biracially
With mixed racial heritage
In a manner relating to or involving two races.
A person who is biracially Black and white has parents of different racial backgrounds.
The term appears in discussions of identity, heritage, and lived experience: She was raised biracially, navigating both cultures.
Of multiple ancestries
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- parentageFamily line origin
- descentDownward slope or lineage
bloodline · genealogy · roots · kinship · forebears · background · inheritance · maternal
Claiming an identity label
- self-conceptOne's own identity perception
- self-perceptionHow one views oneself
- belongingState of fitting in
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
passing · neither-nor · in-between · othering · self-discovery · authenticity · visibility · erasure
Combining into a whole
- inclusionBeing made part
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
stereotypes · microaggressions · colorism · exoticization · fetishization · representation · visibility · census
Of two cultural backgrounds
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- interculturalBetween different cultures
- multiculturalIncluding multiple ethnic traditions
- fusionJoining into unity
syncretism · customs · traditions · holidays · languages · bilingual · foods · celebrations
Mixed into uniformity
- siblingsFellow offspring
- half-siblingsChildren sharing one parent
- parentsMother and father
- in-lawsRelatives through marriage
upbringing · household · relatives · parenting · generational · navigating · explaining · resemblance
mixed-race
Of multiple ancestries
descent · bloodline · genealogy · roots · kinship · forebears · background · inheritance · maternal · paternal
self-identification
Claiming an identity label
- self-conceptOne's own identity perception
- self-perceptionHow one views oneself
- belongingState of fitting in
code-switching · passing · neither-nor · in-between · othering · self-discovery · authenticity · visibility · erasure · categorization
integration
Combining into a whole
- inclusionBeing made part
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
prejudice · stereotypes · microaggressions · colorism · exoticization · fetishization · representation · visibility · census · classification
bicultural
Of two cultural backgrounds
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- interculturalBetween different cultures
- multiculturalIncluding multiple ethnic traditions
fusion · syncretism · customs · traditions · holidays · languages · bilingual · foods · celebrations · practices
blended
Mixed into uniformity
- siblingsFellow offspring
- half-siblingsChildren sharing one parent
- parentsMother and father
in-laws · upbringing · household · relatives · parenting · generational · navigating · explaining · resemblance · phenotype