mulatto

an archaic racial term that is considered offensive today. In colonial Jamaica, a person with one white and one black parent was considered a “mulatto.” Someone with three white and one black grandparents was considered a “quadroon.” Someone who had seven white great-grandparents and one black great-grandparent considered a “mustee.” Someone who had fifteen white great-great grandparents and one black great-great grandparent was labeled a “mustafina,” but was considered white by law.