A whole lot of Loving-A time to reflect on the rise of interracial marriage

The Economist ^ | 1/4/17 | John Prideaux

[Timpanagos1]

If you are American and over 50, then you were born in a country where, in some states, it was still illegal to marry someone of another race. The 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that struck down those bans, Loving v Virginia, falls in 2017. Though there will undoubtedly be many news stories lamenting racial bias in areas of American life from policing and employment to housing, the rise of interracial marriage over the past half-century tells a different story. In the coming year, calculates William Frey of the Brookings Institution, a think-tank, nearly a fifth of all new marriages in America will be between people of different races.

[Yaelle]

I don’t believe “race” should be a thing. Of course I am glad people don’t have to do some kind of genetic test to see if they are good enough to marry.

However, culture and country, religion and family lifestyle, can put a serious strain on a marriage if too different. People need to focus on that more. I know I did not.

Race, with so many people of mixed parentage, will in the future have to be nazi-sequel with percentages and genetic tests. We do not want that. Do away with the concept of race. I want color blind.