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misrace en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + race, influenced by misgender.

Meanings

1. (rare) To incorrectly identify someone's race.
   • More recently, Fram had an acrimonious semantic debate with a high-profile transgender editor over whether referring to them as "xe" constituted misgendering. It culminated in an ugly claim by Fram that he would not be misracing a black person by calling them the n-word, only being racist. 2019 June 27, Joseph Bernstein, “The Culture War Has Finally Come For Wikipedia”, in BuzzFeed News, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2023:
   • We had two models who aren't Asian. One was Palmtrees [Olin Caprison] and the other was Micaela Durand. They often get misraced as Asian, so we included them in the show. 2023 January 31, Olivia Kan-Sperling, quoting Kirsten Kilponen, “CFGNY Stages a "Vaguely Asian" Fashion Show at Japan Society”, in Interview, New York, N.Y.: Interview, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2023:

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