphonse (by order of the Papal decree) during the Spanish Inquisition.
Those folks mostly fled into West Africa (including São Tomé), were executed or forced to convert to European Christianity aka Catholicism.
Many who eventually were captured and enslaved during the TransAtlantic Slave Trade.
Peace to you my sister and I pray you receive many blessings from the Most High Yah🙏🏿
I will be taking my genealogy. Maybe it can tell me more about my ancestors.
Thank you for sharing ❤
Honor and Respect
We are not mixed,
we are blended.
🙏😷🙏
I like that!!!
@@BeverlyBlack I knew you would.
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Mulattoes aka biracial can also be those with two biracial parents or multigenerational mixed race parents. I cringe when people say black passing as white. Proper term is mixed race people passing for full white because the mixed race person is already part white. Also, I cringe when people try to push the one drop rule but reject slavery and the 3/5 of a human being. Slavery included the one drop and 3/5 of a human being …why is any black person accepting the one drop? It came from slavery…we reject all aspects of slavery. Biracial people are just that…black and white…they are not just black. I never considered biracial people as black…how can they be when they are half something else? Makes no damn sense. Also, one drop….most Latinos have more then one drop…but they are somehow excluded from the one drop? Tell me how that makes sense? Speaking Spanish does not exclude your dna from being under the one drop…furthermore Spanish is a white ethnic group from Spain. Speaking English or Spanish should not make a difference from the one drop rule? Anyways, the one drop was outlawed in 1967… it was deemed unconstitutional. One drop does not wipe out all your other ethnicities…dumb anyway you look at it.
Good morning Rick, you gave me so much to think about, there are so many difference for people of colors, nothing balance out, but I know who I am but not where I came from which is painful but one day I will know the truth.
@@BeverlyBlack yes…I just do not understand the logic behind being biracial is the same as being black. It does not make sense…from a genetic standpoint, and a soci- cultural. We are influenced and conditioned by our parents…I had a white mom…she passed…but that is who raised and conditioned me…it’s not the same as being raised and conditioned by a black mom. Completely different histories and paradigms. Just keeping it 💯
One last thing, watch this video on biracial bone marrow matches. We cannot accept bone 🦴 marrow from anyone else except another biracial person. th-cam.com/video/-vrji4ls4OU/w-d-xo.html
@@PsychicMedium4747 it does not, but most people are set in their ways and don't like change or really thinking for themself, e learn new things everyday, have a blessed day Rick.
@@BeverlyBlack I will tell you one last thing…some people don’t like change until a mixed race person gets promoted over them at work or gets the hot date over them, then it becomes a problem. Anyways, have a blessed day.
This is the first time that Im hearing this and it is hard to believe where this word came from but at the same time it was kind of easy to guess... Im a mix-race knowing that “Mulat@“ is something cute and I think it is cute because all the mix-race people that I know is beautiful, doesn’t matter where they come from they are beautiful. I’m glad that the word “Mulato” was changed for ‘Mixrace” instead. By the way, I’m mix-race from White Mexican and Black Brazilian Man (my parents 😌)
I agree with you mixed race is beautiful, this labeling people needs to stop we all have red blood.
@@BeverlyBlack That’s right 🥰
What do you mean as white mexican?
@@sandratucker8636 For example I consider myself “black-Mexican”. If you born in Mexico you are Mexican doesn’t matter where your ancestors come from but sometimes people needs some kind of “details” when you don’t “look” like they think Mexican should. It is up to you if you want to give those details.
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Yes i heard this term growing up (I'm in my 20s), maybe because I grew up in the south. We pronounce it "muladdo" (southern accents haha), and to me it always meant someone that was mixed (i.e. black and something else)
I mess up saying this word all the time lol, my daughter is always saying you did it again lol.
What's the name of the instrumental music that was playing in the background???? I love it and it's peaceful
I could not find this music, I made this video over a year ago so my senior moments are kicking in, it is very soothing.
You are a beautiful person. Both inside and out!
You are so kind and thank you!
Mulatto meant Indian not black back then and because they wanted to tax you.
@@CROX1153 That’s not true. Mulato is black and white. It’s a Spanish derived word because THEY had a casta system, not the USA British people. Natives mixed with black were called Zambo’s.
