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Posted on 10/20/2017 3:47:40 PM PDT by markomalley
CNN host Jake Tapper used the racially charged term “mulatto” to describe the Haitian elite in the 1990s, a GotNews review of Mr. Tapper’s old writings reveals.
Writing for the Washington City Paper, Tapper wrote a piece that ran June 26th, 1998, titled “The Witch Doctor is In.” In it, he used the offensive term to describe the victims of dictator Francois Duvalier’s militias:
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According to dictionary.com, ‘mulatto’ is an “offensive” term used to describe “a person who has both black and white ancestors.”
In his article, Tapper also described an elderly Haitian man named Brun Icart as “black as night.”
Earlier this week, GotNews uncovered a sexist piece Tapper wrote in 1998 in which he fat-shamed sexual abuse victim Monica Lewinsky after he dated her. Tapper has several additional ties to the Clintons, having worked as press secretary for Democrat Congresswoman Marjorie Margolies, who is Chelsea Clinton’s mother-in-law.
“I’m not surprised that someone this close to the Clintons has such bigoted contempt for the Haitian people, given the rank devastation they’ve caused down there,” conservative political activist Jack Posobiec noted.
Stay tuned for more.
I thought it was a haircut.
I’ll have to be more careful.
Didn’t Jake Tapper report on Clinton scandals the rest of the media wouldn’t?
Is it really wrong to use that word?
I can’t keep up with trends in society
So I’m assuming that ‘quadroon’ is out as well?
We were taught the word in elementary school.
I didn’t know “mulatto” was verboten now.
Doesn't get more elite than the king of...
I guess it sounds better than “High Yellows.”
Apparently the word has an unfortunate etymology:
‘”MULATTO” IS A DON’T
Mulatto arguably has the ugliest roots of the antiquated terms on this list. Historically used to describe the child of a black person and a white person, the term reportedly originates from the Spanish word “mulato,” which, in turn, originates from the word “mula,” or mule—the offspring of a horse and a donkey. Clearly, this term is offensive, as it compares the union of human beings to that of animals.’
https://www.thoughtco.com/avoid-these-five-racial-terms-2834959
[The link goes to a very liberal site, so take the information with a grain of salt.]
LMAO
My Hispanic dad always used the term mulatto when it applied, it means “mixed race” in Spanish. For Hispanics, it’s a descriptive term, not an insult.
Blacks use the term “high yaller” on each other (darker blacks say it about light skinned blacks), and they say it with contempt. I think it’s a far more insulting term.
So little Jakey Tapper isn’t P. C. pure as the driven snow, my my my.
I believe it was Mark Twain who opined it was the animals that might rightly take offense at such comparisons.
Humans ARE animals.
Why have a word if you cannot use it?
I think Gotnews is trying to throw crap. I don’t see mulatto as offensive.
I hadn’t heard that. Twain/Clemmons was a very witty guy.
Mulatto is used within Haiti to describe individuals in the upper economic class. Historically, the term is also used to describe the mixed-race faction during the Haitian revolution and subsequent civil war. I don’t believe the word is considered a racial slur outside of America, but it is the proper term used by Haitians and not considered remotely offensive.
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