miscegenation
(noun)
the mixing or blending of race in marriage or breeding; interracial marriage
Examples of miscegenation in the following topics:
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Racial Stratification
- These laws were referred to as miscegenation laws (miscegenation means "mixing races").
- Bazile, told the Lovings during their trial for miscegenation that, 'if God had meant for whites and blacks to mix, he would have not placed them on different continents. ' He also seemed to take pride in telling the Lovings, "as long as you live you will be known as a felon. " The Lovings eventually contacted the American Civil Liberties Union, who took their case to the Supreme Court in 1967, resulting in Loving v.
- Virginia, which abolished miscegenation laws in the U.S.
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Race Relations in Mexico: The Color Hierarchy
- It promoted the use of planned miscegenation (the mixing of racial groups through reproduction) as a eugenic strategy to improve the overall quality of the population.