biracial
adjective
bi·ra·cial
(ˌ)bī-ˈrā-shəl 
: of, relating to, or involving members of two races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
a biracial coalition
biracial couples
also
: having parents from two races
biracial children
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Although there wasn’t a noose around the neck of the doll, the symbolism for some was a lynching because Mahomes is biracial.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2025
During a run-through for one of the boat’s many melodramas, a Mississippi sheriff storms in, tipped off that Julie is secretly biracial.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
The lawsuit also referenced a 2023 incident in which musician David Ryan Harris, who is Black, was stopped on the jetway by an American Airlines employee and police officers in Atlanta and accused of trafficking his own kids, who are biracial.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
During the campaign, President-elect Donald Trump accused Harris, who is biracial, of toggling between being Indian and being Black.
—Raven Maragh-Lloyd, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2025
During a run-through for one of the boat’s many melodramas, a Mississippi sheriff storms in, tipped off that Julie is secretly biracial.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
The lawsuit also referenced a 2023 incident in which musician David Ryan Harris, who is Black, was stopped on the jetway by an American Airlines employee and police officers in Atlanta and accused of trafficking his own kids, who are biracial.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
During the campaign, President-elect Donald Trump accused Harris, who is biracial, of toggling between being Indian and being Black.
—Raven Maragh-Lloyd, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
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biracial
adjective
bi·ra·cial
(ˈ)bī-ˈrā-shəl
: of, relating to, or involving people from two races
biracial communities
especially
: having biological parents of two different ethnic identities
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