Why Multi-Ethnic instead of Multi-Racial?

 

In the spirit of The Enlightenment, an era of intellectual content that formed the basis of our new republic, we stay scientific and will not use the generic term multi-racial, because it is an incorrect usage. In scientific and anthropological fact, there is only one race, the human race. When the word multi-racial is used in communication it is in fact an incorrect usage, the proper term is multi-ethnic.

So what about the word Racism, which is a proper noun labeling a specific set of behaviors and attitudes?  in that case while our earlier sentiments still generally apply, it is a proper noun, a name, and the rule we use would not specifically apply. We like precision and clarity, we try and say what we mean because we do mean what we say.