Mulatto is an old, offensive word for a person with one Black parent and one white parent. Do not use it.

Mulatto是 an old, offensive word一個老舊、帶有歧視意味的字 for a person with one Black parent and one white parent用來指父母一方是黑人、一方是白人的人。Do not use it不要使用這個字。

It belongs to a time when people in power sorted human beings into racial boxes, and this box was one of them. The word is insulting not only because it is outdated, but because it was built from the word for a mule — an animal with mixed parentage — as if a person were a kind of hybrid livestock.

It屬於 belongs to a time人們把人分成種族箱子的那個年代when people in power sorted human beings into racial boxes掌權者把人分成種族箱子的那個年代，and this box was one of them而這個字就是其中一個箱子。The word這個字 is insulting之所以帶有侮辱性 not only because it is outdated不只因為它過時，but because it was built from the word for a mule而是因為它是從mule（騾）這個字造出來的——an animal with mixed parentage騾是父母不同種的混血動物——as if a person were a kind of hybrid livestock彷彿把人當成一種混種的牲畜。

That is a cruel idea, and it still hurts. You may meet the word in old books, old laws, or ugly speech.

That那 is a cruel idea是個殘忍的想法，and it still hurts而且至今仍然傷人。You may meet the word你可能會在 in old books舊書、old laws舊法律、or ugly speech或難聽的言語裡遇到這個字。

If you must talk about the idea, say “a person with one Black parent and one white parent,” or use the words the person themselves uses.

If you must talk about the idea如果你必須談到這個概念，say "a person with one Black parent and one white parent,"可以說「父母一方是黑人、一方是白人的人」，or use the words the person themselves uses或用當事人自己用的說法。

Though actually, even a wide modern phrase like “mixed-race” is not a polite swap-in for this one word, which is narrower and much nastier. Never use it as a joke, a history-quiz label for a living person, or a “more precise” term.

Though actually不過事實上，even a wide modern phrase like "mixed-race"就連「mixed-race」（混血）這種現代常用的說法 is not a polite swap-in for this one word也不能當作這個字有禮貌的替代詞，which is narrower and much nastier因為這個字指得更窄、也難聽得多。Never use it as a joke絕對不要把它當笑話用，a history-quiz label for a living person也不要拿來當歷史考題裡稱呼活人的標籤，or a "more precise" term或當成「比較精確」的說法。