How to Use bicultural in a Sentence

bicultural

adjective
  • This person that was in the middle, that was living a bicultural life.
    TheWeek, 28 Mar. 2020
  • By necessity, most POCs have had to be bicultural and aware of white culture.
    Marcus Harrison Green, The Seattle Times, 10 June 2019
  • Want to shape your bicultural child’s sense of self before society does?
    Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2022
  • Its founders envision a bicultural refuge where students on both sides could learn about art, music and each other.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 June 2021
  • Part of the metro Vancouver area, Richmond is a bicultural city located to the south, about a 30-minute drive from downtown Vancouver.
    Kai Oliver-Kurtin, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Hilaria has talked for years about raising her five children, who all have Spanish names, in a bilingual and bicultural household.
    Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 30 Dec. 2020
  • These bicultural artists often play with the gray areas between sexualities, too—much like the show.
    Laura Zornosa, Time, 25 Oct. 2022
  • That future is bilingual, bicultural, at times in English, other times in Spanish.
    David Bauder, The Seattle Times, 28 Jan. 2019
  • The most pressing issue, however, is the lack of bilingual, bicultural mental health services.
    Jared Weber, USA TODAY, 17 July 2019
  • In thinking about Selena and bicultural identity, one of the things that stands out to me about her is that someone who didn’t even speak Spanish that well wasn’t seen as an American by Mexican crowds.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Here, the filmmaker (who speaks English but spoke through a translator) discusses what freedom looks like in the eyes of young girls, learning to reconcile her bicultural identities, and the road to Cuties.
    Candice Frederick, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Oct. 2020
  • For many Asian Americans, Zhu’s treatment during the Games highlighted some of the challenges that come with having a bicultural identity.
    NBC News, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The center of our bicultural banquet remained empty, awaiting its diva, which still sat uncovered in the oven so that its skin would remain as crispy as possible.
    Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
  • And so another Puerto Rican culinary legend has left a hole in the bicultural paradox of the diaspora’s need to feel connected in our world of ni de aqui, ni de alla.
    Illyanna Maisonet, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 May 2018
  • The embrace of the bicultural market extends beyond music.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Why do Black students benefit from learning to be ‘bicultural’?
    Elizabeth Aries, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • His unique identity as a Afro-Latino teen from Brooklyn who is bilingual and bicultural has been a chance for the industry to resonate with diverse communities.
    Nicole Chavez, CNN, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Baldwin’s defense seems to cast the issue as ignorant backlash against her bicultural background.
    Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Sonically, the group took the rancheras out of Mexico and gave them a street-style, bicultural spin with a rags-to-riches lyrical approach, while still fondly reflecting on its neighborhood hustle.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 27 June 2023
  • That would be the bicultural fluidity so central to many immigrant New Yorkers.
    Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Because of the surge in coronavirus cases, Nguyen and her family were not planning to get together for their usual bicultural Thanksgiving meal of spring rolls, turkey and mashed potatoes.
    Stephanie Lai, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2020
  • Like many residents in this border region, Vargas knows what a bilingual, binational and bicultural life is like.
    Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Applicants from around the world are drawn by grants, funded in part by the government, and the opportunity to test their products on a bilingual, bicultural market that operates under United States law.
    Lizette Alvarez, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2017
  • The episodes focus primarily on the experiences of Latinx people in the U.S., capturing a range of bicultural approaches to art and self-expression.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Rancho Humilde counts more than 80 acts who share one mission: to evolve the regional Mexican music tradition for a younger, more bicultural generation of fans.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021
  • Now more than ever, Becky G is embracing the bicultural experience and encouraging the Latinx community to do the same.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Apart from niche jokes about regional culture differences, these meme accounts often speak to the shared experience of being bilingual and bicultural as a young overseas Chinese.
    Caiwei Chen, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The Colegio developed a bilingual and bicultural curriculum that allowed students to direct their own studies.
    oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Kwong was fluently bilingual and bicultural, and deeply attached to Chinese America.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 3 May 2017
  • In Inheritors, Luna, a young, bicultural Berkeley professor, arrives in Japan to deal with her father’s affairs after his death.
    Tash Aw, The New York Review of Books, 9 Mar. 2021

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