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Biracial means having two races, i.e. white and black. Multiracial means having multiple races, i.e. 1/4 black, 1/4 white, and 1/2 latino.

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Are people who are 25 percent white and 75 percent black consitered biracial or black?

people who are only 1/4 white but the rest of them is black are consitered black. It's that simple, they are not biracial or multiracial. Biracial people are people that are 50/50 in blood and multiracial people have more then 3 races in them. So if a biracial(black/white) has children with a white person it's either that kid is consitered white or biracial but if that biracial person has children with a black person, those children are black. Once you have 75% or more black blood in you you are black. For example Barack Obama daughters are in this category, those children are black girls with 25% white blood in them, and grow up as black women, which they are. So unless that biracial person marrys someone of another race, that's when the kids will be called multiracial. But also take into consideration that almost all blacks in the U.S. with slave ancestry have some white blood in them.


How do the terms biracial and multiracial relate to WEB Dubois notion of a color line?

W.E.B. Du Bois's notion of the "color line" refers to the social and economic divisions created by racial discrimination, primarily between Black and white individuals. In this context, the terms biracial and multiracial highlight the complexities of identity that arise from having parents of different racial backgrounds. These identities can challenge the rigid boundaries of the color line, as biracial and multiracial individuals often navigate multiple racial and cultural affiliations. Thus, their existence calls into question the binary nature of racial categorization that Du Bois critiqued.


What showrunner was criticized for the all-white casts of Friends set in multiracial New York and The Class set in multiracial Philadelphia?

David Crane


What do you call a half black and half white?

A half-white and half-black child is called a Multiracial.


Is Michaela Pereira Portuguese?

NO. She is Biracial (black & white) she was adopted by a Portuguese family.

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Are people who are 25 percent white and 75 percent black consitered biracial or black?

people who are only 1/4 white but the rest of them is black are consitered black. It's that simple, they are not biracial or multiracial. Biracial people are people that are 50/50 in blood and multiracial people have more then 3 races in them. So if a biracial(black/white) has children with a white person it's either that kid is consitered white or biracial but if that biracial person has children with a black person, those children are black. Once you have 75% or more black blood in you you are black. For example Barack Obama daughters are in this category, those children are black girls with 25% white blood in them, and grow up as black women, which they are. So unless that biracial person marrys someone of another race, that's when the kids will be called multiracial. But also take into consideration that almost all blacks in the U.S. with slave ancestry have some white blood in them.


Is raven symone biracial?

No, because there is no such thing as "biracial". She is a non white person that identifies as black. Yes, she is in fact a product of two different races. She is African American and Native American.


What does multiracial mean?

multiracial is someone who is more then 2 races.biracial is someone who is of 2 racesmonoracial is someone of 1 race


Is Mariah Carey considered White?

Most of the time, yes, because she looks White. However, she is really multiracial (white mother/biracial Black/White Hispanic father).


Is sickle cell disease inherited in biracial children?

what's biracial mean


Your dad is white your mom is Japanese and white what are you considered?

If your father is white, and your mother is half Japanese, then you are quarter Japanese.


What other word would you use instead of mulatto?

The politically correct term is "biracial" or "of mixed race."


Is wentworth millers father biracial or black?

His mother is white and his father is black


Black man and a whit women have a child what race will the child be?

The child will be biracial, with a mix of both Black and White ethnicities. The child's race would be considered multiracial or mixed race.


Is Lionel Richie's biracial?

Lionel Richie is a Afro American simply because he African American and he has a afro.


How would do you use multiracial in a sentence?

The multiracial organization worked on promoting cooperation. The multiracial couple were shunned by the community.


What is a person called if they are three races?

Well I would assume that since people of two races are called BIracial, then people of three races are called TRIracial.