Transracial may refer to:
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Transracial adoption
Interracial adoption (historically referred to as transracial adoption) refers to the act of placing a child of one racial or ethnic group with adoptive parents of another racial or ethnic group.
Interracial adoption is not inherently the same as ...
, placing a child of one racial or ethnic group with adoptive parents of another racial or ethnic group
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Transracial (identity)
Transracial people identify as a different race than the one associated with their biological ancestry. They may adjust their appearance to make themselves look more like that race, and they may participate in activities associated with that rac ...
, having a racial identity or racial expression that differs from one's race of birth
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Racial transformation
Racial transformation is the process by which a demographic region (e.g., a country, neighborhood, or a school) changes in racial composition.
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* Transracial (identity)
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Race and society
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, the process by which a region changes in racial composition
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Passing (racial identity), a person classified as a member of one racial group is also accepted as a member of a different racial group
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Racial misrepresentation
Racial or ethnic misrepresentation occurs when someone deliberately misrepresents their racial or ethnic background. It may occur for a variety of reasons, such as someone attempting to benefit from affirmative action programs for which they are ...
, when someone misrepresents their ethnic or racial background
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Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study, a study on whether non-white children adopted by white families gained an IQ advantage.
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Multiracial
Mixed race people are people of more than one race or ethnicity. A variety of terms have been used both historically and presently for mixed race people in a variety of contexts, including ''multiethnic'', ''polyethnic'', occasionally ''bi-ethn ...
, people with an identifiable heritage from more than a single racial group
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Ethnic plastic surgery
Ethnic plastic surgery, or ethnic modification, is plastic surgery intended to change an individual's appearance to look more or less like a particular race or ethnicity. Popular plastic surgery procedures which may have an ethnically-motivated c ...
, changing an individual's appearance to look more or less like a particular race or ethnicity
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Hypatia transracialism controversy, an academic debate triggered by a comparison of Caitlyn Jenner to Rachel Dolezal which suggested a rejection of biology is akin to rejecting a socially constructed racial identity
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List of interracial topics
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