Hardships
past & present
- anti-miscegenation laws: laws that enforced racial segregation at the level of marriage and intimate relationships by criminalizing interracial marriage.
- interracial couple were sent to prison, physically abused.
- Their homes were vandalized
Today
- As of 2017, 409,000 black men have a white spouse
- As of 2017, 172,000 black women have a white spouse
- 1 in 10 marriages are interracial and it is predicted to increase by 28% in the next 10 years
History of Black & White Relationships in America
History
- First cases of interracial relations occurred in slavery when white slave masters raped black slaves (Dutch ship-Jamestown VA)
- interracial relations also peaked during colonial period when white indentured servants and black slaves were in close proximity
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