Multi-racialとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌmʌltiˈɹeɪʃəl/
• 韻: -eɪʃəl

形容詞

multiracial (comparative more multiracial, superlative most multiracial)

1. Composed of, or having a mixture of, multiple races.

使用する際の注意点

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, three found the term “multiracial” offensive and two indicated it was a preferred term. Out of 311 student respondents who identified as “mixed race” and 15 who did not, seven found the term “multiracial” offensive and 32 indicated it was a preferred term.^[1]

名詞

multiracial (複数形 multiracials)

1. An individual of more than one race.
   • 2008 March 23, Peggy Orenstein, “Mixed Messenger”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     Hawaii, Obama’s childhood home, is the most diverse state in the Union: 21 percent of residents identified as “Hapa,” a Hawaiian word meaning “half” that has gone from being a slur against mixed-race Asians to a point of pride —— and has increasingly been adopted by multiracials of all kinds on the Mainland.