biracial

English

Etymology

bi- +‎ racial

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

Adjective

biracial (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to two races
  2. Having parents of two races

Usage notes

In 2006 British anthropological surveys by Peter J. Aspinall et al, out of 311 student respondents who identified as “mixed race” and 15 who did not, 19 found the term “biracial” offensive and 13 indicated it was a preferred term.[1]

See also

Noun

biracial (plural biracials)

  1. A person belonging to two races.
    • 2018, Lauren Davenport, Politics Beyond Black and White (page 60)
      Black-white biracials who are Baptist may be more inclined than nonreligious black-white biracials to identify as singularly black because they perceive a stronger emotional racial attachment to African Americans.

References
  1. Aspinall, Peter J. (April 2009), “'Mixed Race', 'Mixed Origins' or What? Generic Terminology for the Multiple Racial/Ethnic Group Population”, in Anthropology Today‎, volume 25, issue 2, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8322.2009.00653.x, ISSN 0268-540X, JSTOR 20528211, OCLC 787833449, archived from the original on 2010-07-15, pages 3–8

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