Loving V. Virginia in a Post-racial World: Rethinking Race, Sex, and Marriage
- ISBN-10
- 1139413066
- ISBN-13
- 9781139413060
- Category
- Interracial marriage
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
Description
In 1967, the US Supreme Court ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional in Loving volume Virginia. Although this case promotes marital freedom and racial equality, there are still significant legal and social barriers to the free formation of intimate relationships. Marriage continues to be the sole measure of commitment, mixed relationships continue to be rare, and same-sex marriage is only legal in 6 out of 50 states. Most discussion of Loving celebrates the symbolic dismantling of marital discrimination. This book, however, takes a more critical approach to ask how Loving has influenced the 'loving' of America. How far have we come since then and what effect did the case have on individual lives?
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