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
Lynette ClemetsonExamples of multiracial in a Sentence
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The agency found that Black job applicants were deemed to have failed the company’s criminal history screening and were denied employment at a rate of 14.5%, while multiracial job seekers were turned away 13.5% of the time and Native Americans were denied at a rate of 13%.
—Michael Rubinkam, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
In the current internet landscape, talk of eliminating hostility from large, multiracial platforms feels idealistic at best—particularly when those platforms are owned by egotistical billionaires such as Elon Musk, who has used Twitter to endorse racist claims and alienate parts of its user base.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
The room filled up with a multiracial and multigenerational group of friends and fans.
—Imani Perry Janina Edwards Krish Seenivasan Devin Murphy, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
More than 8% of students are Hispanic, nearly 5% are multiracial and fewer than 2% are Black, according to Kansas State Department of Education data.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
But a small, steadfast, multiracial movement of citizens is testing the power of the environmental laws.
—Gaiutra Bahadur Keisha Scarville, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Advances in civil rights, economic equality, health-care access, or environmental policy have often triggered reactionary codas; since at least the end of Reconstruction, momentum toward multiracial democracy has inflamed particularly vitriolic responses.
—Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2024
Regarding race and ethnicity, 16% of the applicants were Black/African American, 13% were Hispanic/Latino, 14% were Asian, 5% were Middle Eastern/North African, 2.2% were Indigenous, and 1.2% were multiracial/multiethnic.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
But that fragile multiracial coalition — which for a period understood racial redress as a national good needed to secure and preserve our democracy — has been crushed by the same forces that have used racial polarization to crush these alliances in the past.
—Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Michael Rubinkam, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
In the current internet landscape, talk of eliminating hostility from large, multiracial platforms feels idealistic at best—particularly when those platforms are owned by egotistical billionaires such as Elon Musk, who has used Twitter to endorse racist claims and alienate parts of its user base.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
The room filled up with a multiracial and multigenerational group of friends and fans.
—Imani Perry Janina Edwards Krish Seenivasan Devin Murphy, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
More than 8% of students are Hispanic, nearly 5% are multiracial and fewer than 2% are Black, according to Kansas State Department of Education data.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
But a small, steadfast, multiracial movement of citizens is testing the power of the environmental laws.
—Gaiutra Bahadur Keisha Scarville, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Advances in civil rights, economic equality, health-care access, or environmental policy have often triggered reactionary codas; since at least the end of Reconstruction, momentum toward multiracial democracy has inflamed particularly vitriolic responses.
—Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2024
Regarding race and ethnicity, 16% of the applicants were Black/African American, 13% were Hispanic/Latino, 14% were Asian, 5% were Middle Eastern/North African, 2.2% were Indigenous, and 1.2% were multiracial/multiethnic.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
But that fragile multiracial coalition — which for a period understood racial redress as a national good needed to secure and preserve our democracy — has been crushed by the same forces that have used racial polarization to crush these alliances in the past.
—Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
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multiracial
adjective
mul·ti·ra·cial
ˌməl-ti-ˈrā-shəl
-ˌtī-
: composed of, relating to, or representing various races
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