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	Podcast:		Speak Out 253
	Episode:		6: Loving v Virginia: The Continued Effects and the Lasting Legacy
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:29:31
	Publish Date:		2018-12-11 10:00:00
	Description:		Today we’re talking about interracial relationships and the Loving generation – Associate Board members Jarel and Gaby join us, along with Gaby’s husband Steen. In 1967, the Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia overturned all laws outlawing interracial marriage – and in the fifty years since the historic legislation, many people still feel the effects of the taboo of interracial relationships. Today, one in six newlyweds in the United States has a spouse of a different race or ethnicity, according to a recent analysis of 2015 census data by the Pew Research Center. That is a fivefold increase from 1967 when just 3 percent of marriages crossed ethnic and racial lines. Tune in to hear insightful conversation about the role race plays in relationships, personal stories of discrimination due to a partner or relationship and hopeful thoughts for the future:
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