: 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.

What does it mean when someone is biracial?

Although biracial individuals include any persons with parents of differing race, this paper uses the term biracial to identify any individual whose parents are of African and European descent.

What does biracial baby mean?

A multiracial or biracial person is someone whose parents or ancestors are from different racial backgrounds. Over time many terms have been used to describe those that have a multiracial background. Multiracial individuals are defined as those whose parents are of two or more distinct racial groups.

What is an example of biracial?

In addition to looking at the broader group of multiracial adults, we analyze subsets of this group. For example, we look at the following biracial groups: white and black, white and Asian, white and American Indian, and black and American Indian.

How do you use biracial in a sentence?

I have a black wife and two biracial kids, so I feel I have a right. Look at all these biracial kids running around. She is the founder of Biracial Butterfly Productions, an agency that represents models with biracial ethnicity. The population of biracial and multiracial people in the U.S. is growing.

What is the name for mixed-race?

A variety of terms have been used for multi-racial people, including mixed-race, biracial, multiethnic, polyethnic, Métis, Creole, Muwallad, mulatto, Coloured, Dougla, half-caste, mestizo, Melungeon, quadroon, cafuzo/zambo, Eurasian, hapa, hāfu, Garifuna, pardo, and Guran.

Who was the first mixed-race couple?

The first interracial marriage in what is today the United States was that of the woman today commonly known as Pocahontas, who married tobacco planter John Rolfe in 1614. The Quaker Zephaniah Kingsley married (outside the U.S.) a black enslaved woman that he bought in Cuba.