How to refer to people of mixed race?
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00:00 How To Refer To People Of Mixed Race?
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01:21 Answer 2 Score 3
01:56 Answer 3 Score 0
02:11 Answer 4 Score 3
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ANSWER 1
Score 8
People. Pretty sure about 99.9% of all people are mixed to some extent.
If you find someone who is really mixed - like me - then I would use mutt.
You are referring to their skin color not race, because if a person had a black dad and white mom but appeared white the question may never come up - given you don't know the mom and dad. You are referring to when people have traits (mainly skin color) of opposing ethnicity.
Multi-ethnicity if I had to label a couple that looks different.
Global or integrated or diverse if you want something cool to say or code-talk. These words would have to have context.
ANSWER 2
Score 3
I believe the term you're looking for is multiracial
adj.
- Made up of, involving, or acting on behalf of various races: a multiracial society.
- Having ancestors of several or various races.
— source thefreedictionary.com
To address your second point, a person that is descended from black and non-black parent is often called a mulatto. As the Wikipedia article explains, the term has no firm definition, and it may not be not entirely free from negative connotations, but it's generally acceptable.
ANSWER 3
Score 3
one word I've seen and heard used many times is inter-racial if that helps.
ANSWER 4
Score 0
"People of mixed race" seems to be pretty good. I don't think you're going to find more specific words without annoying somebody (although "hapa" seems to be an inoffensive word for mixed Asian and not).