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Interracial marriages surge across U.S.

2007-11-06T00:47:00.001-08:00

"NEW YORK — The charisma king of the 2008 presidential field. The world's best golfer. The captain of the New York Yankees. Besides superstardom, Barack Obama, Tiger Woods and Derek Jeter have another."

United States of America November 5, 2007 -- For most of U.S. history, in most communities, such unions were taboo.It was only 40 years ago — on June 12, 1967 — that the U.S. Supreme Court knocked down a Virginia statute barring whites from marrying non-whites. The decision also overturned similar bans in 15 other states.

Since that landmark Loving v. Virginia ruling, the number of interracial marriages has soared; for example, black-white marriages increased from 65,000 in 1970 to 422,000 in 2005, according to Census Bureau figures. Factoring in all racial combinations, Stanford University sociologist Michael Rosenfeld calculates that more than 7% of America's 59 million married couples in 2005 were interracial, compared to less than 2% in 1970. And 45% of the interracial couples met from online dating servce, like interracialfriends.com,match.com.

Coupled with a steady flow of immigrants from all parts of the world, the surge of interracial marriages and multiracial children is producing a 21st century America more diverse than ever, with the potential to become less stratified by race.

"The racial divide in the U.S. is a fundamental divide. ... but when you have the 'other' in your own family, it's hard to think of them as 'other' anymore," Rosenfeld said. "We see a blurring of the old lines, and that has to be a good thing, because the lines were artificial in the first place.

"The boundaries were still distinct in 1967, a year when the Sidney Poitier film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner— a comedy built around parents' acceptance of an interracial couple — was considered groundbreaking. The Supreme Court ruled that Virginia could not criminalize the marriage that Richard Loving, a white, and his black wife, Mildred, entered into nine years earlier in Washington, D.C.

But what once seemed so radical to many Americans is now commonplace.

Many prominent blacks — including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, civil rights leader Julian Bond and former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun — have married whites. Well-known whites who have married blacks include former Defense Secretary William Cohen and actor Robert DeNiro.

Last year, the Salvation Army installed Israel Gaither as the first black leader of its U.S. operations. He and his wife, Eva, who is white, wed in 1967 — the first interracial marriage between Salvation Army officers in the United States.

Opinion polls show overwhelming popular support, especially among younger people, for interracial marriage.

That's not to say acceptance has been universal. Interviews with interracial couples from around the country reveal varied challenges, and opposition has lingered in some quarters.

Bob Jones University in South Carolina only dropped its ban on interracial dating in 2000; a year later 40% of the voters objected when Alabama became the last state to remove a no-longer-enforceable ban on interracial marriages from its constitution.

Hallowmas Hair

2007-10-31T18:30:00.000-07:00

We can only imagine what must be living in that rat's nest atop Amy Winehouse's head.

The Hottest Celebrity Interracial Couples !

2007-10-30T19:32:00.000-07:00

The Hottest Celebrity Interracial Couples

Which Celebrity Interracial Couples making a great match!
Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel	13	13.68%
Tom Verica and Kira Arné	1	1.05%
Aisha Tyler and Jeff Tietjens	17	17.89%
Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Sara (Kapfer) Gooding	3	3.16%
Rashida Jones and Mark Ronson	2	2.11%
Thandie Newton and Oliver Parker	5	5.26%
Lenny Kravitz and Nicole Kidman	8	8.42%
Seal and Heidi Klum	40	42.11%
Michelle Kwan and Brad Ference	3	3.16%
Karyn Parsons and Alexandre Rockwell	3	3.16%

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Celebrity-Interracial-Couples Derek Sanderson Jeter (Seven)

2007-10-30T19:26:00.000-07:00

Derek Sanderson JeterDOB: June 26, 1974, Chilton Memorial Hospital, Pequannock, NJ; Moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan where he began playing ball at the age of five.
Career Highs: New York Yankees Shortstop; AL Rookie of the Year, 1996
Career Lows: Getting unwanted media attention due to a threatening letter that warned he'd be "shot or set on fire" if he didn't stop dating white women.

Filmography: Through the Fire, 2005, Appeared as himself; Anger Management, 2003, Appeared as himself
Racial/Ethnic Heritage: Multiracial: His father, Charles Jeter is African-American; His mother, Dorothy Conner is Caucasian.
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Jessica BielDOB: March 3, 1982, Ely, Minnesota; has lived in 6 states, but likes to call Boulder, Colorado home TV: 7th Heaven
Film: Blade Trinity, 2004; Cellular, 2004; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 2003; The Rules of Attraction, 2002; Summer Catch, 2001; I'll Be Home for Christmas, 1998; Ulee's Gold, 1997
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Celebrity-Interracial-Couples Halle Berry (Six)

2007-10-27T20:09:00.000-07:00

Halle BerryDOB: August 14, 1968, Cleveland, Ohio

Career Highs and Lows: She won The Best Actress Oscar for MONSTER'S BALL in 2002--the first African-American to win the Best Actress Oscar. She also won the Razzies Worst Performance for her CATWOMAN in 2005.
Films: X-men 3 (March 2006), Catwoman (2004), Gothika (2003), X-men 2 (2003), Die Another Day (2002), Monster's Ball (2002), Swordfish (2001), X-men (2000), Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), Jungle Fever (1991)
Inspirations: Her mom, Judith Berry, Dorothy Dandridge, Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, Jodie Foster, Yvonne Sims (her fifth grade teacher)
Racial/Ethnic Heritage: Bi-racial - African American and Caucasian English

Interracial personal website: www.interracialfriends.com

Celebrity-Interracial-Couples Tiger & Elin (Five)

2007-10-25T19:42:00.000-07:00

"It's pretty exciting to find a person who complements you so well. She's just like me: very competitive with a little bit of a temper." -Tiger Woods, on Elin Nordegren.

