One of Your Own Kind

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The paper shows how in the Broadway musical, "West Side Story", the problems the couple faces are due to the fact that they are of different races. The paper discusses society's way of thinking at the time this play was written in the 1950s and how it has changed to become more accepting of interracial marriages. It discusses, too, those who still oppose interracial marriages.

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"We are not yet blind to racial and cultural differences. When a high school girl dated a boy of mixed background who happened to be half Black and half Polish, when family history came up, both referred to him as African-American, and not Polish-American or as American. It could be argued that those with mixed backgrounds are the most "American" of all, because they represent more aspects of all those who are Americans. Perhaps that will be the norm one day, and relationships like that of Tony and Maria will not be so challenged that they can be made the basis of a drama where everyone can understand their dilemma. "

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