Interracial Relationships and Marriages

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Within this paper, an overview of interracial relationships and marriages is presented. Initially, relevant historical background information is provided. This is then followed by a discussion of the pros and cons associated with interracial relationships and marriages. After this, current events of relevance to such relationships are identified. A summary of the paper and conclusions are then offered.

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"Within the US, the skin color of Americans is represented by what racial purists have long feared: a people characterized by a great deal of racial admixture, or what many in the past referred to distastefully as ?mongrelization.? While various forms of interracial relationships, including those that were loving as well as those that were based on misuse of power and coercion, reached their peak during the age of slavery within the US, following the Civil War they decreased markedly. However, after the civil-rights movement during the 1960s, interracial dating, interracial sex and interracial marriage have reportedly increased, as has the number of children born as a result of interracial unions. This increase in interracial relationships and marriages has led to what some of called the "creolization" ,"browning" or "beiging" of America."

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