Interracial marriage in the 60's?
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CountVladDracula — 16 years ago(September 26, 2009 07:08 PM)
WRONG! Interracial marriage was NEVER illegal in the US (certain racist states tried making it illegal for a little while in the middle of the last century). It was only frowned upon in others. There was an Interracial couple in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
In fact Interracial marriage was common in New Orleans as far back as it's Colonial days.
How do you think people like Oboma, Tiger Woods, and Mariah Carey came into existence? They are the children of Interracial couples. -
CountVladDracula — 16 years ago(September 26, 2009 07:27 PM)
I think two or three backwards Southern states tried making it illegal in the early twentieth century but the more civilized states like New York and California and even Louisiana never had it illegal.
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CountVladDracula — 16 years ago(September 27, 2009 12:54 PM)
Not all Southern states. Even in it's Colonial stages Louisiana was the Southern Melting plot. The very race Creole was mixture of African and French.
It's ironic when you think about it, how utterly backward it was. Especially considering Othello was about an interracial couple and that was written in the late sixteen hundreds. Also it was a common way to get out of slavery, for an African slave to marry their master.
People also forget Cleopatra and her relationships with Mark Anthony and Caesar. She was from Egypt. The Northern tip of Africa. Seems that some of the more backward parts of the American South tried to make something an issue about fifty years ago that until the end of slavery hadn't actually been an issue. -
tom42 — 16 years ago(September 28, 2009 09:39 AM)
WRONG! Interracial marriage was NEVER illegal in the US (certain racist states tried making it illegal for a little while in the middle of the last century). It was only frowned upon in others. There was an Interracial couple in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
In fact Interracial marriage was common in New Orleans as far back as it's Colonial days.
How do you think people like Oboma, Tiger Woods, and Mariah Carey came into existence? They are the children of Interracial couples.
Interracial marriage was never illegal in only 9 states (MN, WI, NY, VT, NH, CT, NJ, AK, & HI)
Interracial marriage was legalized in Nebraska in 1963 (where the movie took place)
Interracial marriage was legalized in Alabama in 1967 (where the To Kill a Mockingbird took place)
These states legalized Interracial marriage before 1887
OH, WA, NM, KS, IA, IN, MI, PA, MA, RI, & ME
Oregon legalized Interracial marriage in 1951
Montana legalized Interracial marriage in 1953
North Dakota legalized Interracial marriage in 1955
Colorado legalized Interracial marriage in 1957
South Dakota legalized Interracial marriage in 1957
California legalized Interracial marriage in 1959
Nevada legalized Interracial marriage in 1959
Idaho legalized Interracial marriage in 1959
Arizona legalized Interracial marriage in 1962
Utah legalized Interracial marriage in 1963
Nebraska legalized Interracial marriage in 1963
Indiana legalized Interracial marriage in 1965
Wyoming legalized Interracial marriage in 1965
Maryland legalized Interracial marriage in 1967
The Rest of the states had interracial marriage legalized by the Supreme Court in 1967 -
kmike83 — 16 years ago(September 26, 2009 06:47 PM)
Interracial marriage varied state by state. Some states banned it, others allowed it. It wasn't until Loving v. Virginia that prohibition of interracial marriage was declared unconstitutional for EVERY state.
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samma_grace — 16 years ago(September 26, 2009 07:22 PM)
if i hear about vietnam or any military reference one more time. im gonna groan.
atleast vikkis dead n i dont have to listen to hergo on && on
"is this what you did in NAM??!!!"
"kill some hooche???!?!"
"rape grammas?!?!?"
"IINNN NAAAM!!???"
pretty sure i didnt read all that in the book.ugh.
i take it he was in nam.
.xoxo. -
amylopan — 16 years ago(September 26, 2009 08:52 PM)
I thought it was an interesting choice, too, given how rare it was then. They didn't make it a plot point at all so maybe they just liked this actress the most when she auditioned. I must say, she played a naggy shrew VERY effectively here. Beautiful woman, but man did I want to see someone sew her mouth shut!!
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menacmx — 16 years ago(October 06, 2009 09:35 PM)
Thank you for that thinly veiled racism failure873. Barack Obama is biracial and he was born in 1961. Halle Berry was born in 1966 and she's biracial. If you come to Louisiana you'll meet black people with green eyes and dirty blond hair. The point is there were interracial couples back then even though it was not common. It's not common to have a town full of corn god worshiping human sacrificing children.
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ohioankev — 16 years ago(September 27, 2009 11:34 PM)
by - amylopan on Sat Sep 26 2009 20:52:51 I thought it was an interesting choice, too, given how rare it was then. They didn't make it a plot point at all so maybe they just liked this actress the most when she auditioned. I must say, she played a naggy shrew VERY effectively here. Beautiful woman, but man did I want to see someone sew her mouth shut!!
L She more than likely got the job because of her former gig on the channel in Battelstar Galactica. -
Cymbeline013 — 16 years ago(September 28, 2009 11:21 AM)
L She more than likely got the job because of her former gig on the channel in Battelstar Galactica.
This is how it works. Apparently they liked her performance and this is how most people get picked for parts in movies, sitcoms and the like. I loved her on Battlestar Galactica; unfortunately I missed seeing her in the remake of COTC.
I'm trying to find it on line to watch it. So far nothing.
Patience is a virtue from which I have never suffered.