Mulatto (Spanish / Portuguese mulato, small mole, person of mixed race, mulatto, from mulo, mule, from Old Spanish, from Latin mūlus) is a person of mixed black and white ancestry or the offspring of one white parent and one black parent or someone 50% black and 50% white. This term was used in reference to the fact that a mule is the offspring of a horse and a donkey. In film studies, it can also be used to depict a certain type of black character in a film. United States "Mulatto" was… (More on Mulatto)