Improving the “mulatto” definition on wikipedia: what we can do
This thread is for us to brainstorm how to improve the “mulatto” definition on wikipedia, and to make sure the improvements stay in the definition Here’s some of my thoughts:
1. Make it clear “mulatto” equally means people who are first generation AND multigeneration white/black mixed.
2. Emphasize the “mullawad” etymology of mulatto meaning “mixed’ in arabic as at least equal to the “mulo” etymology of meaning mule. I think one anonymous person keeps trying to emphasize the “mulo” etymology and put down the “mullawad” etymology for the sole purpose of trying to harm positive mulatto identity.
3. Make it clear many people in Brazil and other places DO identify as “mulatto”. Make it clear many people in America DO consider “mulatto” to be a positive identification label.
4. A bunch of us need to commit to visit the “mulatto” page on wikipedia regularly, make sure it’s edited to reflect positive mulatto identity fairly, and to remove unfair, negative edits.
The good people at mulatto.org discuss. It’s a couple years old, but the discussion is still relevant. A nice little piece of community organizing.
