Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, for, or consisting of members of two races.
- adjective Having parents of two different races.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective consisting of, combining two races.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to two
races - adjective Having
parents of two races
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective consisting of or combining two races
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Examples
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I know of 2 cases (one in my research and one in another sociological study) where parents of a white person in an interracial relationship suggested, encouraged, and promoted abortion to prevent the birth of a biracial child (I am hesitantly using the term biracial because most of the white relatives would say the child is black.)
Racist Parents Kidnap Daughter and Try to Force Abortion 2006
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Ms. Chang is being hypocritical when she says that President Obama should not consider himself black simply because that's how society views him - she is insisting he identify as biracial because that's how she WANTS society to view him, or at least because that's how she views him.
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I also reluctantly use the terms biracial, Black, White, Asian American, Latino, and African American.
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I also reluctantly use the terms biracial, Black, White, Asian American, Latino, and African American.
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I also reluctantly use the terms biracial, Black, White, Asian American, Latino, and African American.
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March 30th, 2006 at 6:42 pm reluctantly use the terms biracial, Black, White, Asian American, Latino, and African American.
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The problem with Barack Obama is that sometimes he lynches himself, not with the illusions of grandeur regarding legal prowess or being persecuted by The Left (or progressives) like Clarence Thomas (a beneficiary of affirmative action), but by believing that he is a race-neutral figure (because he is "biracial" -) and not openly challenging racists and racist socioeconomic/political systems.
Question for Barack Obama: Do You Feel the Noose Tightening? 2008
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Don't you realize the same folks who vote for you because they won't vote for a "black" Man (biracial is the proper term.
Clinton takes on TV pundits at distillery stop in Kentucky 2008
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Since the terms biracial and multiracial are gaining in acceptance in our country, more and more children will be free to make a blended identification their choice.
Don’t Bring Home a White Boy KARYN LANGHORNE FOLAN 2010
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Under the homogenizing umbrella of multiculturalism, there are very few venues for people who identify as biracial to have a voice.
Archive 2008-02-01 tanita davis 2008
babygirl592794 commented on the word biracial
this is one weird word even though I am biracial.
September 19, 2011
Dan337 commented on the word biracial
Printed—especially with Latin alphas—it has a lovely, delicately imperfect symmetry.
September 19, 2011