transracial

English

Etymology

trans- +‎ racial

Adjective

transracial (not comparable)

  1. Encompassing more than one race of people; interracial.
    Synonym: transrace (rare)
    transracial adoption ― adoption by person(s) of one race of a child of another race
  2. (neologism, rare) Identifying as a member of a different race of people than the race that one was born into.
    Hyponym: transblack
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:transracial.

Usage notes
  • The second sense, which came to prominence in 2015 in connection with Rachel Dolezal, is criticized (especially by transracial adoptees) as an "erroneous, ahistorical" appropriation of the term.[1][2][3]

See also

References
  1. McFadden, Syreeta (2015 June 16) “Rachel Dolezal's definition of 'transracial' isn't just wrong, it's destructive”, in The Guardian‎
  2. Kai-Hwa Wang, Frances (2015 June 17) “Adoptees to Rachel Dolezal: You're Not Transracial”, in NBC News‎, retrieved December 17, 2017
  3. Moyer, Justin Wm. (2015 June 17) “Rachel Dolezal draws ire of transracial adoptees”, in The Washington Post‎, retrieved December 17, 2017

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