Mixed Marriage

The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage by Selina Alko and Sean Qualls

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I fell in love with this book the moment I saw it. The cover itself featuring the entire Loving family in a close embrace, seemingly on Dad’s lap as Mom and Dad exchange a gaze as warm as a hug, emanates warmth and makes me feel a sense of strength and belonging. Right now I let my four-year-old interpret the illustrations and make her own story but I have cleared a center space on one of our bookshelves to present this book and look forward to the day when I will read my daughter the words. Written and illustrated by an interracial wife and husband team—Selina Alko and Sean Qualls— who include their own short bio of being an interracial couple at the end of the book, the narrative weaves the sensitive story of the Loving family from the perspectives of Mildred, Richard, and their children with the harsh facts of U.S.America’s racial history. While the narrative portrays some aspects of the love story between Mildred and Richard, as children read the images and/or words of this picture book, they will connect with the Loving children through the cozy illustrations and narrative lines like “Donald, Peggy, and Sidney had two parents who loved them, and who loved each other.” The third person omniscient narrative voice switches from the children’s perspective to the parents’ to a compassionate voice detailing as delicately as possible, the disturbing realities of Reconstruction Era, Jim Crow, and other racist laws of United States’ history.

 

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Perfect post for Valentines day 😀

 

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‘Everything I Never Told You’ Exposed In Biracial Family’s Loss

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In times of tragedy, our deepest insecurities can take over. In Celeste Ng’s new novel, set in the Midwest in the late 1970s, the fear that bubbles up is related to race and identity.

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Students For Liberty – World’s Worst Laws: Interracial marriage was illegal in Alabama until 2000

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This is part of Students For Liberty’s “World’s Worst Laws” series. By highlighting the most egregious instances of state abuse of power, we hope to show that corruption, paternalism, and inefficiency are the rule rather than the exception when it comes to government. These stories shouldn’t boggle the mind or be excused as the workings […]

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Tamera Mowry Talks Interracial Marriage to Adam Housley

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Tamera Mowry is opening up once again about her interracial marriage to Fox News correspondent Ad…

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Decades-old interracial marriage case still relevant | The Collegian

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Richard Loving married the woman he loved and wanted them to live in their hometown. Instead, he was faced with the ultimatum to divorce the woman he loved or be exiled from their home state — all because he’d married a woman of a different color.

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Kids Perspectives on Interracial Marriage…

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Some days, I think one of the best gifts I’m giving my interracial family–is an interracial family.I’m thankful how they see one another–as siblings, friends and brothers and sisters in Christ. I’m sure some–even some reading this blog don’t dig it. And that’s okay. You can close out my…

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Walking Down The Widening Aisle Of Interracial Marriages

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One in 10 opposite-sex marriages in the U.S. are between spouses of different races or ethnicities. At more than 5.3 million, their numbers have increased 28 percent since 2000, according to the Census Bureau.

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