Some black people reject the term dreadlocks and call their hair locs because they refuse to characterise their hairstyle as dreadful and encourage others to do the same.

What would you call someone with black hair. In many cases it refers to people of Irish ancestry who have features that are darker than stereotypical Irish features blue or green eyes reddish hair and pale skin. There is great sensitivity around the word nappy which is used to describe kinky coiled Black hair. Theyre called people with black hair Anonymous 2 Reply 1- I would hardly say that someones hair color is a label its simply an observation.

I guess it depended on the capacity of ones eye sight when recognizing my real hair color lol. The term traditionally applied to an individual of half-black and half-white heritage is mulatto though that term is considered somewhat archaic and even offensive in some circles due to its origins. Saying black is also safer and more literal than most but it seems a little labelling as if you ARE black rather than somebody with black skin.

Black hair in any state can be down right fascinating. When they say something negative about black people and then say Not you. Brunette but sometimes people use raven-haired to make it clear they mean a deep black.

Yellow bone Lightcolored Black people. The normal term used by people of african decent during the early 60s was either colored or Negro. The term mulatto is rooted in the Spanish word for mule which is half donkey and half horse.

I lived during that time. Its roots date as far back as the 17th century. Note its one thing if youre talking about them to someone else.

Anyone of mixed heritage especially black or white people. This happened to my co-worker who is black. What Is Half-Black and Half-White Person Called.