biracial
Americanadjective
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consisting of, representing, or combining members of two separate racial groups.
a biracial committee on neighborhood problems.
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having a biological mother from one racial group and a biological father from another.
She's proudly biracial.
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Published in 1978 as the third novel in Butler’s “Patternist” series, “Survivor” follows Alanna, a biracial orphan who is adopted by religious missionaries fleeing a plague-ravaged Earth in search of a new home.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
The biracial funnyman has offered a mix of political satire and light-hearted showbiz banter, and has generally earned decent reviews for his efforts.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
The Silver family is interracial, Lena being black, Sarah white, and Jonah biracial, their parents having married after their respective divorces and everyone converting to Judaism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
Whitfield, who is biracial, claimed that Hassan’s comments about how she got the job on the show besmirched her merits, something that Black women often have to deal with in the workforce.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2025
As a biracial family, the kids exhibited an eclectic mix of physical characteristics and loved comparing which traits they got from what parent.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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