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Lina Sok

ESL 33B

Professor Carlisi

30 May 2017

Thesis Statement: Although interracial marriage between black and white was legalized in the

U.S. in 1967, discrimination that still occurs toward this marriage and influences both the

couples and their children should be eliminated in order to maintain a fairly judgment of a legal

intermarriage.

Detailed Outline:

I. Introduction:

A. Interracial marriage is a marriage between two people from different races.

1. Since blacks were the slaves of white American in the history time, the marriage

between these races became a serious problem in the U.S.

a. Therefore, in the slavery regime, interracial marriage was banned

b. A white American would be sent to prison for up to 6 months for marrying a

black (Kraig 1218).

2. Black women and children were the victims of discrimination.

a. Slaves owners committed sexuality over slave women without penalty

(McClain 11).
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b. Children from black parents received the lowest status, and had almost never

been able to inherit the property, privilege or other assets from their white parent

(McClain 11).

B. The Supreme Court enacted the interracial marriage in the 1967.

1. Anti-miscegenation statutes and deeper racial fears and hatred, combined with a

much larger Black population, accounted for a somewhat slower rise in intermarriage

rates in the South (McClain 9).

2. Discrimination still occurs among interracial marriage after it was legalized.

a. Unfair judgment between black men and black women in the interracial

marriage.

b. Multiracial couples received negative feedback from others.

c. Even young children from interracial couples were treated unequally.

D. Thesis statement: Although interracial marriage between black and white was

legalized in the U.S. in 1967, discrimination toward this marriage still occurs in the

society, which influences both the couples and their children. Therefore, discrimination

should be eliminated in order to further increase the interracial marriage rate.

II. Unfair judgment between black men and black women in interracial relationship.

A. Research has shown that black men are more likely than black women to be more

open to dating interracially. (Pienczykowski 199).

1. Men are more likely to have a positive attitude toward interracial relationships

than women regardless of race. (Pienczykowski 199).

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2. 25% of black men in 2013 got married with non-black women, compared to

only 12% of black women who got married outside of their race (Pew Research

Center 2).

B. Black women were more concerned in the interracial marriage.

1. Family and friends are more negative toward a females partner who is not of the

same race compared to the family and friends of men (Pienczykowski 200).

2. Black women were more pressure to marry interracially, causing so many

remained unmarried rather than to marry a black man from a lower economic class

(Pienczykowski 200).

III. Discrimination still matters among interracial couples and children.

A. Interracial couples received negative perceptions.

1. A survey found that approximately 2 out of every 5 Americans claimed that they

would feel uneasy if anyone in their families marry a person out of their own race

(Pienczykowski 198).

2. Multiracial couples were bullied through the social media

a. They are disgusting couple (The Guardian).

b. Bitches like that are the reason we cant get a good black man (The

Guardian).

c. Ill bet your parents are really proud of you (The Guardian).

B. Children from interracial parents were treated unfairly

1. Kaylee, a 5 years old daughter told her white American mom when she picked

up her from kindergarten that the kids at school didnt play with her because she

was brown (Imam).

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IV. Solutions to reduce racism against black and white marriage.

A. Give multiracial couple a new look

1. Karen tried to explain to her daughter when she said Mom you're white. But

me and Daddy are brown. Karen responded, I know, but that's OK. If a rainbow

was one color, it wouldn't be beautiful (Imam).

B. Education help to reduce racial problem

1. Education levels are seen as an indicator for the likelihood of interracial pairing

(Pienczykowski 198).

2. The higher ones education level the more positive interracial dating is perceived.

(Pienczykowski 198).

V. Conclusion

The unequal reactions toward interracial marriage influenced both the couples themselves

and their children. The fear from hatred and discrimination made the relationships between

multiracial couples struggle and resulted in low rate of marriage leaving many remain unmarried.

It does not matter which race is marrying any races because the most important thing is about

how much people love each other. Since interracial marriage had already been legalized by the

Supreme Court of the United States, residents in this country should acknowledge and respect

this law. Therefore, discrimination should be eliminated to give the right and honor of a legal

marriage like the interracial one.

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Introduction

Interracial marriage is a marriage between two different races. Since blacks were the

slaves of the white Americans in the history time, marriage between these two races had become

a serious problem in the U.S. In the slavery regime, interracial marriage between a black and a

white was banned. It is said that a white could be sent to prison for up to six months for marrying

a black (Kraig 1218). In that colonial, black women and children became the victims of the slave

master's abuse. According to McClain, the slave owners committed the sexuality over the slave

women without penalty (McClain 11). As a consequence, children from those black and white

parents received the lowest status, and had almost never been able to inherit the property,

privilege or other assets from their white parent (McClain 11). After the civil rights movement

that ended the segregation in the society, the Supreme Court of the United States decided to

legalize the interracial marriage in 1967. However, the number of marriage between blacks and

whites did not change much throughout the history. McClain claimed that Anti-miscegenation

statutes and deeper racial fears and hatred, combined with a much larger Black population,

accounted for a somewhat slower rise in intermarriage rates in the South (McClain 9). Until

now, discrimination still occurs among interracial couples. Some of them received unfair

judgment from their families and friends. Some others got negative feedbacks from other people

in the society and even their small children were also treated unequally by their friends.

Although interracial marriage between black and white was legalized in the U.S. in 1967,

discrimination that still occurs toward this marriage and influences both the couples and their

children should be eliminated in order to maintain a fairly judgment of a legal intermarriage.

Unfair judgment between black men and black women was one the examples of

discrimination toward interracial couples. Researcher has shown that black men are more likely
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than black women to be more open to dating interracially (Pienczykowski 199). According to

Pienczykowski in Interracial Dating and Marriage, this is because men tend to have a positive

attitude toward interracial relationships than women regardless of race (Pienczykowski 199).

The trend from Pew Research Center shows that 25% of black men in 2013 got married with

non-black women, compared to only 12% of black women who got married outside of their race

(Pew Research Center). The percentage between black men and black women who got married

interracially appeared to be doubled from each other, which is a big gap. Therefore, the biased

judgment toward both genders of black residents resulted in a large different number of black

men and women marriage rate.

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