mixed-race
Americanadjective
adjective
Sensitive Note
Despite the stigma sometimes associated with a mixed-race heritage and the fact that some mixed-race people identify with just one ethnic group, the term itself is usually considered acceptable.
Usage
The term mixed-race may well cause offence. The people so labelled might object to being thought of as a mixture, and identify with one ethnic group. Possible alternatives when referring specifically to ethic origins are of mixed ethnicity and of mixed ethnic origin
Etymology
Origin of mixed-race
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Gardon pointed out that Newsom was speaking to a mixed-race audience during the conversation with Dickens.
From Los Angeles Times
Their varied ranks included people of European, Indigenous and mixed-race origins.
From Los Angeles Times
Mary Edmonia Lewis, a mixed-race sculptor who attended Oberlin College, learned her trade in Boston, then moved to Rome.
“Look at his daughters. I’m not saying this movie is literal, but I think Bob and Willa’s dynamic was so important to Paul as someone who has mixed-race daughters. He gets it.”
From Los Angeles Times
Since apartheid and white-minority rule ended in 1994, many black and mixed-race residents moved from townships outside the city to the centre to be closer to their workplaces.
From BBC
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