Not true. Latin America classified them as Zambo’s. Spanish and Mexican casta system wasn’t used in the USA.
Im so glad you shared this. Alot of people don't know the history of the the branch of of the white looking black people from royal Jewish welsh blood. The Merricks and people from this can take a dna test come up %50 northern african and Eastern African. They are Jewish. Joesph Arimathea is on this Large tree.
So, God bless you for sharing this. I once had to leave a place because the man speaks starts comparing two men in a homosexual act to a black and white marriage. I almost didn't think I heard the man correctly but the person with me was like are you ready to leave. I was so stunned because I was like is this really happening its 2010. So, this equivalent of skin to sinful act is long over done. So, just because people think they know Jesus they have no love for the brother.
Amen! You told the truth, the ones who are trying to destroy us claims they are Christians, the slave owners where supposed to be Christian’s, what bible are they reading, God is love ❤️ and he is not in confusion, thank you so much for sharing with me❤️
my mother is a mulatto.good information thanks
You are so welcome!
I found a lot of relatives on the 23andme test.. hope you do that one too.
I have and I have founded most of my relatives on Ancestry but I upgraded there and a lot of information open up.
Or if the family kept the mix in the family. My 2nd great was listed as mulatto, her mom and dad, and a 4th great grandmother, the whole family. They only married other mixed race people.
Our families are truly mixed but thank God for each one of them.
I believe that is what happened in the "Arab" and North African countries too. There is a TH-cam video featuring a village of people in Egypt that only marry within the same blood lines so that they can keep the complexion and hair texture.
I think you are trying to extend a definition (mule) to which it never was meant or intended.
"Historically, the mule is "the most common and oldest known manmade hybrid."[24][25] It was likely invented in ancient times in what is now Turkey. They were common in Egypt by 3000 BCE.[24] Homer noted their arrival in Asia Minor in the Iliad in 800 BCE. Mules are mentioned in the Bible (Samuel 2:18:9"
The word mulatto is of Arabic derivation...as is MUCH of the Spanish AND Portuguese languages (approximately 30% of each language is of Arabic origin) since Arabs arrived in the Iberian Peninsula about 700AD until their expulsion from Spain and Portugal in about 1490 during the Spanish Inquisition. "Mullato" originated in the Arabic term "muwallad", which means "a person of mixed ancestry".[17] Muwallad literally means "born, begotten, produced, generated; brought up", with the implication of being born and raised among Arabs, but not of Arab blood. Muwallad is derived from the root word WaLaD (Arabic: ولد, direct Arabic transliteration: waw, lam, dal) and colloquial Arabic pronunciation can vary greatly. Walad means, "descendant, offspring, scion; child; son; boy; young animal, young one".
It's so easy to look for offensive connections when none was ever the case...and I'm sure that was not your intention. You were just passing on what you had heard from someone else...but that doesn't mean that it was true.
Let's agree that the term "mulatto" did mean someone of mixed ancestry...and that it may have even been used as a derogatory term at some point...but that there is no etymological connection--except by those uninformed trying to stir up offense--to mules, who have existed and been referred to as a mule since pre-Biblical times.
I appreciate what you have shared with me, I understand what you are saying but with the history of my race that is how many of us receive it, truth will set you free and the word has been turned into something ugly for some people, I cannot change their struggle and what they believe, in my heart by what I have founded out about my family it was meant for pain, thank you so much for sharing.
@@BeverlyBlack Your race? How do you know what race I am, or do you just choose to make assumptions?
I've had my DNA done, plus have spent countless hours doing genealogy...and I will tell you now that I'm every bit as mixed as what DNA is proving for EVERY single person on the planet. NO ONE is of "pure" lineage...NO ONE...and DNA gives us the ability to prove that, so the stigmas of the past s-h-o-u-l-d be able to be wiped away...IF we choose to let them. If we choose to harbor them, then that is choosing to continue letting the hurts of the past fester within...and universal love and acceptance can NEVER come to pass. I'm choosing to love the entirety of human kind.
@@joannathesinger770 I am so sorry for how I put my words and I do not know what race you are, and to be truthful, to me it is
not important we are human, and I am on this journey finding who I am, yes there is and will be hiccups, but I am learning searching for my truth and understanding, I have a lot of people pouring into me and I appreciate everyone, I don’t know I am learning and as I involved I will share it, I mean no offense to you as a person but my understanding is growing.
