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
He collapsed the history of coerced miscegenation going back to the plantation into a raw metaphor.
From New York Times • May 27, 2021
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
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
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