| − | A term used to describe a person who is born of both an African and a European parent or of two mulatto parents (e.i. half black and half white). In the United States it was also once used to refer to a person who was half Native American and half European. | + | A term that used to be used describe a person who is born of both an African and a European parent or of two mulatto parents (e.i. half black and half white). In the United States it was also once used to refer to a person who was half Native American and half European. Its use to describe someone is now considered inflammatory. <ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Sulgran#Barack_Obama</ref> |