How to Use interracial in a Sentence

interracial

adjective
  • This is one major reason there has been such a hot national debate over interracial adoptions.
    Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
  • This will be followed by a panel discussion by an interracial couple, biracial children and lawyer.
    Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 21 Feb. 2018
  • If someone opposed interracial marriages, that person would be termed a racist, Mr. Mooppan said.
    Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Or a party store that refuses to make special balloons to celebrate the birthday of a child of an interfaith or interracial couple?
    Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The episode, which is centered on the interracial gay couple, has become a joyful fan-favorite of an often-bleak TV series.
    Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Before the attack, the 22-year-old published a manifesto that talked about, among other things, his hatred of women and interracial couples.
    Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, OregonLive.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • And although the court isn’t likely to reopen the issue of racial bias, at a minimum the case could force the court to explain why businesses can’t also claim a right to boycott interracial marriages.
    Greg Stohr, Bloomberg.com, 21 Sep. 2017
  • During a pre-Broadway run in Denver last year, Alladin received hate mail regarding his race and the on-stage interracial romance.
    USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2018
  • The Temple Bar was a popular spot in the early 1990s for interracial couples, and later a part of the city's black gay scene.
    Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The family’s story is similar to that of an Illinois interracial couple who spoke out after welcoming twins girls, one with a light complexion and one with brown skin.
    Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The film chronicles a disturbing interracial relationship and uses comedy and horror to raise awareness of racial issues.
    Megan Becka, cleveland.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • At the time in some areas of the USA, interracial boxing was banned.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 3 July 2020
  • The song tells the tale interracial love affair between a white man and a black woman that doesn’t go over well.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2021
  • There was a time when interracial couples and their children had to hide in shame.
    John Blake, CNN, 3 July 2022
  • The fact that three of the couples discussed her are interracial simply isn’t enough progress for 2018.
    refinery29.com, 14 June 2018
  • The bill would also protect interracial marriages; the Supreme Court struck down state laws against such unions in a 1967 case.
    New York Times, 20 July 2022
  • Maybe this interracial-love fetish would have jelled better in the Obama era.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The screenplay by Jake Crane and Jonathan Stewart avoids most of the pitfalls of interracial friendship movies.
    Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Their union was a rare event — the Sethmans are an interracial couple.
    Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2020
  • Chester Tam wrote the script and is attached to direct the interracial love story inspired by his life.
    Tatiana Siegel, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2019
  • It’s named for Richard and Mildred Loving, the interracial couple at the center of the ruling.
    Ryan Murphy, Washington Post, 11 July 2020
  • For interracial couples in the US, the right to marry has been recognized much longer.
    Sara Burnett, Dallas News, 7 Dec. 2022
  • In the 1940s, Greenwood was a member of an interracial group that used lawsuits and other means to force restaurants and shops to serve blacks.
    USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The song dealt with a teenage interracial relationship, a still-taboo subject at the time.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The couple married in 1971, becoming one of the first interracial marriages in the city.
    Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Let’s hope that the World Cup will give us many love stories, interracial couples and children.
    New York Times, 14 June 2018
  • There just happens to be a gay couple at the center, an interracial gay couple at that.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The film was a massive success and featured an interracial couple on screen, pushing the boundaries at the time.
    Susan Welsh, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Why is this the third movie to cast a white dude as a person of color in an interracial relationship where he's demonized ... ?
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Letty’s extreme act and her sentiments gesture toward the trauma of interracial rape that marked so many enslaved women’s lives, and the refusal by some women to mother infants stemming from it.
    Kali Nicole Gross / Made By History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024

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