mulatto

Mulatto is a word used to describe an offspring born of a black and a white person. While mulattos were above slaves and Native Americans in the Latin American social hierarchy in the 16th and 17th centuries, they weren't treated as respectfully as their descendants, creoles and peninsulares. With the increasing intermarriage between Native American, Spanish, and African American descents, Latin America became a very culture diffused area, even though the Spanish tried to separate themselves from the "others."

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