How to Use biracial in a Sentence

biracial

adjective
  • Michaela is one of two people of color in the film, and the only subject who is biracial or African American.
    Rebecca Lurye, Courant Community, 3 June 2018
  • For me as a fat, masculine-of-center, black/biracial cisgender woman, all of these parts of my identity have been attacked in adulthood.
    S. D. Chrismon, The Root, 15 June 2018
  • The airlines are back at it again, with Southwest being accused of demanding that a white mother prove that her infant biracial son was indeed her own.
    Breanna Edwards, The Root, 30 May 2018
  • Southwest Airlines has apologized after an employee asked a mother to prove her biracial son was hers before boarding a flight with the baby.
    Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE.com, 30 May 2018
  • According to reports, the actress found the action to be, in her words, an attempt on Aubrey’s part to stifle Nahla’s biracial identity.
    Vogue, 15 June 2018
  • When has white men desiring or partnering with black—or, as Meghan identifies, mixed race or biracial—women ever eroded white male violence?
    Kirsten West Savali, The Root, 20 May 2018
  • As the father of two biracial children, his material portrays domestic scenes navigating parenting in a racist world.
    Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 26 June 2018
  • In a rare public statement, delivered on Instagram, the rapper, who is biracial, said that his poses in blackface were a commentary on race from his days as a young actor.
    Joe Coscarelli, New York Times, 31 May 2018
  • McQueen was inspired to create the character after being struck by an image of a young biracial person taken from the time period of the Blitz.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Markle, an outspoken biracial American divorcée walked unescorted down the aisle, followed by her 10 bridesmaids and page boys.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 20 May 2018
  • Coach Lindsay Gottlieb said on Twitter on Monday night that the question appeared to stem from her being white and her 1-year-old son being biracial.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 29 May 2018
  • And there weren’t a ton of biracial people with my hair and my eyes on TV.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 7 July 2024
  • Britain’s not racist, but the biracial duchess got bullied out.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 15 July 2021
  • Caitlin Keryc, of New York City, has a 4-year-old daughter who is biracial.
    The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The biracial Noah is the first host of color to win in this category.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Markle is biracial and has a black mother and white father.
    Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2019
  • Your co-worker might be white, but her son might be biracial.
    Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 24 July 2019
  • And of the eight WilmerHale lawyers who have argued before the court since the 2017 term, three are women and two are biracial.
    Tobi Raji, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Moore, who is biracial, grew up in Ullin, a small town about 20 minutes south of Anna.
    Logan Jaffe, ProPublica, 12 June 2020
  • Carey shared with Markle about her own struggles fitting in as a biracial young girl.
    Tre'vaughn Howard, CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The family, which has lived in Allen since 2011 and is biracial, planned to move to a different house in the city, Hawkins Sr. said.
    Dallas News, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Wendy Scott showed up with her 5-year-old twins — a boy and a girl — who are biracial and raised by lesbian mothers.
    David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Eaves, who's biracial, was adopted and grew up in an all-Black household.
    Dominique Yates, The Courier-Journal, 21 May 2021
  • Markle is biracial, with a black mother and white father.
    Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Taylor, who is Black and biracial, already felt afraid of the police.
    Alicia Eler, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
  • One was a white woman married to a Black man with a biracial daughter.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Kane Brown, who is biracial, some songwriters refuse to write with him.
    Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 9 June 2020
  • There’s no ignoring the elephant in the room — Meghan is a biracial Black woman.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Growing up as a biracial child in Los Angeles taught me a lot.
    De Los Staff, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • And although Allred has not made his biracial identity a key component of his campaign, the significance of his race and his diverse base is not lost on him.
    Char Adams, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024

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