Opposed to the mixing of races, particularly in marriages; relating to laws or beliefs against interracial relationships.
From anti- (against) + miscegenation (from Latin miscere 'to mix' + genus 'race'). Emerged in the 19th century to describe racist ideology and laws.
Antimiscegenation laws in the U.S. lasted until 1967—the fact that these laws existed so recently is a shocking reminder of how recent racism and segregation actually are!
Antimiscegenation rhetoric was weaponized with racialized and patriarchal intent to control reproduction, particularly targeting Black men and white women. Gender policing reinforced white male property claims over women's bodies and reproductive autonomy.
Discuss antimiscegenation as a historical policy of gendered racial control; acknowledge how it disproportionately harmed women of color and restricted reproductive choice across racial groups.
Black women, Latinx women, Indigenous women, and Asian women were primary targets of antimiscegenation enforcement and sexual violence; their reproductive resistance and relationship autonomy were acts of liberation.
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