interracial

adjective

in·ter·ra·cial | \ ˌin-tər-ˈrā-shəl

Definition of interracial

: of, involving, or designed for members of different races

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The fact that three of the couples discussed her are interracial simply isn’t enough progress for 2018. — refinery29.com, "TV Has Made Major Strides With Gay Dads — Except For This Big Problem," 14 June 2018 Is this a depiction of an interracial relationship? — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Bert and Ernie, Political Puppets," 19 Sep. 2018 The nation's capital was still a severely segregated city, and Kennedy feared that a picture of the interracial couple might be leaked to newspapers and cause anxiety for his Southern supporters. — Wil Haygood, Town & Country, "The Best (and Worst) White House Parties of All Time," 1 Jan. 2013 Her grandma was The Jeffersons star Roxie Roker, who played half of one of television's first interracial couples. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Zoë Kravitz Recreates Her Mom Lisa Bonet's Nude Rolling Stone Photo," 29 Oct. 2018 All of a sudden, the best TV shows are filled with young women exploring their bisexuality later in life, often in interracial relationships. — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, "Why Summer TV Needs The Bold Type's Kadena," 3 July 2018 Families are a mix: white, black, Latino, interracial and intercontinental, some of whom speak French at home. — Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "At this MPS school, a mission of inclusion — and immersion in the French language — is vibrant after 40 years," 12 June 2018 Her brother, David Higginbottom, worried that his grandfather might have been murdered for having an interracial romance. — Vanessa Gregory, New York Times, "A Lynching’s Long Shadow," 25 Apr. 2018 During a pre-Broadway run in Denver last year, Alladin received hate mail regarding his race and the on-stage interracial romance. — USA TODAY, "Broadway gets 'Frozen': How a modern movie classic became a hot new musical," 18 Mar. 2018

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