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Miscegenation [mi-sej-uh-ney-shuhn]

-“marriage or cohabitation between a man and woman of different races, especially, in the U.S., between a black and a white person.”

-“interbreeding between members of different races.”

-“the mixing or a mixture of races by interbreeding.”

The Lead-Up

What were the underlying themes behind anti-miscegenation laws?

- Family Law

- Racial Purity / Superiority

- Religion

"And [God] hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation."

The Legalization

“Unlawful for any white person in this State to marry any save a white person, or a person with no other admixture of blood than white and American Indian.”

The Lingering Story

Loving v. Virginia

Darren L. Nealy

@dlnealy

Mildred Jeter and

Richard Loving

Dr. Walter Plecker

Unlawful to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

- 42 USCA 2000e-2

Eugenics:

The study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species..., especially by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics).

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