WELCOME
to Pigments of the Imagination,
a site devoted to the study of “race” and its codependent
concept “miscegenation.” In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court
overturned all existing laws prohibiting so-called interracial marriages.
The case that had been brought was Loving v. Virginia,
which involved Richard and Mildred Loving, a Virginia couple who
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Virginia where they were arrested and banished from the state for
25 years. The Lovings ultimately triumphed over a legal network
that defined race. But why did such laws exist in the first place?
Racism played a role, of course. Yet there were other economic,
psychological, and ideological factors at play as well. Please join
in this exploration of Loving v. Virginia
and the illusion of “race.” |
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