TY - BOOK AU - Romano,Renee Christine TI - Race Mixing: Black-White Marriage in Postwar America SN - 9780674042889 AV - HQ1031 ǂb R65 2003eb U1 - 306.84/6 PY - 2022///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ILLUSTRATIONS --; Acknowledgments --; Prologue: Explaining a Taboo --; 1 The Unintended Consequences of War --; 2 The Dangers of "Race Mixing" --; 3 Ambivalent Acceptance --; 4 Not Just Commies and Beatniks --; 5 Culture Wars and Schoolhouse Doors --; 6 The Rights Revolutions and Interracial Marriage --; 7 Talking Black and Sleeping White --; 8 Eroded but Not Erased --; Epilogue: Is Love the Answer? --; Notes --; Index; restricted access N2 - Marriage between blacks and whites is a longstanding and deeply ingrained taboo in American culture. On the eve of World War II, mixed-race marriage was illegal in most states. Yet, sixty years later, black-white marriage is no longer illegal or a divisive political issue, and the number of such couples and their mixed-race children has risen dramatically. Renee Romano explains how and why such marriages have gained acceptance, and what this tells us about race relations in contemporary America. The history of interracial marriage helps us understand the extent to which America has overcome its racist past, and how much further we must go to achieve meaningful racial equality UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674042889?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674042889 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674042889/original ER -