{"id":54190,"date":"2017-06-13T15:13:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T15:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=54190"},"modified":"2017-06-13T15:13:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T15:13:25","slug":"was-loving-v-virginia-really-about-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=54190","title":{"rendered":"Was Loving v. Virginia Really About Love?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Was <\/strong><\/em>Loving v. Virginia<\/strong> Really About Love?<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Atlantic<\/a>
\n2017-06-12<\/p>\n

Osagie K. Obasogie<\/strong><\/a>, Haas Distinguished Chair and Professor of Bioethics
\nUniversity of California, Berkeley<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>
\nJ. Scott Applewhite \/ AP<\/small><\/p>\n

Fifty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws banning interracial marriage<\/a>, but the issues involved in the case extended beyond its current popular understanding as a tribute to romance.<\/em><\/p>\n

Interracial marriage is at a historic high. According to a recent Pew Research Center report<\/a>, couples with different racial backgrounds made up one in six new marriages in 2015\u2014a stark change from previous eras when even looking at someone across the color line with a hint of romance could be a matter of life or death. This radical shift is largely attributed to the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Loving v. Virginia<\/em><\/a>, which marks its 50th anniversary on June 12. In Loving<\/em>, the Court struck down state laws banning interracial marriage, holding that such restrictions are unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

Loving<\/em> is widely praised as a case about law ceding to the power of love in the face of astonishing harassment and bigotry endured by interracial couples. The redemptive trope coming out of the Loving<\/em> decision that love conquers all has also influenced other social movements, such as those leading to Obergefell v. Hodges<\/em><\/a>\u2014the 2015 Supreme Court decision recognizing same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n

The 1967 Loving<\/em> decision therefore is often celebrated as an affirmation of love that made America a better and more progressive society. There\u2019s just one problem.<\/p>\n

Love is not what the case was really about…<\/p>\n

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

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