mixed-race
adjective
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
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
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
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In the Silicon Valley and the Tri Valley – the Bay Area’s fastest growing region – more than half of residents are Asian, Latino, Black or mixed-race, and a growing share of suburbanites are immigrants.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
Many began moving away and marrying outside their own communities — which could have also led to more mixed-race births, Takada Rooks added.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 May 2026
Genealogists later unearthed that his maternal grandparents were Creole people from Louisiana — an often mixed-race cultural identity linked to French, Spanish, African and Indigenous heritages.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
Announcing its hardcore aspirations with a moody steel-blue palette that suffuses the rural setting with dread, the film takes place almost entirely on a remote cow farm, the home of a mixed-race family of three.
—Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 May 2026
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
Many began moving away and marrying outside their own communities — which could have also led to more mixed-race births, Takada Rooks added.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 May 2026
Genealogists later unearthed that his maternal grandparents were Creole people from Louisiana — an often mixed-race cultural identity linked to French, Spanish, African and Indigenous heritages.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
Announcing its hardcore aspirations with a moody steel-blue palette that suffuses the rural setting with dread, the film takes place almost entirely on a remote cow farm, the home of a mixed-race family of three.
—Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 May 2026
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“Mixed-race.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed-race. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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