The loving day website was created to promote acceptance of
diversity and to battle discrimination. The website has a place where people
from around the world can share their story of interracial relationships and a
picture. There is page after page of people sharing their storied. I think this
is a great source for people that are starting a interracial relationship or
any person having difficulties with this topic. You can see and learn about
actual people that have been through the struggles of multiracial
relationships. Below are 3 examples of interracial couples I found on the
website. You can search through the couples on the website and narrow your
search criteria by state. I selected Pennsylvania, but there weren’t any
couples from Pennsylvania that shared their stories.
Ramone and Christy
Age:
29
Occupation:
Nursing
I am a white woman and my husband is
a black man. My husband and I met and fell in love when I was 17 and he was 19.
We went to the same HS. Just a couple of weeks after meeting him I knew I
wanted to marry him, even at 17 years old. Living in Alabama is like living 20
years ago so my family had a huge problem with me marrying a black man. I had a
family member that had such a big problem with it that he just met my husband 2
years ago, after him and I had been married 9 years and had 2 children
together.
Tim and Yasuko
Province/Region/State (if you are
outside of the U.S.A.):
Yamaguchi
Age:
46
Occupation:
Teacher/Housewife
I did not know what
"miscegenation" was or that it was once illegal until it was
mentioned in connection with Obama three years ago. I am happily interacially
married these ten years. Today I was looking up the wikipedia article and
realised I was born on Loving Day (or two years before, in 1965). I guess that
there are nearly a million Americans born on Loving Day. I wonder what
percentage of them are inter-racially married? If there were a global law
requiring that people only maried interacially, I wonder how long it would be
before there'd be no more war.
Nicole and Shawn
30
Occupation:
Mom/Student
Shaun and I have been happily
married for a little over 5 years. I'm proud of our relationship and don't
understand the stigma that often comes with dating/marrying outside of your
race. I love my life and my husband and the beautiful daughter that joined our
family last year. She is a lasting testament to our love and super cute too.
Don't mean to toot my own horn but....TOOT TOOT. :)
There is a link on the website also for celebration events to promote loving Day and interracial relationships. I selected one and posted it below. It is being held June 8th, 2013 in Georgia. This is an excellent source for people looking to meet other people sharing their experiences in interracial dating and marriage. You can also create your own event and post it to the website.
When and Where is the Celebration?
Date and Time:
06/08/2013 - 1:00pm to 6:00pm
Venue:
Griffin City Park
Address Line 1:
601 Camp Northern Rd
City:
Griffin
State (if you are in the U.S.A):
Georgia
Country:
United States
Celebration Details
On campus (or hosted by a campus organization)?:
No
Hosted By:
DiversityNU
Ticket or RSVP Requirements:
None required
Email:
Phone:
770-897-3241
Link:
DiversityNU presents LOVING DAY in Griffin GA at the city park. The event is
free. Free food by Voice to the Nations of Griffin Ga. Inflatables by
DiversityNU and the Sistah Circle. Music including Hip Hop Artist Mz. Aleigha.
Special guest include TLC Sisterhood Pastor Brian & Tara Lewis, Sistah
Circle CEO Jocasta Odom, Author Corneila Brown, Editor and Chief of Breaking
News Journal and Authors Ruth Bryant White and Steve White. We are also having
a Blood Drive and Blood Marrow Registry Drive.To help support this event please get a T-Shirt to wear at the event. Go to this link to order your shirt now. http://www.facebook.com/diversitynu/app_251458316228
Another very interesting link is called the Legal Map under the Learn tab. This map allows you to visually see what year each state legalized interracial marriage. By 1967 interracal marriage was legalized in all states.
Races have been intermarrying throughout history. America is no exception. I loved the movie, "A Bronx Tale" and its depiction of inter-racial dating in the 1960's. I remember that I used to get upset at seeing a black guy date a white girl when I was in High School. However, that was pure jealousy not out of hatred of blacks. I was in love with a black girl at the time and her family could not accept me and so I adopted their negative view and projected it toward black guys having an easier time dating white girls than the other way around. I grew out of it.
ReplyDeleteI think love comes in all shapes and colors. It shouldn't matter what color your spouse is, this is just another way that people discriminate on something that they find foreign. This website seems like a great place for couples to go when they feel like they are at odds with those around them.
ReplyDeleteI just said a few comments ago that I wanted to know more about this loving day organization and then you had this nice post which explained it and told the story of some mixed race couples. It is a great place for people to find community and validation with others like them. Thank you for the info.
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