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**29clepayJainync** · 05-23-2010, 04:05 AM

The U.S. has predominantly English colonial roots. Spain isn't relevant in racial descriptions. The question is whether "mulatto" is a racist word in the U.S. today. The answer is while it is not as racist as other words it has a racial connotation and is without a doubt NOT ACCEPTABLE in public in the U.S. today.
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Predominantly English? Yes, but NOT ONLY English. Spain influenced the colonies in several ways, and also trought Mexico (think Rodeo, for instance). The influence from Florida and Cuba is also important. Even more, the first dollar coins that circulated in the U.S. were Spanish silver doblons..

Words like "Negro", "Mulatto", "Sambo", etc, all come from Spanish, and there are hundred of Spanish words that entered the U.S. even before the Mexican invasion of recent times.

05-23-2010, 04:05 AM	#31
29clepayJainync Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 440 Senior Member	The U.S. has predominantly English colonial roots. Spain isn't relevant in racial descriptions. The question is whether "mulatto" is a racist word in the U.S. today. The answer is while it is not as racist as other words it has a racial connotation and is without a doubt NOT ACCEPTABLE in public in the U.S. today. . Predominantly English? Yes, but NOT ONLY English. Spain influenced the colonies in several ways, and also trought Mexico (think Rodeo, for instance). The influence from Florida and Cuba is also important. Even more, the first dollar coins that circulated in the U.S. were Spanish silver doblons.. Words like "Negro", "Mulatto", "Sambo", etc, all come from Spanish, and there are hundred of Spanish words that entered the U.S. even before the Mexican invasion of recent times.
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