@@BeverlyBlack I feel very much that the philosophy espoused by Morgan Freeman in his conversation with Mike Wallace is as close to correct as we can get...that until we stop identifying each other by our supposed racial backgrounds/appearance and just see each other as the lovely, worthwhile people we are--and race/culture/creed becomes immaterial--that we, as a society, will never be able to move past that.
In my personal family, we have a blend of Korean, Japanese, black, Native American, white, tall, short (but mostly tall), and a multitude of faiths/religions thrown in the mix...and my own first husband was Puerto Rican with all the racial diversity that entails, may he RIP. You would be hard-pressed to add other races/cultures...and we might have, but for now, we've run out of people until this new generation grows up and can add more.
Know that I love all of them...and I love you, as well...and I'm not going to allow antiquated constructs from the past continue to have place in my thinking or that of my family. That's how we achieve change!!!
@@joannathesinger770 well said my friend, I want to be where you are, I am working on it, sounds like you have a beautiful family and so blessed, I have truly enjoyed our conversation and I feel like we are having coffee and conversation, you have given me a lot to digest and I was blessed my friend, and God always have a ram in the bushes.
My GreatGreatGreat Grandfather & Grandmother were both Mulatto but it did not show up on my ancestor, DNA.
Census takers in 18 and 1900's also used Mulatto to describe people who were part Native American and part Black because they didn't know what race to assign them to, I have several mullatos in my family history.
Our families are truly blessed, thank you for sharing with me.
In Louisiana they use “c” for colored to denote Native Americans which they were still doing in the late 1950s when l was born.
It’s existing to lean about our ancestors and keep their names alive! From my research mulatto used to refer to people of Native American and “black” ancestry. Over time the classification changed to mean a person of white and black ancestry. I’m telling you it’s a lot to unpack. One of my ancestors started on the freedmen’s bank records in around 1860s under “complexion and color” as Dark Brown. Hmmm interesting no race there.
By the census in the late 1800s the entire family including his wife were listed as mulatto, after a few more census’ they were now magically negro.
By the time they passed they were either COLORED, NEGRO or BLACK? I’m telling you when our grandparents said that we had Native American ancestry they WEREN’T mistaken!
My brother remembers our grandmother doing rituals and she would tell him she’s Cherokee and Blackfeet, Irish and BLACK AMERICAN. Found her records and she too comes from a family who most all started as being mulatto and passed Negro. Something ain’t clean in the buttermilk.
Thank you so much! I truly enjoyed reading your comments
That’s how it is in my family.
Beverly, glad you're finding your people. A term you didn't mention that I heard growing up. High yellow. Maybe just in the south? Bless you dear.
Good point! I still hear those words, I can hear in my mind some of the older people saying it, and yes I am a southern girl and those words very very poplar and when I was a kid they where the teachers pet in the class room.
It is too bad that mixed race only means biracial. I personally know people who are mixed race who are European, black and Native American. I have met people who are Asian, black, native American, Latino and white. All of them are mixed race/ multi-ethnic.
Hopefully the understanding of mixed race will be changed from biracial to be more inclusive and include more than just 2 races/ethnicities.
I agreed with you 100%, we got to do better.
Amen Amen sista blessings to you and your family 🤗👑👑👑
Same to you!
Being mixed is not the same as being a mono racial African or black. Those people are different from us, even biblical it was given to his people not to marry out of their nation and THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO EITH RACE BUT WITH BLOODLINE.
We are pure mule Riders!
Before 1870 “mulatto” mainly meant American Indian mixed with Africans and/or Irish. They were enslaved together and intermarriage was very very common and widespread among them during that time. Mixing between them didn’t matter to the government at that time because all were considered slaves and had no nationality. Over time all slaves mixed or not became known as Negro. After 1770 those “Negroes” left over from those 3 mixed groups were in most cases raped by their masters and the birth of THOSE children became the new meaning of Mulatto.
We are beautiful people, thank you so much!
