Interracial sex dating
13-Jan-2021 21:42
The de-stigmatization in this country of interracial intimacy is profoundly encouraging.Against the tragic backdrop of American history, it is a sign that Frederick Douglass may have been right when he prophesied, even before the abolition of slavery, that eventually "the white and colored people of this country [can] be blended into a common nationality, and enjoy together ...Over the years legions of white-supremacist legislators, judges, prosecutors, police officers, and other officials have attempted to prohibit open romantic interracial attachments, particularly those between black men and white women.
Others contained elements of both choice and coercion.In 1960 there were about 51,000 black-white married couples in the United States; in 1970 there were 65,000, in 1980 there were 121,000, in 1990 there were 213,000, and by 1998 the number had reached 330,000.In other words, in the past four decades black-white marriages increased more than sixfold.Despite some ongoing resistance (a subject to which I will return), the situation for people involved in interracial intimacy has never been better.
For the most part, the law prohibits officials from taking race into account in licensing marriages, making child-custody decisions, and arranging adoptions.
Only eight percent of African-American husbands and only four percent of African-American wives had white spouses.
