The population of biracial and multiracial people in the U.S. is growing. Research on biracial and multiracial identity development has been influenced by previous research on race. The terms "mixed-race", "biracial" or "multiracial" are becoming generally accepted. The magazine also addressed biracial and adoptee communities. Both his parents were biracial African and Chinese-Jamaican. This acculturation has resulted in a small but growing, number of biracial Nigerian Filipinos births. Obama, who is of biracial background, is regarded and self-identifies as African-American. Beals plays a biracial woman passing for white. Native Americans and biracial characters were non-existent. Discrimination and ostracism of biracial children is ubiquitous in South Korean society. Bakshi has stated that Herriman, a Biracial American Creole, is his favorite cartoonist. Witness 102 was a 27-year-old biracial male. All three are biracial; their mother was white. Giancarlo has always identified as an American of biracial background. Many mixed raced Americans use the term "biracial".