Do you think interracial relationships have made strides? SELF: It’s been 53 years since the Loving decision granted people the right to marry interracially. As of 2016, 10.2% of married people living together were in interracial or interethnic relationships, according to the Pew Research Center-up from 7.4% in 2012. Now interracial relationships are growing in number. Virginia struck down state bans on interracial marriage in 1967. The landmark Supreme Court case Loving v. He urged them to replace him with a Black candidate because, in part, he has “to be able to answer his Black daughter when she asks: What did you do?” It wasn’t too long ago that loving someone from a different racial background was a crime in this country. Then there’s Alexis Ohanian, husband to tennis great Serena Williams, who recently resigned from his seat on the Reddit board of directors. Rapper and talk show host Eve revealed on The Talk that she’s been having some uncomfortable conversations with her white husband. Actress Tika Sumpter, who is Black and engaged to a white man, tweeted that white people in relationships with Black people have a duty to fight racism on behalf of their partners. The celebrity world offers up plenty of examples. Interracial couples across the country are processing the current outcry for racial justice-and, in some cases, how it’s affecting their relationship.
