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Mulatto. I rarely hear this word except in outdated books or texts. An older person I know has used it but it seems either racist or offensively outdated. This person is not necessarily racist but he uses words like "oriental" and "mulatto". I think most people would just say "mixed race"... am I being over politically correct with this?
It may not be in common use, but I see nothing wrong with a word that literally means; "the first-generation offspring of a black person and a white person" or "a person of mixed white and black ancestry". Why use two words ("mixed race") when there is a perfectly fine single word to describe someone.
The same for Oriental, especially if one doesn't know which Oriental country in the Orient someone comes from.
Again, this PC crap has gone way too far, if these words are considered in poor taste.
I don't personally find it offensive, but then again, I'm a history nerd who specialises in pirates of the 17th and 18th centuries -- hence, it's a word I hear a lot to the point of it not even sounding archaic to me. I see it as just another descriptive word . . . but I may or may not be the best person to ask.