Thursday, October 6, 2011
Ebony & Ivory Live Together In Perfect Harmony
I am working on the topic of the development of interracial marriage because I want to find out why it took decades for people to accept these relationships (and amend laws) to help my reader better understand how views change based on generational differences.
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I absolutely love your topic. I want to know why it took so long too. I think it is terrible that people could not date who they wanted and be accepted just because of their race. I am an aunt to an interracial child and a god sister. I see no reason why love should see color or why it matters. If you love someone than that is all that is important. Who cares what others think.
ReplyDeleteI've always wondered about this topic myself, and it makes me sad that interracial marriage is still a controversial issue for some people. It seems to me that the roots of these generational differences are very complicated, and I will be interested to read your perspective.
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ReplyDeleteHow awesome is this topic?! Very! My family is Palestinian and my sister married an African American guy, so I would love to have clarity as to what the big deal is. I think you could possibly include first-hand sources and things you/someone you know have experienced to make the paper more real for the reader who may not have had the experiences. Also, you may want to consider looking at why people discriminate against people with stark differences (like someone of my coloring marrying a black guy) and people who are also different races, but who may look similarly (like my color and a Greek person). Why do people discriminate so much against the differences that are obvious and not so much toward people who look similarly but have different backgrounds? Either way, it's interracial! Just something you may want to consider :) Can't wait to read this!!
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame love was once criticized based on skin color and social hierarchy. I'm glad interracial marriage is more accepted, but it still has a long way to go against racial jealousy and bigotry. With interracial marriages will you examine the history of specific races and their opposition regarding other races? I can't wait to see this finished :)
ReplyDeleteFirst off, your topic is really interesting to me too because I'm interracial (my mom is Japanese and my father is Caucasian American)
ReplyDeleteGenerational differences sounds like good way to make specify your topic. My parents got a lot of grief from their families when they married, but it'd wouldn't much of big deal if I married someone of a different race today. So there was definitely some significant changes to American society since they got married 1979.
I would caution you to not make your time window too big, then you would have to conduct too many historical changes.
Coming from a multiracial family I think this topic is awsome. I have recently become an aunt to a beautiful interracial little boy and I could not imagine disliking him just because of the color of his skin. I think your paper is of great relevance and interest.
ReplyDeleteI think this is going to be a really awesome paper! This topic is something that was really an issue and it is great at how far we have come. One thing to think about is that even though we have come very far in this issue, there are still many cultures, and even families in America, who are not accepting of this reality. Maybe you could look into why this is, and make sure that you specify that we are still not at 100%
ReplyDeleteThere are still people in this area of Maryland who are ignorant to interracial marriage. I think this is an interesting topic to research because I am curious as to why there are still people who have unimaginable biases against interracial couples.
ReplyDeleteCourt cases and government laws may be very useful for this research paper.
Great title! This is a great topic to explore as interracial couples still continue to become more accepted. I think the historical aspects would be great to look at, for example during the Holocausts when Germans would be punished for being with Jews. Looking forward to hearing more about what you find as we go around the class table :)
ReplyDeleteThis subject interests so much because I truly do not understand why interracial dating is bothersome to people. It would be interesting to see how many people still care about this subject today. I know several people who still do not agree with interracial dating. Why do they still have these feelings?
ReplyDeleteI think we have talked about this in class, but it is always amazing to see how recently many states have allowed interracial relationships to be legitimate.
ReplyDeleteI never understood why interracial dating or relationships made people upset or bothered so many people so much. I think that people should be able to do whatever they want when it comes to love, in fact, it still boggles my mind that there are laws in place for interracial relationships! Very interesting topic, it is definitely one that catches my eye.
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