mixed-race

[ mikst-reys ]

adjectiveSometimes Disparaging and Offensive.

denoting or relating to a person whose parents belong to different racial or ethnic groups: mixed-race Brazilians.

Origin of mixed-race

First recorded in 1860–65

usage note For mixed-race

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.

Words Nearby mixed-race

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How to use mixed-race in a sentence

Furthermore, mixed race children are the fastest growing population in the country.
Obama Is Right on Race. The Media Is Wrong. | Keli Goff | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Not to mention the fact the current president is the product of a mixed-race union.
The Ongoing Stigma of Interracial Dating | Keli Goff | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The video features four people who fit the stereotypes of an Obama campaign ad—mixed race, young, and entrepreneurial.
How to Kickstart World War III in Syria: A YouTube Parody Primer | Miranda Green | September 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
(If you haven't seen the ad starring his mixed-race son, check it out, it's awfully good).
New York City: DeBlasio Running Away? | Michael Tomasky | August 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
“You have a black person, a black person of mixed race and a white person,” he said about the suspects.
Inside the ‘Boredom’ Killing That Has Shocked Oklahoma | Christine Pelisek | August 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

They were Semites with the inborn religious spirit which is characteristic of the Semite, and they were also a mixed race.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations | Archibald Sayce
There were a few thousand inhabitants of mixed race, and the tropical climate, though moist and enervating, is fairly salubrious.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
These people of mixed race generally seem unfortunate in the first generation.
Letters from America | Rupert Brooke
The Samaritans were a mixed race who observed the law of Moses.
Water Baptism | James H. Moon
On our side, we have a more recently mixed race than yours; you've begun to inbreed.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II | Burton J. Hendrick

British Dictionary definitions for mixed-race

mixed-race

adjective

relating to or characteristic of people of different ethnic origins

usage For mixed-race

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

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