Multiracial

/ˌmʌltiˈɹeɪʃəl/ · adjective

Meaning

Composed of, or having a mixture of, multiple races..

Definitions by Sense

1. Composed of, or having a mixture of, multiple races.
2. An individual of more than one race.

Example Sentences

Coined by Taiye Selasi (2005) and Achille Mbembe (2007), the term refers to an Afrocosmopolitan ethos of transcending national differences to forge multiracial communities. Fostered by recent histories of migration and globalization as[…]

“When you say that multiculturalism is ‘not who America is’ and ‘distorts our glorious founding’ you unwittingly confirm the argument of the 1619 Project: That though we were … a multiracial nation from our founding, our founders set forth a government of white rule. Cool,” she wrote on Twitter, also pointing out that the Trump administration tried to censor The 1619 Project.

Hawaii, Obama’s childhood home, is the most diverse state in the Union: 21 percent of residents identified as “Hapa,” a Hawaiian word meaning “half” that has gone from being a slur against mixed-race Asians to a point of pride —— and has increasingly been adopted by multiracials of all kinds on the Mainland.

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• more multiracial
• most multiracial
• multiracials

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