variants or less commonly mixed race
: deriving from or made up of two or more races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
mixed-race families/couples
his mixed-race heritage
especially : having parents or ancestors of different races
Factors like location and physical presentation greatly alter the experiences of mixed-race people. Tatjana Freund
He has recently published Mixed Feelings, a combination of poetry and interviews with other mixed race individuals that focuses on self-identity. Victoria Vouloumanos and Andrea Ruggiero
Disney+ has officially given the female-led Doogie Howser, M.D. reboot, with a working title of Doogie Kameāloha, M.D., a 10-episode series order. The new show is a reimagining of the 1989 dramedy that will star a mixed-race 16-year-old girl as the titular Doogie, a role originally played by Neil Patrick Harris. Allison Picurro

Examples of mixed-race in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web When Aren is instructed by his dealer to court a collector, the White arts patron mistakes our mixed-race hero for a caterer and hands him his empty wine glass. Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024 Linnie Willis says students were surprised the university was promoting the show by Up With People, a mixed-race international singing group. Debbie Elliott, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024 Her character, Carmen, was the emotional center of the film laden with nuances about navigating female friendship and growing up in a mixed-race household. Isabela Espadas Barros Leal, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2024 Eventually, factories started fielding their own teams with black and mixed-race players. Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 That’s a pile for a folk-art portrait, even though Johnson is a mixed-race artist in our age of diversity and the portrait has been in the same family for 220 years. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024 That the small percentage of mixed-race (mulatto) population holds a disproportionate portion of the wealth and power over the 95% Black majority fuels the anger and distrust of the masses. Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 24 Jan. 2024 Now, Waheed is raising two mixed-race children with her husband Matt, who claims Mexican, Spanish and English roots. Megan Ulu Lani Boyanton, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024 What remains are mestizo or mixed-race descendants of the Selk’nam, but as a people, they were completely murdered. Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mixed-race was in 1872

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“Mixed-race.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed-race. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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