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A 5 page paper which examines the reasons why these couples marry, the differences in these marriages, relationships with family and friends, and having children. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The marriages between people of two different races and/or ethnicities has been regarded as a social taboo in America since the seventeenth century and had been illegal in 40
out of the 50 states (Majete 300). However, following the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision of Loving v. Virginia, which ruled that prohibition of these marriages was unconstitutional, the
number of interracial marriages has dramatically increased. Between the years of 1970 until 1994, the number of interracial married couples escalated from 310,000 to between anywhere from 1.3 million
and 1.5 million (which includes not simply African Americans and Caucasians, but also Hispanics and Asians) (Why Interracial Marriages are Increasing 12; Weiss 110). Naturally, the children who are
products of these interracial marriages has also substantially increased, growing some 421 percent, or 2 million (Weiss 110). What this means is there is approximately one child with interracial
parents in every American classroom (Weiss 110). Interracial marriages have traditionally been singled out in the United States because they deviate from conventional thinking, rooted largely in religious and
cultural beliefs that people should not marry outside of their race or ethnic group. Despite the fact that America has evolved as a land of immigrants, the much-heralded cultural
melting pot, blending people of all races, has existed only in myth. Prejudice, not reason, has often influenced attitudes of people, particularly South of the Mason-Dixon line. Unlike
same-race marriages, couples who marry outside of their race discover that at least in terms of society, they are "more than merely selecting a romantic partner" (Korgen 57); they are
marrying an entire race. It is viewed as choosing sides or of selecting one culture and rejecting another (Korgen 57). Interracial marriages encompass more than the couples themselves
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