multiracial
adjective
mul·ti·ra·cial
ˌməl-tē-ˈrā-shəl 
-ˌtī-
1
: composed of, involving, or representing various races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
a multiracial society
multiracial families
"This is real music by real musicians," exclaimed Prince in the midst of "Controversy," one of roughly two dozen songs he performed before an adoring multiracial, all-ages, pansexual, sold-out crowd.—
Ernest Hardy
Ernest Hardy2
: having parents or ancestors of different races
Junior high and high school, with their harsh social delineation, can be particularly tough. But multiracial teens who run the gantlet often emerge with a stronger sense of self.—Lynette Clemetson
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Historians have labored to document the bigotry and violence that Chinese immigrants endured, seeking to incorporate them into the broader narrative of America’s multiracial democracy.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
At a time when white newspaper leaders in the U.S. South helped plan and build the violent political, economic, and social systems of white supremacy that hardened into Jim Crow, Black journalists used their newspapers to document the fight for a multiracial, inclusive democracy.
—Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made By History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
Source: Mongabay The Brussels Court of Appeal ordered the government to compensate five multiracial victims of colonial abductions
Belgium ruled what are now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda from 1908 to 1960.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2025
The photographer’s first campaign under this new course showed a primary school class made up of a multiracial group of children.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 13 Jan. 2025
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Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
At a time when white newspaper leaders in the U.S. South helped plan and build the violent political, economic, and social systems of white supremacy that hardened into Jim Crow, Black journalists used their newspapers to document the fight for a multiracial, inclusive democracy.
—Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made By History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
Source: Mongabay The Brussels Court of Appeal ordered the government to compensate five multiracial victims of colonial abductions
Belgium ruled what are now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda from 1908 to 1960.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2025
The photographer’s first campaign under this new course showed a primary school class made up of a multiracial group of children.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Multiracial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiracial. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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multiracial
adjective
mul·ti·ra·cial
ˌməl-ti-ˈrā-shəl
-ˌtī-
1
: composed of, involving, or representing various races
2
: having parents or ancestors of different races
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