miscegenation

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After all, through most of American history, miscegenation was illegal in many places and frowned upon in most.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2022

So-called miscegenation, the romance between Meg and her white boyfriend, was not allowed on screen, a rule that was relaxed only slightly for the real Pinky, made two years later.

From The Guardian • May 21, 2020

Earlier generations linked dances such as the lindy hop and the jitterbug to miscegenation and truancy and general wildness; they outlawed dancing altogether.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2020

In March 1948 — six months before the Supreme Court of California declared the state’s miscegenation ban unconstitutional — she married a man with German ancestry.

From New York Times • May 17, 2019

Given its long miscegenation history—begun when Jan Van Riebeeck and his men, the first whites to settle South Africa, arrived in 1652 without wives—the city was purported to be a most liberal place.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane