Today is the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Loving v. Virginia, which struck down all state laws prohbiting interacial marriage.
Regardless of you or your partner’s skin tone, please join me in celebrating the day.
Thanks for pointing this out.
Sad to know where we’ve been, and even where we still are in some cases.
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Definitely a day to celebrate! And to note that this happened in 1967, within the lifetime of most CC parents.
“I may not get there with you, but we as a people…will get to the promised land!”
MLK Jr., 04/03/1968
Absolutely a great day to celebrate!
The HS in my area of NoVA was named Washington-Lee, but last year the school board opted to change the name. They were looking for another L word to use and considered Loving to honor them. Ultimately, they chose Liberty. I had been hoping for Loving.
I enjoyed hearing the original story being Loving Day yesterday. I don’t know why I’ve never heard about this honored day.
My sister is in a mixed race marriage. 35+ years. My parents never accepted it. My mom is alive and still ignores it. Yet, 35+ years. Makes you wonder what some people truly value.
Very recently a statue of a Southern Civil War soldier was removed from the middle of the main street in Alexandria, VA. One suggestion was to replace it with a statue of the Lovings.
It seems we (racially speaking) have not come that far in the 50+ years since this landmark case. For anybody interested in knowing more about this story, a very good movie came out a few years ago - I forget the name of it.
@momo2x2018 - Here’s a link to the movie
That’s really sad. I would think it would affect relationships throughout your extended family.
^^^^ Right. My sister left home on the young side and has always been many states away. She is a perfectly nice, kind, but quiet person. I’m not proud of how many parents handled this. As an adult I “handle it” my own way - which is to be very accepting - and normal!
My extended family has been excellent at handling mixed race marriages. Everyone had been loving and accepting and we all get to learn more about different cultures.
In our neighborhood, one family has disinherited each child in turn when they married someone the folks disapproved of. Fortunately they all made peace at some point and all got along before the patriarch died.
It seems so sad to me that people judge others so quickly based on superficial things like race, gender, appearance, etc.