Miscegenation
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Miscegenation is the commonly used term for the cohabitation and sexual relations between two (or more) individuals outside their own racial, or ethnic group.
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[edit] History
Miscegenation comes from the Latin miscere, "to mix" and genus, "kind". The word was coined in the U.S. in 1863, and the etymology of the word is tied up with political conflicts during the American Civil War over the abolition of slavery and over the racial segregation of African-Americans
Merriam-Webster "a mixture of races; especially : marriage, cohabitation, or sexual intercourse between a white person and a member of another race" Miscegenationist is a person who engages in miscegenation. Miscegenational is the appropriate adjective
The word was coined in an anonymous propaganda pamphlet printed in New York City in December 1863, entitled Miscegenation: The Theory of the Blending of the Races, Applied to the American White Man and Negro. The pamphlet purported to be in favor of promoting the intermarriage of whites and blacks until they were indistinguishably mixed, claiming this was the goal of the Republican Party. The pamphlet was revealed to be a written by Democrats David Goodman Croly, managing editor of the New York World, a Democratic Party paper, and George Wakeman, a World reporter. It was an attempt by Democrats (the so-called Copperheads) to discredit the Republicans, the Lincoln administration, and the abolitionist movement, but many abolitionist if fact did support the gaols of the pamphlet.
[edit] Anti-miscegenation laws
Anti-miscegenation laws, also known as miscegenation laws, were laws that banned interracial marriage and sometimes interracial sex between whites and members of other races. In the United States, interracial marriage, cohabitation and sex have since 1863 been termed "miscegenation." Contemporary usage of the term "miscegenation" is less frequent, and the term is today often considered offensive.[citation needed] In North America, laws against interracial marriage and interracial sex existed and were enforced in the Thirteen Colonies from the late seventeenth century onwards, and subsequently in several US states and US territories until 1967.
[edit] Anti-miscegenation Laws enacted in the Thirteen Colonies and the United States
[edit] Anti-miscegenation laws repealed until 1887
| State | First law passed | Law repealed | "Races" banned from marrying whites | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 1829 | 1874 | Blacks | |
| Iowa | 1839 | 1851 | Blacks | |
| Kansas | 1855 | 1859 | Blacks | Law repealed before reaching statehood |
| New Mexico | 1857 | 1866 | Blacks | Law repealed before reaching statehood |
| Maine | 1821 | 1883 | Blacks, Native Americans | |
| Massachusetts | 1705 | 1843 | Blacks, Native Americans | Passed the 1913 law preventing out-of-state couples from circumventing their home-state anti-miscegenation laws |
| Michigan | 1838 | 1883 | Blacks | |
| Ohio | 1861 | 1887 | Blacks | Last state to repeal its anti-miscegenation law before California did so in 1948 |
| Pennsylvania | 1725 | 1780 | Blacks | |
| Washington | 1855 | 1868 | Blacks, Native Americans | Law repealed before reaching statehood |
[edit] Anti-miscegenation laws repealed 1948-1967
| State | First law passed | Law repealed | "Races" banned from marrying whites | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 1865 | 1962 | Blacks, Asians, Filipinos, Indians | Filipinos ("Malays") and Indians ("Hindus") added to list of "races" in 1931 |
| California | 1850 | 1948 | Blacks, Asians, Filipinos | Anti-miscegenation law overturned by state judiciary in Supreme Court of California case Perez v. Sharp |
| Colorado | 1864 | 1957 | Blacks | |
| Idaho | 1864 | 1959 | Blacks, Native Americans, Asians | |
| Indiana | 1818 | 1965 | Blacks | |
| Maryland | 1692 | 1967 | Blacks, Filipinos | Repealed its law in response to the start of the Loving v. Virginia case |
| Montana | 1909 | 1953 | Blacks, Asians | |
| Nebraska | 1855 | 1963 | Blacks, Asians | |
| Nevada | 1861 | 1959 | Blacks, Native Americans, Asians, Filipinos | |
| North Dakota | 1909 | 1955 | Blacks | |
| Oregon | 1862 | 1951 | Blacks, Native Americans, Asians, Native Hawaiians | |
| South Dakota | 1909 | 1957 | Blacks, Asians, Filipinos | |
| Utah | 1852 | 1963 | Blacks, Asians, Filipinos | |
| Wyoming | 1913 | 1965 | Blacks, Asians, Filipinos |
[edit] Anti-miscegenation laws overturned on 12 June 1967 by Loving v. Virginia
| State | First law passed | "Races" banned from marrying whites | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1822 | Blacks | Repealed during Reconstruction, law later reinstated |
| Arkansas | 1838 | Blacks | Repealed during Reconstruction, law later reinstated |
| Delaware | 1721 | Blacks | |
| Florida | 1832 | Blacks | Repealed during Reconstruction, law later reinstated |
| Georgia | 1750 | All non-whites | |
| Kentucky | 1792 | Blacks | |
| Louisiana | 1724 | Blacks | Repealed during Reconstruction, law later reinstated |
| Mississippi | 1822 | Blacks, Asians | Repealed during Reconstruction, law later reinstated |
| Missouri | 1835 | Blacks, Asians | |
| North Carolina | 1715 | Blacks, Native Americans | |
| Oklahoma | 1897 | Blacks | |
| South Carolina | 1717 | All non-whites | Repealed during Reconstruction, law later reinstated |
| Tennessee | 1741 | Blacks, Native Americans | |
| Texas | 1837 | Blacks | |
| Virginia | 1691 | All non-whites | Previous anti-miscegenation law made more severe by Racial Integrity Act of 1924 |
| West Virginia | 1863 | Blacks |
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