I'm of mulatto origin and I didn't come from RAPE. In fact my great grand mother x 6 was of French descent and her lover was either mulatto or black. It's a couple with the same story on this side of my family. None from RAPE. So stop with the RAPE nonsense
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My third Great Grandfather had mulatto on his birth certificate but he was light enough to pass as white. When he was older he had lost his BC and when he got a new one it said white/caucasian. In the US it was a derogatory term maybe it wasn't meant that way at first but it became so.
It sure did become that way, this is so sad how our ancestors were treated, I sometimes feel the pain and it keeps me going, I believe there is something I need to know.
There is a article i came across when doing my own research around “Mulattos” on the census for my family tree. It breaks it down pretty well. Mulatto can also refer to being indigenous. Often times Dark skin Native Americans were forced to be considered “mulatto” and or “negro” “colored” along with those who were mixed raced. It was interesting, I found ancestors that were listed as ‘Mulatto’ and ‘Colored’ and as I digged deeper i found some of them were actually native Americans from Texas from when Texas and the surrounding parts were actually Mexico. (at least in my case) some were mixed raced white/black as well on another side of my family.
Heres the link I mentioned if anyone is interested. www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2015/06/11/chapter-1-race-and-multiracial-americans-in-the-u-s-census/
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That word Mulatto has a very interesting pass, and I feel a pull to know more about it, I see you have been digging also, knowledge is power, be blessed my friend.
This happened in Louisiana as well. I am indigenous native on BOTH sides. Neither of my parents ever called themselves African Americans because they knew they weren’t. Mixed race also means more than just being black and white (biracial) because many people have other ethnicity besides two. Many White people are mixed or multiracial same as Black people. I am Indigenous with Cajun, French Creole and some Haitian blood. I am mixed by all accounts. When l tell other People of color l am Black, l often get the “but what are you really?” or “what are you mixed with cause your not just Black!”
@@mj149 Amen, we are people of many races.
My whole mother lineage was documented.as mullato but said they was native but could pass as black so they did
Thank you for sharing this with me, have a blessed day!
@@BeverlyBlack you as well 💕
@@BeverlyBlack my grandmother also the one that stopped everyone from looking as such she married a army man that was jet black after that she became the black sheep of the family
@@ramonamarie8187 Wow, what families will do.
I always heard mulattos as a dergatory term
Yes it is, because they are calling mixed children mules, and it is so painful.
That is not a bad term.
In the south mulato was used as we use the term biracial today...to differentiate between African American and mixed race Black. No offensive at all.
Thanks for this. I did a little digging myself and found this connection:
The English word "MULATTO" derived from the Spanish and Portuguese word "MULATO". As we know, it was a common term in the Southeastern United States during the era of slavery. The word "NEGRO" is also Native to Portuguese as it was synonymous with the term for the Native "Portuguese Jew" and "Black Jew". I bring this up because it is important that Black and Indigenous Americans begin to realize their link with Pre-Colonial Spain and Portugal.
Modern day Black and Indigenous Americans are descendants of Jews that self-migrated directly from Jerusalem prior to the destruction of the Temple. They later intermixed with Jews that were Native to Portugal and Spain. Under Ferdinand and Isabella, these Portuguese and Spanish Jews were exiled from their Native lands and sent to Africa (see Cape Verde, Negroland, Hebrewland, Slave Coast, etc.). Within a few years, these same jews became the slaves of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Today, those bloodlines rest almost exclusively in Africa and the Americas. Hence the pyramids in Egypt and The Americas. The Hebrew slaves that built the pyramids in Egypt are the same Hebrews that built the pyramids in the Americas, as well as many landmarks that still stand today in The United States. This quarantine has allowed me a lot of time to research old history books and journals. Looks like we both diligently sought TRUTH and found it!
Negro does not mean Jew. There are separate words for Jew and Negro in Iberian languages. Negro is from Latin nigrus or nigrum, meaning "black". West Africa was called nigratorum regio or nigritia in the Middle ages. The Portuguese started raiding Africa in the 1430s to enslave people but really did not get serious with it until the 1440s. They colonized Cape Verde in the 1460s. By the 1470s the Portuguese had reached the king of Benin in what is now Nigeria and the Congo in the 1480s. Columbus did not reach the Caribbean until the 1490s. The Portuguese were originally taking "negros" from West Africa to the Iberian peninsula. So because of this some of the first Black people who were brought over to replace the Taino and Caribs they were killing off were people who were of African descent but had been living in Spain or Portugal. Yes Sephardic Jews did go to Africa,but they were not Black. Sephardic or Spanish speaking Jews still exist. No they are not Black. Some people who may be Black or mulatto today in some African countries like Cape Verde or Sao Tome and Principe have Spanish Jewish heritage.
