THE BIRACIAL FLAG
REQUEST YOUR BIRACIAL FLAG
I gladly donate 2'x3' Biracial Flags for display at nonprofit and governmental institutions serving people who experience race-based discrimination. Please email [email protected] with your name, address, and institution to request yours.
DOWNLOAD YOUR BIRACIAL FLAG
The Biracial Flag is free to download, display, and print for personal use. For best color match, select RGB or CMYK depending on your intended use.
THE BIRACIAL IDENTITY
There are many appropriate ways to describe people who claim more than one racial identity. I support everyone choosing the nomenclature that best expresses their identity. Although I am genetically linked to people belonging to at least four racial categories defined in the U.S.A., I describe myself as "biracial" to recognize that race is primarily a social construct defined by group dynamics of domination and subordination.
Because biracial identities do not map to the racial hierarchies defined and enforced by the state, our privilege and power are provisional and constructed in real-time relative to the racial identities of the people around us. Even when we share genetic heritage or phenological markers with people who claim a specific racial identity, we can never truly hold in-group status.
For this reason, the biracial experience is defined by being [a member of the group] but [additionally of another group]. It is the marker of being [additionally of another group] that defines the biracial experience of liminality. It is not relevant how many genetic lineages contribute to being marked as [additionally of another group].
In this way, anyone who can claim more than one racial identity — no matter their number or names — can be considered "biracial."
DESIGN AND SYMBOLISM
The flag is composed of the three hues of the secondary color triad. Secondary colors are formed by mixing two primary colors together. Importantly, each is recognized to be its own new, distinct, and vibrant hue — not a diluted, blended, or otherwise derivative version of either primary component.
The presence of three colors reflects that the biracial identity is not a composite, but produced as a distinct additional identity that exists alongside any other claimed racial identities.
The orange stripe divides the purple and green triangles such that any vertical slice of the flag contains a unique ratio of green and purple — but always the same amount of orange. This reflects how a biracial person's association with a specific racial identity may change in a given moment or context, yet their biracial identity persists continuously.
Each color represents an aspect of the biracial experience:
I gladly donate 2'x3' Biracial Flags for display at nonprofit and governmental institutions serving people who experience race-based discrimination. Please email [email protected] with your name, address, and institution to request yours.
DOWNLOAD YOUR BIRACIAL FLAG
The Biracial Flag is free to download, display, and print for personal use. For best color match, select RGB or CMYK depending on your intended use.
- Download Biracial Flag RGB — best for digital display, social media, and websites.
- Download Biracial Flag CMYK — best for printing on paper, fabric, or custom flags.
THE BIRACIAL IDENTITY
There are many appropriate ways to describe people who claim more than one racial identity. I support everyone choosing the nomenclature that best expresses their identity. Although I am genetically linked to people belonging to at least four racial categories defined in the U.S.A., I describe myself as "biracial" to recognize that race is primarily a social construct defined by group dynamics of domination and subordination.
Because biracial identities do not map to the racial hierarchies defined and enforced by the state, our privilege and power are provisional and constructed in real-time relative to the racial identities of the people around us. Even when we share genetic heritage or phenological markers with people who claim a specific racial identity, we can never truly hold in-group status.
For this reason, the biracial experience is defined by being [a member of the group] but [additionally of another group]. It is the marker of being [additionally of another group] that defines the biracial experience of liminality. It is not relevant how many genetic lineages contribute to being marked as [additionally of another group].
In this way, anyone who can claim more than one racial identity — no matter their number or names — can be considered "biracial."
DESIGN AND SYMBOLISM
The flag is composed of the three hues of the secondary color triad. Secondary colors are formed by mixing two primary colors together. Importantly, each is recognized to be its own new, distinct, and vibrant hue — not a diluted, blended, or otherwise derivative version of either primary component.
The presence of three colors reflects that the biracial identity is not a composite, but produced as a distinct additional identity that exists alongside any other claimed racial identities.
The orange stripe divides the purple and green triangles such that any vertical slice of the flag contains a unique ratio of green and purple — but always the same amount of orange. This reflects how a biracial person's association with a specific racial identity may change in a given moment or context, yet their biracial identity persists continuously.
Each color represents an aspect of the biracial experience:
- Purple symbolizes magic and ambiguity, reflecting the power inherent in our resistance against being forced into racial hierarchies.
- Green symbolizes harmony and balance, reflecting the strength in our ability to navigate a dual social identity.
- Orange symbolizes visibility, highlighting the existence of the many real people invisibilized by arbitrary racial categories that cannot contain us.