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mixed-race

[ mikst-reys ]

adjective

Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.
  1. denoting or relating to a person whose parents belong to different racial or ethnic groups:

    mixed-race Brazilians.



mixed-race

adjective

  1. relating to or characteristic of people of different ethnic origins
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

The term mixed-race may well cause offence. The people so labelled might object to being thought of as a mixture, and identify with one ethnic group. Possible alternatives when referring specifically to ethic origins are of mixed ethnicity and of mixed ethnic origin
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Sensitive Note

Despite the stigma sometimes associated with a mixed-race heritage and the fact that some mixed-race people identify with just one ethnic group, the term itself is usually considered acceptable.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mixed-race1

First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

But Rowling’s series was already imperfect long before she went public with her anti-trans bigotry: her writing of mixed-race and non-white characters is clunky to say the least; the goblin characters are obvious and offensive Jewish stereotypes; and there’s an Asian character named Cho Chang — and that’s just scratching the surface.

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Vargas Llosa’s social position — as part of the well-to-do, fair-skinned, Spanish-speaking elite — also raised questions about how he would govern a country made up largely of Indigenous people and mixed-race mestizos.

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“One Jewish Boy,” which is making its West Coast debut in an Echo Theater Company production at Atwater Village Theatre, wrestles with the burden of antisemitism in the relationship between a young Jewish man and a mixed-race woman.

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Akpoti-Uduaghan first ran for governor of Kogi state in 2019 and alleged that her candidacy was challenged over her mixed-race heritage.

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Fugard, who was a potent moral force on stage, performed the double role of Author and Buks, a mixed-race tenant farmer who must give his granddaughter the freedom to leave their home so that she can pursue her dream of being a famous singer.

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