Are interracial relationships still taboo?
Sam Jackson is in a theatre near you in Lakeveiw Terrace and (spoiler alert!) he plays a cop who doesn’t like interracial relationships, and it makes you wonder if interracial relationship are still taboo. There have been plenty of films made about the subject, from Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner to Jungle Fever and Something Different, and they all have different takes that screen as hopeful and optimistic. But in reality, some Black people still have a problem with interracial dating. This could largely be regional: it’s common-place and casual to see interracial couples on the coast, but in the North and South, it can still provoke stares and snide comments. People also still believe that Black men choose White women as a sign of upward mobility. Sports figure are said to marry White women exclusively, but we can prove that isn’t true. Doesn’t matter. There is also some idea that Black men tend to date outside of their race more than any other. I don’t know that this has any truth to
