Biracial

Lisa M. Edwards & Noah E. Adrians & Elizabeth P. McCadden

The term biracial refers to individuals who are born to parents who are each of a different racial background. For example, the child of an African American mother and an Asian American father would be considered biracial. Similarly, a person with one White parent and one Native American parent would also be considered biracial. The term multiracial , which is used to describe individuals of two or more races, is inclusive of the term biracial . An example of a multiracial individual would be someone with White, Native American, and African American parentage. It is important to note that distinctions between race and ethnicity are complex and, at times, controversial within U.S. society. Currently the U.S. Census considers Hispanic an ethnicity rather than a racial category. Therefore, an individual with one Latino/a parent and one White parent, for example, would not be considered biracial, though he or she may multiethnic ...

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