{"id":53124,"date":"2017-03-30T21:53:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T21:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=53124"},"modified":"2017-03-30T21:53:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T21:53:13","slug":"as-get-out-shows-love-isnt-all-you-need-in-interracial-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=53124","title":{"rendered":"As Get Out shows, love isn\u2019t all you need in interracial relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"

As <\/strong><\/em>Get Out<\/strong> shows, love isn\u2019t all you need in interracial relationships<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Guardian<\/a>
\n2017-03-27<\/p>\n

Iman Amrani<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n\u2018In Get Out<\/em><\/a>, Peele<\/a> successfully challenges the way the parents and their friends pride themselves on not being racist, while also objectifying the young man both physically and sexually.\u2019 Photograph: Justin Lubin\/Universal Pictures<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Jordan Peele\u2019s<\/a> film has provoked discussion of issues about race and relationships that often remain too sensitive or uncomfortable to explore<\/em><\/p>\n

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1967 US supreme court decision in the Loving v Virginia<\/em><\/a> case which declared any state law banning interracial marriages as unconstitutional. Jeff Nichols\u2019s recent film, Loving<\/em><\/a>, tells the story of the interracial couple at the heart of the case, which set a precedent for the \u201cfreedom to marry\u201d, paving the way also for the legalisation of same-sex marriage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Loving<\/em> isn\u2019t the only recent film featuring an interracial relationship. A United Kingdom<\/em><\/a> is based on the true story of an African prince who arrived in London<\/a> in 1947 to train as a lawyer, then met and fell in love with a white, British woman. The film tells the tale of love overcoming adversity, but I wonder whether these films are missing something.<\/p>\n

I can understand how, at the moment, with the backdrop of rising intolerance in Europe<\/a> and the United States<\/a>, it\u2019s tempting to curl up in front of a triumphant story of love conquering all, but I grew up in an interracial household and I know that it\u2019s not as simple as that…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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