Hebrews did not build the pyramids. The Bible does not even say they did. Remember the Bible mentions that the Israelites built with mud bricks which needed straw. The pyramids are made of stone not mud bricks, also the Bible talks about building cities. The pyramids are not part of cities. Pyramids in the Americas only resemble those in Africa in superficial shape. It was difficult to build large stuctures that did not take on a pyramid shape because of physics and materials. So different cultures separated by thousands of miles or kilometres would end up with pyramids. Mayan and Aztec pyramids had steps leading up to a place where human or other sacrifices were conducted.
@@mlungisiwright Read my comment again so you gain clarity on my point which has nothing to do with your point. You speak of the modern day understanding that you were taught. Remember, we haven’t been told EVERYthing in school. Anyhow, Negro WAS a term SYNONYMOUS with “Black Portuguese”, “Portuguese Jew”, and “Black Jew”. It’s the history of its use. Not it’s definition or origin. I never said it’s the modern day meaning, which are the facts that you chose to share. I’m not guessing this, this is history. I’ve got the history books and journals to prove it AND the family. I’m a Black Portuguese Cape Verdean. Can’t tell you your history, but I can share mine. Please don’t try to guess that my truth is a lie. Especially when it’s based on emotion, opinion or inefficient research. I’m not telling anyone that their truth is a lie. Your comment is very insensitive. Definitions evolve. Words evolve. Research this harder and you will find the truth. Promise.
@@mlungisiwright Okay, it looks like you’re just not finished reading scripture. So I won’t comment on your comment. But I will say, study to show yourself approved and lean NOT on your own understanding, but lean on HIS. Pray about it. Meditate on HIS word. Ask HIM to soften your heart and to remove any spirit of deceit from around you. Ask the RUACH ha’Qodesh to deliver Wisdom and reveal Truth. When someone proclaims something you don’t want to believe, then research how they came to their conclusion. The worst thing any of us can do is write off disbelief as a lie. Because we all know who’s at the root of all lies. 🙏🏽
Please do not attempt to speak on the heritages of others outside of your own. I am Indigenous Native, not Jewish or Portuguese, and the African blood l have comes from a Haitian bloodline and is scant.
Age difference between 2nd cousins can be pretty big. Found out my mom had a second cousin born in the 1920's. My mom was born in the 60's. Hey if you were a mullato or quardron( hope I spelled it right) and you had a kid with a white person, shouldn't the kid be even more white. Of crouse they would still carry black Gene's which can last for several generations until someone takes a test and go how do I get to be part black.
As long as there is a mixture of different blood I guess we are in that group.
This is how some people “passed” but in actuality they were and are White. Ever notice how we allow our White peers to run down their ethnicities where they always like to insert Native American in between their European heritages? No one ever calls them on it but let a person of color open their mouth and they have to provide documentation to back up their claims. 😂 such hypocrisy
@@mj149 If you look at DNA many white families with a little black blood said they were part Native. Many black families with a little white blood also said they had Native blood (understandably).
@@Catlily5 ...l was referring to the word of mouth statements before DNA. However, with the introduction of DNA many African Americans are proudly aligning with their African backgrounds. l think it’s good for their mental health and stability as a culture and cultural group over the long haul. I was just watching where a 7 person group from the Carolinas visited Sierra Leone for a five day trip. Some of them became so emotional. It was beautiful to watch. I viewed all four parts. It’s here on TH-cam and if l am not mistaken sponsored by Ancestry.com.
Love you too Beverly ❤️ We are all Gods children 💓. You remind me so much of Setta at settas place crochet channel .
Thank you so much and I take that as a compliment to add me sister Setta, be blessed and know that I love you but God loves you more!
Amen god. Bless you
Thank you so much for watching my story.
I took a MyHeritage DNA test last year and it said I was 30% European, 67% African and 3%South Asia so I guess I am damn near a mulatto and I am dark ad hell.
