” n the late 50’s and early 60’s it was a very unfashionable to be an unwed mother. It was especially unfashionable to be unwed and pregnant with a bi-racial child.”
When people discuss Barry’s BC controversy, I think they apply modern practices and policies to the situation, forgetting that the time period was almost 50 years ago.
The Civil Rights laws did not get passed until 1964 and 1965 and this was a time of huge national angst and uproar about segregation.
Dating outside your religion was not widely accepted.
Dating outside your race was almost non existent.
Out of wedlock births were a huge social stigma.
An out of wedlock birth of a bi racial child to a teen age girl
would have been a social nightmare for the grandparents.
In Obama’s book, he wrote about how upset his grandparents
were about the relationship between their teen age daughter and this older, black man.
No one went to their wedding and no real record exists, he wrote.
No relatives were informed.
The parents were already very uncomfortable with the relationship , even before the pregnancy.
He infers that once “ the baby “ arrived, their views softened.
“ Then the baby arrived with 10 fingers and 10 toes “ is the extent to which he discusses his mother’s pregnancy and his birth.
And almost makes it sound as if the birth was a surprise.
Loving v. Virginia wasn't ruled on by the U.S. Supreme Court until 1967.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia
Interesting how the purported marriage of BHO Sr. and SADO is seen through the lens of today's values and practices.