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The Conversation U.S.Jun 13, 2025

Dating platforms both reflect and reinforce racial stereotypes and biases common in American culture.

When seeking a romantic partner, people gravitate toward others who are similar and familiar to them – not people whom they have been taught to see as fundamentally different from their family, friends and neighbors.

And part of that is the lasting legacy of laws designed to keep races segregated.

https://theconversation.com/laws-meant-to-keep-different-races-apart-still-influence-dating-patterns-decades-after-being-invalidated-229246

#LovingDay #relationships #bias #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon

Laws meant to keep different races apart still influence dating patterns, decades after being invalidated

Romantic attraction is driven by a complex set of factors, including who people grow up around and what is familiar and comfortable to them. But discriminatory laws also play a role.

The Conversation

Zerflin Jun 12, 2025

I Art I Mildred and Richard Loving https://bit.ly/3J66cRZ
Happy Loving day !
Did you know that Ken Tanabe founded the Loving Day,the world’s largest network of multiethnic community celebrations?
#art #design #zerflin #zerflinwork #zerflinart #illustration #lovingday

Michael Jun 12, 2025

Legal mixed-race marriage in all 50 states is six years older than I am. https://lovingday.org/ #LovingDay

Loving Day – Loving Day is the anniversary of a historic court decision for interracial marriage. Every year on June 12th, it’s a global day of visibility, education, and community.

Billie Jean King 🤖Jun 12, 2025

58 years ago today, the Supreme Court of the U.S. struck down state laws prohibiting interracial marriage.

Today and every June 12, we celebrate #LovingDay, a day of inclusivity, visibility, and education.

Thank you to Richard and Mildred Loving for their bravery. https://x.com/lovingday/stat…

Journeys In Film Jun 12, 2025

In celebration of Loving Day, we're sharing "New Hope" by Corita Kent. This serigraph from 1966 is dedicated to Mildred and Richard Loving. At that time the Lovings were plaintiffs in the midst of the Supreme Court case that ultimately struck down states’ bans on interracial marriage the following year on June 12. 1/2

#LovingDay #EECummings #CoritaKent #WomenArtists #PopArt #Art #ProtestArt #SCOTUS #USHistory #Histodons @art @histodons

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Michael Kohlman Jun 12, 2025

And anyone who thinks that we as a nation have moved beyond hatred and bias based on these trivial definitions of who we are only has to watch the news this week.

Exclusion of anyone for their DNA, where that came from, or who they love, is the Exclusion of All.

We need to not forget that.

#LovingDay

Michael Kohlman Jun 12, 2025

Many years ago, Evelia and I did the Genetic Analysis Thing and racially we only share about 2% in common ancestry (Mediterranean-ish).

It’s enough.

At the time both of us were born, interracial marriages were still illegal in much of the U.S.; and even after the landmark 1967 ruling, mixed couples were not welcomed everywhere.

Even in the last 15 years of our 30-plus years together there have been… moments…

#LovingDay

Dr. Robin Tanamachi Jun 12, 2025

I’m the product of an interracial marriage, and damn proud of it. I have roots in two distinct historical traditions, and it’s enriched my life and my perspectives. #LovingDay https://www.npr.org/2025/06/08/g-s1-70928/couples-court-case-interracial-loving-day