Interracial Marriage
Interracial marriage is more accepted now as people are embracing diversity. We are taught it at school and at work, but it wasn’t always that way. As different cultures and ethnic groups came to America, ones exposure to different cultures and ethnic groups resulted in a gradual acceptance. Unfortunately, when it came to people that were black, they didn’t come here freely – they were brought here and faced harsh criticism, racism, and discrimination. When I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s there was a lack of acceptance to interracial marriage of blacks and whites. I didn’t understand it. Much of peoples’ views were handed down to them by their parents who learned racism from their parents -it was, and is, a learned …show more content…
An individual in the video stated that due to all of the different ethnic groups we have, the focus on diversity, and as people move up the social ladder exposing themselves to other races and ethnic groups, interracial marriage will become the norm by the end of the 21st century (Interracial Marriage, 1992). Imagine if laws were still in place that didn’t allow people to marry who they wanted. It wouldn’t be accepted. People have more of a voice now than ever before so if the laws weren’t changed years ago, they certainly wouldn’t be in force today. Freedom is part of our country’s motto. If you can’t marry who you want , you don’t have freedom.
When I think of the challenges of interracial marriage over challenges for those of different faiths, I think interracial marriage has had more challenges. While within a family there may be issues and disagreements because someone’s child may marry someone of a different faith, you don’t hear debates about it in the news or have it be a primary discussion point in a classroom (from my experience). When a couple is walking down the street no one knows that one is Catholic and the other is Muslim, but they will certainly know if someone is white, black, Asian, Japanese,
Interracial marriage is more accepted now as people are embracing diversity. We are taught it at school and at work, but it wasn’t always that way. As different cultures and ethnic groups came to America, ones exposure to different cultures and ethnic groups resulted in a gradual acceptance. Unfortunately, when it came to people that were black, they didn’t come here freely – they were brought here and faced harsh criticism, racism, and discrimination. When I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s there was a lack of acceptance to interracial marriage of blacks and whites. I didn’t understand it. Much of peoples’ views were handed down to them by their parents who learned racism from their parents -it was, and is, a learned …show more content…
An individual in the video stated that due to all of the different ethnic groups we have, the focus on diversity, and as people move up the social ladder exposing themselves to other races and ethnic groups, interracial marriage will become the norm by the end of the 21st century (Interracial Marriage, 1992). Imagine if laws were still in place that didn’t allow people to marry who they wanted. It wouldn’t be accepted. People have more of a voice now than ever before so if the laws weren’t changed years ago, they certainly wouldn’t be in force today. Freedom is part of our country’s motto. If you can’t marry who you want , you don’t have freedom.
When I think of the challenges of interracial marriage over challenges for those of different faiths, I think interracial marriage has had more challenges. While within a family there may be issues and disagreements because someone’s child may marry someone of a different faith, you don’t hear debates about it in the news or have it be a primary discussion point in a classroom (from my experience). When a couple is walking down the street no one knows that one is Catholic and the other is Muslim, but they will certainly know if someone is white, black, Asian, Japanese,