existing between or involving different races
from inter- 'between' + racial
bridges racial boundaries
Interracial relationships, especially Black-white partnerships, were criminalized and weaponized through miscegenation laws; narrative focus often centered on white women, erasing agency of Black women and men who pursued relationships amid threat.
Use neutrally; acknowledge legal persecution when historical; center voices of people in interracial relationships, especially those from historically criminalized groups.
Black women and men who loved across racial lines during legal prohibition exercised radical autonomy; their relationships were acts of resistance, not aberrations.
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