The History of Interracial Relationships

As I was skimming through a couple of scholar articles about bi-racial relationships and marriage, I noticed that research showed that bi-racial relationships have been around for about how long humans have been. It was even stated that during the slave days, the "masters" would sometimes have sexual relations with their own slaves, given, some of this was forced. There was one particular article that stood out to me the most entitled "From Miscegenation to Multiculturalism."It is stated in the article that at one time in history, 40 of the 50 states had laws refusing multicultural relationships. The experimenter's goal was to consider the dynamics that occur when individuals of different races attempt to develop intimate relations. Only the landmark Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court decision of 1967 brought an end to all such laws that were passed against miscegenation. Ever since then it is stated that the number of bi-racial couples have increased with every year. The most recent figures show that there are nearly 1 million interracial marriages and over half a million interracial children. Keep in mind that the numbers are still rapidly growing due to the younger generation's greater acceptance to such relationships.