Meaning & use
biracial
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Having parents or ancestry from two different racial backgrounds.
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The documentary followed a biracial family navigating identity and belonging in a small town.
She identifies as biracial, with a Black father and a white mother.
A note on using this word
A neutral, descriptive term commonly used in social, demographic, and personal identity contexts.
Words with a similar meaning
mixed-race
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