Allison Skinner does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision ruling bans on interracial marriage unconstitutional. While the ruling in Loving v. Yet incidents of overt prejudice — even violence — against interracial couples keep cropping up. In April, a Mississippi landlord evicted a family after he found out the couple was interracial.

Interracial relationships have taken place in America since colonial times, but couples in such romances continue to face problems and challenges. When the enslavement of Black people became institutionalized in the U. Miscegenation is defined by sexual relations between people from different racial groups. The term stems from the Latin words "miscere" and "genus," which mean "to mix" and "race," respectively. Incredibly, anti-miscegenation laws remained on the books until the latter half of the 20th century, making interracial relationships taboo and posing barriers to mixed-race couples. A major reason interracial relationships continue to carry stigma is their association with violence.

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News releases Research Social science. Interracial marriage has grown in the United States over the past few decades, and polls show that most Americans are accepting of mixed-race relationships. A study by the Pew Research Center found that interracial marriages in the U. But new research from the University of Washington suggests that reported acceptance of interracial marriage masks deeper feelings of discomfort — even disgust — that some feel about mixed-race couples.