multiethnic
adjective
mul·ti·eth·nic
ˌməl-tē-ˈeth-nik 
-ˌtī-
: made up of people of various ethnicities
a multiethnic country
also
: of, relating to, reflecting, or adapted to diverse ethnicities
multiethnic literature
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However, most of these don't go beyond analysing a biracial experience or involve the experience of multiethnic people who are also Indigenous.
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Phoebe McIlwraith, refinery29.com, 9 Feb. 2024
Two-thirds of its 34,800 students are low income; Latinos make up 53% followed by whites at 14%, Black students at 13%, Asians and Filipinos at 11% and multiethnic students at 8%.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
Islamist extremists killed at least 21 people in coordinated attacks against minority Christians and Jews in Russia’s southernmost, multiethnic but mainly Muslim republic of Dagestan on Sunday – the third major terrorist incident in Russia in as many months, according to the government.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2024
The form of nationalism that was articulated by the right-wingers who wanted to see a Trump figure was really more appropriate to Europe than the United States, which has always been a multiethnic and pluralistic society.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 18 June 2024
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Phoebe McIlwraith, refinery29.com, 9 Feb. 2024
Two-thirds of its 34,800 students are low income; Latinos make up 53% followed by whites at 14%, Black students at 13%, Asians and Filipinos at 11% and multiethnic students at 8%.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
Islamist extremists killed at least 21 people in coordinated attacks against minority Christians and Jews in Russia’s southernmost, multiethnic but mainly Muslim republic of Dagestan on Sunday – the third major terrorist incident in Russia in as many months, according to the government.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2024
The form of nationalism that was articulated by the right-wingers who wanted to see a Trump figure was really more appropriate to Europe than the United States, which has always been a multiethnic and pluralistic society.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 18 June 2024
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“Multiethnic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiethnic. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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