Anytime you are mixed with another race, that is basically everyone, we are all mixed with something.
Most Black Americans are 70-80 something % African. The 1890 census is the closest to defining Black to what modern genetics says.
@@mlungisiwright ...don’t think for the average Black American the % is higher than 50-60% and drops. You have to remember that African Americans are already mixed due to the nearly 400 years of race mixing with other cultures that came to these shores. People of African descent whose parents are first and second generation African will tend to have more African ancestry.
I have never heard the word mulatto. Beverly I am so sorry that you have. This world is very unkind. Good luck with your search and many blessings coming your way. See you soon.
Thank you, my friend, it has been a long journey but I am not giving up.
@@BeverlyBlack You don't know history my dear.
Good morning Debra, I have missed you been here, I pray all is well, people who have been faithful to my channel and has touched me stays in my heart, I am just checking in, be blessed my friend!
"God" (If there is one) is the blame for creating turmoil when he created different races !!!!!!.
My father and his brother was listed in the census as mullattos when they were children living with their grandparents. It is an ugly word.
It is, we got to keep praying and trusting God, a lot of my older family members are listed like that.
Mullatto is not an ugly word. First learn the origin of the word. It is a Spanish word to describe a person who is mix black and white. That's it!!
@@carlamartinez3631 Not completely, it also stems from the word that means half donkey and half mule. It also depends on the country it is being used. Different cultures perceive different interpretations and take it differently.
@@lorriet2922 Everything is offensive in the USA. Like I said the original term is not meant to be offensive. So it's just stupid that non Spanish speakers take the word and manipulate it
@@carlamartinez3631 It is believed to be an Arab word brought over to Al-Andalusia or that it has a Portuguese origin meaning a cross between a horse and a mule. Nevertheless, the history associated with that word is very ugly indeed. It was used to discriminate against such people denying their rights to equality and also manipulation by such people to gain favors and status in society which sometimes lead to prostitution. And sometimes it was used to distinguish some to be held above others as better. These are some reasons why some cultures see it as an ugly word. Especially non Spanish speaking countries not just the USA.
We are going to need new words. We are all cousins, the DNA tests show that. We're all soon going to be so mixed it will be impossible to make racial divides. Perhaps that is a blessing in disguise. Soon, we won't be white, black, mulatto. We'll have to just be PEOPLE. it may be the best thing that every happened to us. My boyfriend is at least three different races. It doesn't matter, we're just a man, and a woman. it doesn't matter anymore HOW we got here; we are HERE. There were so many lies....so many unnecessary lies. It doesn't matter anymore. A mixed race baby is NOT any reason for shame or grief. No reason to lie. they made it here, now their life is theirs, and their content of character cannot be judged by their skin. Glory Hallilujah. I am somewhat sure I'm totally eastern European, but it would neither surprise or disgust me to find there are genes from many different places. I just want to know the reality of it, not that I believe it would change my view of myself. All of us....WE MADE IT HERE!!!! CELEBRATE!!!!! Celebrate YOUR life!!!!
Praise the Lord, you are right we need to celebrate life, we are all mixed with something, but thank God all of our blood is red!
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I am still trying to understand why they do all this labeling of names, we are human, bottom line.
Puerto Rican, Dominican and Cuban of true roots are mulattos which explain it cuz got fam that look like Queen Elizabeth, Pocahontas and Kunta Kinte. Got fam in San Juan, Ponce and Loíza...pretty sure Loíza alone explain it all. Think you’re in Jamaica or Haiti over there? No, you’re in Puerto Rico...average true roots Puerto Rican is 65% Spanish-European, 20% West-African and 15% Taíno. Key word AVERAGE tho
Great info, and it sounds like you have a beautiful family.
@@BeverlyBlack thank you God bless 🙏🏽
We know what mulatto means. So what is one was a mulatto? It is what it is.
This is my journey searching for my mother, and to find that my pass relative where called that, I was surprise and everyone does not know the meaning of the word, and I had to deal with my feelings about it, and I know it is what it is, but when you don't know your family and see that for race I had a lot of emotions going, and I have gotten a lot of emails where people feel the same one, you are more advanced in it than me, I am 69 learning who I am, blessings to you.
@@BeverlyBlack Continue to learn and enjoy YOUR journey 💋 Loved your video!