Seriously. At that time in history, a lot of people considered blacks to be a 'different race' that was less intelligent than whites. Subhuman mongrel races and all that rot. Many people believed that the offspring of a black and white pairing would produce a child that was mentally deficient and possibly sterile.
Mulatto is the spanish word for Mule, point of fact.
Here. I found a link to race laws. They'll make you sick. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-miscegenation_laws
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Date: 2008-05-15 11:26 pm (UTC)Mulatto is the spanish word for Mule, point of fact.
Here. I found a link to race laws. They'll make you sick. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-miscegenation_laws