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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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
So his Romeo comes from a Spanish-speaking immigrant home, while Juliet is an all-American mixed-race teen, and both live on the same side of the wall.
—Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 20 May 2026
Melton, whose mother emigrated from South Korea to the United States in 1990 and whose father served in the U.S. Army for nearly 30 years, is a mixed-race Asian American, like Austin.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 10 May 2026
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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
So his Romeo comes from a Spanish-speaking immigrant home, while Juliet is an all-American mixed-race teen, and both live on the same side of the wall.
—Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 20 May 2026
Melton, whose mother emigrated from South Korea to the United States in 1990 and whose father served in the U.S. Army for nearly 30 years, is a mixed-race Asian American, like Austin.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 10 May 2026
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“Mixed-race.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed-race. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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