How do you feel about interracial marriage?
I don't like swearing but fuck it!Interracial marriage is just a fucking marriage!Like these ones:A Romantic Winter Affair in New OrleansSame-Sex MarriagefotosThe racial difference in interracial marriage is no different from many observed differences between the couples above like:Gender.Hair colour.Eye colour.Body shape or size.Countries or states.Careers.Social class or finances.Religion, tribe or culture.Even huge variation in skin color in people from the same race.Body marks like: tattoos & piercings.Interracial marriage seems like a big deal because of RACE!& for some weird reason, Americans love to sensationalize & prioritize race, forgetting that at the end of it all, we're all humans!It's just a frigging marriage, like any other!Unlike many people in the world who continue to view people from different races with suspicion, through close-minded stereotypical lenses, maybe fear of some unknown, many interracial couples have chosen to look beyond race to actually know the human behind the race/skin colour.Interracial couple: “Oh! A different race!”Interpretation through an open mind, “Let's see if we're compatible”They see other races as just humans!Unlike those who claim not to date outside their own race, “Oh! A different race!”Interpretation after filtering through a garbage of stereotypes & biases, “Not for me!”Regardless, no one has to justify it!No one! Ever!It's just a marriage between 2 people.I hope the next generation will be better than us & view everyone as a unique human rather than race!
What movie had the first interracial kiss?
I can't find a specific reference for this, but it might be "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." The first interracial kiss on television was between Capt. Kirk and Lt. Uhura on Star Trek. Edit: I found some more information. Don't know about the accuracy. "Postwar liberalism led to even more change, as dramas directly addressing issues such as race and power emerged from the studios in films like Intruder in the Dust (1949), Home of the Brave (1949), and Pinky (1949). By the 1950s, the "separate cinema" had ended, and African Americans no longer had creative control over their images. Hollywood had sought and highlighted black talent in front of the camera, but continued exclusionary policies in the unions and administrative offices. Social change brought by the civil rights movement saw changes at the box office, as the first group of African American movie stars emerged in the 1950s. Prominent among them were Sidney Poitier (b. 1927), the first black superstar; Harry Belafonte (b. 1927), the first African American male sex symbol; and Dorothy Dandridge (1922–1965), the first African American screen siren. Though in hindsight their films are somewhat problematic, the roles performed by these three talents brought new images to the screen, often challenging society's precepts about race and "proper" social roles. Island in the Sun (Robert Rossen, 1957), for example, contains what has been identified as the first real interracial kiss in a Hollywood film (previous films usually involved two white performers, with one in blackface). In the film, a political scandal erupts when a family in the West Indies is found to have "mixed blood." The situation is further complicated by the presence of two interracial romantic couples: one played by Dorothy Dandridge and John Justin, and the other played by Harry Belafonte and Joan Fontaine. Of course, the times would dictate that the kiss occur between the former couple, not the latter. Hollywood may have been transgressive with this film, but it would not go so far as to have an African American man kiss a white woman."
Why are Britons most likely to have interracial relationships than any other country?
Any other country? I’m not sure, but compared to America you’re definitely correct. Britain is far more advanced in ‘racial acceptance’ then our American counterparts, for some reason they struggled (and still are, massively) to let it go.To answer your question, It’s because no one here cares. In fact, I wouldn't say I actively encourage it, but I like seeing interracial couples, they’re cute.I implore you to watch this video, it’s an educational video the American military sent out to their troops when they were traveling over to Britain during WWII. It explains why the British were reserved, how they act, how you shouldn't act, and also, further to my point: how to treat black people properly, because we treat them like actual human beings. To quote the man in the video ‘there are less social restrictions here’. He says this after an elderly woman offers a ‘coloured’ soldier a cup of tea at her house in Birmingham, she shakes his hand and wishes him farewell. Apparently this was such a shock to the American he had to watch an educational video on how not to be racist.Made me very proud watching this. Skip to the 25:05 mark for the scene im referring to, although the rest of the video is great as well.
During the World War II Internment of Japanese Americans, how many were the children of a mixed marriage (Japanese citizen or Japanese American parent and American non-Japanese ancestry parent?)
The numbers would have been pretty small. Asians were barred by law from marrying with whites in California and Oregon until 1948 for CA, 1951 for Oregon. Together with Washington state, these were where the great majority of interned Japanese-Americans were residing. On the west coast only Washington state did not consistently bar intermarriage. (There was little internment on Hawaii.) The territorial laws had banned all intermarriage, though mostly aimed at Blacks and Natives, but the laws were overturned during Reconstruction. WA did try to ban intermarriage later, in 1937, apparently in outcry over Filipinos marrying white women. This source states that was much more common than Japanese men marrying white women. Whites marrying Asian women would have been very unusual since Asian males outnumbered Asian females by 30-1.Page on washington.edu This article does state there were "hundreds" of mixed race people interned.An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie