Is Interracial Marriage Still Scandalous? |
Is Interracial Marriage Still Scandalous?
Room For Debate
The New York Times
2013-06-13
Kevin Noble Maillard, Professor of Law
Syracuse University
Gary B. Nash, Professor Emeritus of History
University of California, Los Angeles
Heidi W. Durrow, Author and Co-Founder
Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival
Diane Farr, Actress and Writer
Rose Cuison Villazor, Professor of Law
University of California, Davis
This month marks almost 50 years since the Supreme Court case of Loving v. Virginia, which made interracial marriage legal nationwide. Marriages between people of different races have climbed since, to a high of 8.4 percent in 2010.
Does this mean that we have achieved a colorblind society, or just that the hate has moved to YouTube? In an age when white people are becoming a minority, is interracial marriage still scandalous?
Kevin Noble Maillard, a professor of law at Syracuse University, suggested this discussion.
Read the entire discussion here.
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