Whats the relevance of Loving v. Virginia today?
Prejudice and racism are quite alive and well when it comes to interracial couples. People think it’s a preference thing as in, “I don’t care what everyone else does but my daughter is not marrying a black man.” Loving Day speaks directly to that. The more interesting stories are where people are working through their issues. One woman is white, her fiancée’s Asian, and her uncle is racist against Asians because he fought in the Korean War. Because he loves his niece, though, he decided he’s going to have brunch with her future husband every Sunday until he gets over it. In America, we re used to the black/white angle when you think racism, not necessarily Asian/white or Native American/white.
