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American attitudes toward interracial marriage illustrate an “awkward historical moment” because after the interracial marriage law changed, one would think black/white marriages are common but they are the least. Over the years, interracial marriages has increased by a few percent, mainly from other races that are not black/white. In America, racism still exist even when laws are changing.

Talking about interracial dating and marriage, it is different strokes for different folks. A lot of white women are attracted to black men and a lot of black women are also attracted to white men. However, most people don’t really set out for this. It just happens by chance.

Interracial marriage was a very tough topic not very long ago, and most of the nation has grown to accept it. The Supreme Court delivered a verdict in favor for couples to marry interracially in 1967, they stated that the laws to prevent interracial marriage was nothing more than an attempt "to maintain white supremacy" (Stoddard 413). The United States Supreme court concluded that laws against interracial marriage served no purpose other than discrimination, and that they should be eliminated. The gay rights movement has become very similar to controversy about interracial marriage. The problem is of whether or not same sex marriages should be legitimate in the United States. In the aforementioned case, the Supreme Court ruled that marriage

Interracial marriage has traditionally been viewed as a means of expressing a hatred of oneself, of escaping something in one’s culture or self that one no longer wants to identify with. Jacki Thompson Rand describes the outcome of this phenomenon in an essay on her experience as the child of an interracial marriage. She explains how her mother married a white man in an effort to make herself more white, and therefore more legitimate: “My mother 's marriage to my father was a racial love

Some might argue that interracial marriages are corruptions of culture. In the ruling of Loving V Virginia the judge of the Circuit Court of Caroline County stated his opinion at the court, “Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, Malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangements there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the faces shows that he did not intent for the races to mix.” However, I believe we are all created equally therefore have every right to choose who you want to marry, have kids with and spend the rest of your life with. In our society people believe that the idea of interracial marriages is calamitous. People can find it strenuous to live with different cultures who have many different preferences. If we look deeper into this controversy issue, the only reason is a different outlook on life. And no matter what race people are, because if they truly love each other, they will have one compromising outlook.

He starts by explaining the race migrations throughout history. By this he explains the causes and effects of racial migrations. In the introduction, it states, “the White race, become hybrid, has not been able to continue its cultural progress”. He meant by this that when the White race mixes when any other race nothing can be done. Further implying that the races should not mix at all.

One’s colour, religion and families origin should not interfere with the happiness between the couple. A publication by the University of Toronto Scarborough furthers this notion of love and relationships; yet explains there are many barriers and challenges which many interracial couples strive to overcome.

Richard and Mildred Loving, a biracial couple, changed millions of lives in 1976 when they triumphed in the federal case, “Loving vs. Virginia” at the Supreme Court. Their case ended the anti-miscegenation laws created in the 1930s which outlawed interracial marriages. Nearly fifty years later, the U.S Census shows that there were 2.3 million interracial marriages in 2007 which is seven times the number calculated in 1970. This figure, many would say, is a sign of hope for a society has become more accepting and less racist. But how realistic is that idea? Many minorities still face racism and constant oppression every day of their lives. As our culture is constantly forming and changing, there emerge issues with how we understand race and ethnicity. While the concept of race is simply a social construct, with no real science behind it, its societal repercussions are entirely real due to the challenges that comes with it. This system of classification has progressed through centuries and led to the social, economic, and political prejudice against people of color, and further, has institutionalized racism to and systematized the oppression of these people.

I found my situation very thought-provoking that my family fell within the “51%” of African American kids that were raised by a single mother. Additionally, it was even more interesting that I fell within the “390,000” of black American male that is in an interracial relationship. Furthermore, Black Demographics (n.d.) states that “while black men marry white women at twice the rate of Black women, only 7% of married Black men had White (non-Hispanic) spouses in 2014. About 14% percent of African American men married non-Black or Hispanic women in 2014. It is Asian women who have the highest rates of intermarriage which is twice that of Black men”. As a result, the interracial relationship between black and white Americans has held strong.

Marriage is a right that everyone should have and it shouldn't matter if races marry each other. The law at first was that inter-racial marriage is banned but then the Supreme Court fixed their wrong decision and unbanned it. Making another step towards equality because for the next generation they won't have to deal with this issue. “This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our communities and our states, in our homes and in our hearts, to eliminate the last vestiges of injustice in our beloved country.” - Lyndon B.

Back in the day, races weren’t allowed to mix or get married. If a white fell in love with an African American it was frowned upon and the African American would have been hung if found that they were also attracted to the white. It wasn’t right for them to mix but now they can get married and mix races and it is okay. It is like the same for gay marriage, it is frowned upon but it is okay to be gay just not to be

Lewis and Ford begin by pointing out the Civil Rights movement that began in the 1960’s which acted as a jumpstart to the more diverse institution that we now know today. The article conveys that although there is a significant difference between interracial marriage and interracial dating – there has been a tremendous increase in both in the past several decades. A study and chart done by the U.S Census Bureau in 2004 shows, that there was a 26% increase of White/Other marriages from the 1980’s to the 1990’s; where in the 1990’s to the 2000’s there was a significant 72% increase. The chart also shows a drop in interracial marriages where Black/White marriages from the 1980’s to the 1990’s was 38% to a smaller 31% from the 1990’s to the 2000’s. The chart seems to show a significant trend in dating habits over the last few years, which is something that I was not expecting to see.

The success of an interracial marriage, to withstand all the prejudices in society, needs one major ingredient, and that is love. One of the hardest things an interracial couple has to deal with is acceptance from both their families and society. Interestingly, though, Interracial marriages tend to last longer than same race ones because people going into interracial marriages are prepared for a rocky road and are prepared to stick with it, while same race couples may have not experienced that same adversity, and at the first sign of struggle, back out of the marriage. This obviously tells us that whether the marriage is a success or not does not depend upon the races of the partners, or at least not in the way everyone thinks it does. It is obvious that people in general are becoming more open minded and accepting of interracial marriages, however, there still are many social taboos that prevent people from being in such a marriage. Society tends to concentrate on skin color when

Furthermore, with most black men marrying white women, this becomes a conflict for black women, hence why they are against black-white interracial marriages. It has brought a concern to the black community because the marriageable pool is so small. With this being said, black women have voiced their opinion, “With relatively fewer suitable black men in the dating pool, some black women have expressed resentment that so many black men (8.4 percent) marry white women. They accuse these men of using white women as a status symbol” (Gale). According to most black women, many believe that the reason for a woman of a different race dating a black man is the purpose of absolving them from racism; thus, the reason for a black male to marry a woman is for a social symbol. With this being said, most black women find themselves struggling to find a man of their own race due to women of other race taking potential partners in their racial group. Some women of color object interracial relationships because black men tend to be more attracted to other races, leading them to be ashamed of their culture. This furthers their perspective on miscegenation, as most feel that they have struggled enough in the hands of other

The same sex marriage has been widely debated in many countries for a long time. It is