tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17097517992759404.post3116743316366032208..comments2023-11-19T00:29:44.083-08:00Comments on Their Child: Happy Loving Day!Their Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07827986345016626649noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17097517992759404.post-90521203696060658372013-06-19T11:05:16.368-07:002013-06-19T11:05:16.368-07:00Hi Mariann,
Pew did a poll recently. Interracial ...Hi Mariann,<br /><br />Pew did a poll recently. Interracial marriage is becoming less taboo across the country but it is mostly accepted out west. The poll' analyzers suggest that is because their are higher numbers of immigrants in states like California. I think it is also because interracial marriage has been legal decades longer in Cali than most other states. <br /><br />"Public’s acceptance of intermarriage. More than one-third of Americans (35%) say that a member of their immediate family or a close relative is currently married to someone of a different race. Also, nearly two-thirds of Americans (63%) say it “would be fine” with them if a member of their own family were to marry someone outside their own racial or ethnic group. In 1986, the public was divided about this. Nearly three-in-ten Americans (28%) said people of different races marrying each other was not acceptable for anyone, and an additional 37% said this may be acceptable for others, but not for themselves. Only one-third of the public (33%) viewed intermarriage as acceptable for everyone."Their Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07827986345016626649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17097517992759404.post-58315797899982166032013-06-19T09:40:32.739-07:002013-06-19T09:40:32.739-07:00I know about the case of Loving vs. Virginia (so a...I know about the case of Loving vs. Virginia (so aptly named), but I did not know about the story behind this couple. I know of that amazing book, "One Drop," and I well remember growing up as a (white) teenager in the Jim Crow era. My Southern relatives had all sorts of strange ideas, good Lord. In this one respect, times have almost totally changed, I think (hope), and I'd like to see some polls, but I'm pretty sure most people today accept interracial marriage. Especially young people.<br /><br />What hypocrisy that a white man could have children by a black slave woman (that happened SO often), but interracial marriage was called "miscegenation"! Human nature is so curious.Mariannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543003593158696611noreply@blogger.com