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Submitted by brandie442001 on March 3, 2007
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Abstract
Who can believe that is was one hundred forty-three years ago when President Abraham Lincoln declared the Emancipation Proclamation. This freed all men and women bound by slavery and marked the beginning of equality. From that day to present we continue to be a land of opportunity and freedom allowing immigrants from foreign land to sovereign here in hopes of a more fulfilling life. And as America’s “salad bowl” grows larger and more diverse, so becomes the propensity of dating outside your race or ethnic group. Despite the views of the media and society, interracial dating or marriage continues to feel as though it’s “taboo” but a recent poll in the United States relates that married interracial couples have doubled between the years of 1990 and 2000.
The purpose of this project is to reflect on the history of interracial relationships, its evolution, and the social impact in our modern days. To identify recent studies that have proven interracial relationships are becoming more acceptable, and the views of the youth. Why black and white couples are the most difficult to accept among interracial relationships and what love should be based on.
Although racism is still a prominent issue within the United States, accepting interracial relationships is a step forward to overcoming ignorance and to relinquish a burden that is hindering our nation from being completely united.
Over the past forty years interracial relationship and marriages have become more and more accepted in today’s society. Most of the negative views of interracial relationships and marriages come from our parents and grandparents who lived in a time of racial and ethnic turmoil and still have old scars and beliefs that have not yet healed or faded away. Our parents and grandparents lived times that most would say were best forgotten regarding racism, and do not like to talk about them. It is important for society to...
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