2007-08-02 07:29:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
quadroon: 1/4 black ancestry
2007-08-02 07:33:43 · update #1
Mullato = 1/2 black and 1/2 white
Quadroon = 1/4 black and 3/4 white (one black grandparent)
Octaroon = 1/8 black and 7/8 white (one black great-grandparent)
There are a lot of other old terms used to quantify mixed ancestry. Most are completely out of use these days.
It's very possible that the context used would determine the level of offensiveness. As potentially offensive terms, they are likely best avoided.
2007-08-02 07:43:05 · answer #1 · answered by CoachT 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Quadroon
2016-09-28 22:37:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quadroon is kind of outdated, since it also means particular social standing of the Blacks who got out of slavery, and became more like white peope. Mulatto might be alittle offensive to some, but "mulatta" has always sounded like a compliment for a girl which is equlas to being extremely sexy.
2007-08-02 07:33:24 · answer #3 · answered by IggySpirit 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes, and archaic. Quadroon was a title created when people had different rights based on how much 'black' blood they had. Along with Octaroon, the next generation.
2007-08-02 07:37:56 · answer #4 · answered by Wundt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
first time i've heard the word "quadroon" so i don't know but mulatto.... not at all, i'm cuban and i was soooo use to hear it, since our population make up is white, black, and mulatto, now i don't know here in the states how people take it, but to me its not offensive....
2007-08-02 07:39:57 · answer #5 · answered by Alicia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mulatto, yes. What the hell is a quadroon?
2007-08-02 07:32:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It shouldn't be, we are all just what we are, so what? Quadroon means 1/4 blood.
2007-08-02 07:39:48 · answer #7 · answered by hillbilly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would be careful using them as they CAN be offensive but I ve known people--particularly from the Caribbean and Louisiana--who self identify as such. A little bit like the word "queer" it s going to depend on context and the personal feelings of who you re talking to.
2015-06-10 13:22:32 · answer #8 · answered by Leonardo Da Vinci 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can certainly be made so. But they each began as another technical term to describe the amount of differing genetic ancestry of a given individual possessing genes from both the African gene pool and the Caucasian one.
2007-08-02 07:34:04 · answer #9 · answered by Granny Annie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is definitely divisive. i want to be called by name; most of the categorizations people use are determined by the "majority" as opposed to the group being referred to.
2007-08-02 07:38:24 · answer #10 · answered by Voice of Reason 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