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Examples
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And she, too, I suppose will be "Blaxican" or whatever.
Remarks By The President In Pbs Conversation On Race ITY National Archives 1998
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"Blaxican" because there wasn't a word for it yet.
Remarks By The President In Pbs Conversation On Race ITY National Archives 1998
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"Blaxican" (whose heritage is African-American and Mexican).
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"Blaxican" (whose heritage is African-American and Mexican).
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She calls herself a "Blaxican" because she is of black and Mexican heritage.
Blog updates 2009
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She calls herself a "Blaxican" because she is of black and Mexican heritage.
Blog updates 2009
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Their children are even adopting mixed monikers like “Mexipino,” (Mexican and Filipino) and “Blaxican” (black and Mexican).
Immigration – The New Generational Conflict | Impact Lab 2010
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Heh, Blaxican, I have to find a place to use that.
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There’s nothing better than going to the Pride Festival with my Blaxican girlfriend and her hot gay sister.
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Kemo The Blaxican - 27 Different Ways (Anonima Remix)/video
GRANDGOOD 2009
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http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/03/08/467358961/an-emerging-entry-in-americas-multiracial-vocabulary-blaxican
Much of this has to do with the fact that biracial identity in the United States has often been understood in terms of black and white. And to the extent that labels are helpful for quickly self-identifying, they don't always exist for the diversity of racial possibilities that mixed Americans increasingly want to see recognized. When it comes to mixed-race in America, Mexican-American author Richard Rodriguez has written, we rely on an "old vocabulary — black, white," but, "we are no longer a black-white nation."
This may be why in LA, many young people who are both black and Mexican are turning to a handy word to describe themselves: "Blaxican."
March 8, 2016