mixed-race

[ mikst-reys ]

adjective

, Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.

1. denoting or relating to a person whose parents belong to different racial or ethnic groups:

   mixed-race Brazilians.

mixed-race

adjective

1. relating to or characteristic of people of different ethnic origins

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

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mixed-race¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Furthermore, mixed race children are the fastest growing population in the country.

From The Daily Beast

Not to mention the fact the current president is the product of a mixed-race union.

From The Daily Beast

The video features four people who fit the stereotypes of an Obama campaign ad—mixed race, young, and entrepreneurial.

From The Daily Beast

(If you haven't seen the ad starring his mixed-race son, check it out, it's awfully good).

From The Daily Beast

“You have a black person, a black person of mixed race and a white person,” he said about the suspects.

From The Daily Beast

They were Semites with the inborn religious spirit which is characteristic of the Semite, and they were also a mixed race.

From Project Gutenberg

There were a few thousand inhabitants of mixed race, and the tropical climate, though moist and enervating, is fairly salubrious.

From Project Gutenberg

These people of mixed race generally seem unfortunate in the first generation.

From Project Gutenberg

The Samaritans were a mixed race who observed the law of Moses.

From Project Gutenberg

On our side, we have a more recently mixed race than yours; you've begun to inbreed.

From Project Gutenberg