Mulatto Haitians

Mulatto (French: mulâtre, Haitian Creole: milat) is a term in Haiti that is historically linked to Haitians who are born to one white parent and one black parent, or to two mulatto parents. Contemporary usage of the term in Haiti is also applied to the bourgeoisie, pertaining to high social and economic stature.

People of mulatto or white descent constitute a minority of 5 percent of the Haitian population.

See also

• Affranchi
• Gens de couleur
• Free people of color
• Afro-Haitians
• White Haitians
• Marabou
• Mulatto
• Passing (racial identity)
• Creole peoples

References and footnotes

1. Haitians
2. White Haitians
3. Mulatto
4. Arab Haitians
5. Afro-Haitians
6. Alexandre Pétion
7. Palestinian Haitians
8. Jean-Claude Duvalier
9. Michèle Bennett
10. United States occupation of Haiti
11. French Haitians
12. Sténio Vincent
13. Haitian Americans
14. Simone Duvalier
15. Louis Eugène Roy
16. Black elite
17. Affranchi
18. Sacatra
19. Social class in Haiti
20. Charlemagne Péralte