mixed-race

English

Alternative forms

mixed race

Adjective

(of a person) Having genetic characteristics of two or more different races.

Usage notes

In 2006 British anthropological surveys by Peter J. Aspinall et al, out of 75 general population respondents who identified as “mixed race” and one who did not, none found the term “mixed race” offensive and 32 indicated it was a preferred term. Out of 311 student respondents who identified as “mixed race” and 15 who did not, six found the term “mixed race” offensive and 176 indicated it was a preferred term.^[1]

Translations

having genetic characteristics of two or more different races

Finnish: sekarotuinen (fi)
French: métis (fr), métissé (fr)
German: gemischtrassig
Hebrew: בֶּן תַּעֲרֹבֶת m (ben ta'aróvet)
Hungarian: kevert rasszú, félvér (hu), mesztic (hu)
Macedonian: мелез m (melez)
Russian: сме́шанной ра́сы (sméšannoj rásy)
Spanish: mestizo (es), de raza mixta, mixto racialmente
Welsh: cymysgryw

References

^ Aspinall, Peter J. (2009 April) “'Mixed Race', 'Mixed Origins' or What? Generic Terminology for the Multiple Racial/Ethnic Group Population”, in Houtman, Gustaaf, editor, Anthropology Today‎^[1], volume 25, number 2, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, →DOI, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2010-07-15, pages 3–8

[1] Aspinall, Peter J. (2009 April) “'Mixed Race', 'Mixed Origins' or What? Generic Terminology for the Multiple Racial/Ethnic Group Population”, in Houtman, Gustaaf, editor, Anthropology Today‎^[1], volume 25, number 2, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, →DOI, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2010-07-15, pages 3–8

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