In November 2003, Tiger and Elin attended the President's Cup tournament in South Africa and became officially engaged when Tiger proposed at the luxury Shamwari game reserve.

On October 5, 2004, Tiger and Elin were married by the 19th hole of an exclusive golf resort in Barbados. The ceremony reportedly cost over $1.5 million. Privacy was achieved by buying out the island's sole helicopter charter company and by booking the entire hotel - 200 rooms ranging in price from $700 to $8,000 per night.

The couple spent their wedding night on a $57 million, 155-foot yacht named "Privacy."
Tiger and Elin currently spend their time in their Florida and California residences. The couple is expecting their first child in summer of 2007.

Interracial Love Story Online (four)

2007-10-24T20:45:00.000-07:00

Rosario DawsonBirthdate: May 9, 1979Birthplace: New York, New YorkQuote: On getting her first feature role in Kids: "I was just hanging out where I live, and they asked if I wanted to be in the movie. I was like, 'You're picking people off the street? Obviously this movie is not going anywhere.' " -- E! Online's Sizzlin' 16, 2000
Claim to Fame: Breakthrough performance in Kids (1995)
led to leading roles in He Got Game (1998),
Josie and the Pussycats (2000),
Men in Black II (2002),
the Rundown (XXXX), Alexander (2004),
Rent (2005),
Sin City (2005),
Killshot (2006),
Clerks 2 (2006)
Significant Other: Jason Lewis, actor, Sex and the City; dating since 2004
Factoid: Discovered by Kids director while sitting on her stoop in NY's Lower East Side Jason LewisBirthdate: June 25, 1971
Birthplace: Newport Beach, CaliforniaClaim to Fame: Played Smith Jarrod on the HBO series Sex and the City

Celebrity-Interracial-Couples (Three)

2007-10-24T19:38:00.001-07:00

Taye Quote: On being married to someone of another race:"I know that it disappoints some people and I can understand that. I don't tolerate it but I can understand that. But I think when it comes down to it, people are just much smarter than that." Idina Quote: On receiving threats for being married to someone of another race: "I just wish people were more tolerant, understanding - it's such a ridiculous thing to get worked up about. How is it any of this guy's business?" "Tidina": The CoupleTaye and Idina were married in January 11, 2003. In 2004, they were in the news after People Magazine reported they received hate letters and threats for being "sellouts to their races." The offender was later taken into police custody.
"Tidina" - is a term coined back in 1996, way before the "Bennifer" phenomenon, by hardcore New York RENT fans. It's a combination of "Taye (Diggs)" and "Idina" because the couple was always seen together before and after the show. It has stuck ever since (for devoted fans, at least).
Besides RENT, the two have also performed together in:
The Today 4 U benefit; singing Jon Larson's "You Call My Name" Idina's adorable/steamy music video for "Minuet" The off-broadway musical "The Wild Party" The film "Just a Kiss" (2002) - InterracialFriends

Celebrity-Interracial-Couples (Two)

2007-10-24T07:54:00.000-07:00

Klum, 31, and Seal, 42, got engaged when he flew her by helicopter to the top of a 14,000-foot glacier in British Columbia and presented her with a canary diamond ring.

Soon after, they were married on a beach in Mexico. Their first child (her second) was born in September of 2005.

Celebrity-Interracial-Couples (One)

2007-10-24T07:47:00.000-07:00

David Bowie's Filmography
The Image (1967)The Virgin Soldiers (1969)
Love You Till Tuesday (1969)
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973)Cracked Actor (1974)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Just a Gigolo (1979)
Christiane F. (Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo) (1981)The Snowman (1982)
Group Madness (1983)
Cool Cats: Twenty-Five Years of Rock N Roll Style (1983)
The Hunger (1983)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Yellowbeard (1983)
Into the Night (1985)
Absolute Beginners (1986)
Labyrinth (1986)
Queen: The Magic Years (1987)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Imagine: John Lennon (1988)
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990)
The Linguini Incident (1991)
Travelling Light (1992)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
Basquiat (1996)
Inspirations (1997)
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart (1998)
Il Mio West (Gunslinger's Revenge) (1998)
Everybody Loves Sunshine (1999)
Mr. Rice's Secret (2000)
Zoolander (2001)
Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003)
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s with David Bowie (AMC): Bowie won a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Special Class Special in 2003
Arthur and the Minimoys (2006)
The Prestige (2006)

Recent Interracial Dating Report in 2007

2007-10-24T07:41:00.001-07:00

More than eight-in-ten Americans (83%) now agree that "it??s all right for blacks and whites to date," reflecting the most dramatic change among the racial attitudes tested in Pew polls--as recently as 1987, the public was divided virtually down the middle on the issue, with 48% approving of blacks and whites dating and 46% disapproving. Age is an important factor in attitudes toward interracial dating.

In this regard, Pew surveys since 1987 have documented two complementary trends: Each new generation is more tolerant than the one that precedes it. At the same time, members of each generation have become increasingly tolerant as it ages. Together, these trends help explain the increase in expressions of tolerance toward interracial dating in recent decades. Nearly two-thirds of all Americans born before 1946 (65%) say it is acceptable for whites to date blacks. Two decades ago, about three-quarters of blacks (74%) felt interracial dating was acceptable. Today, nearly all African Americans (97%) believe that interracial dating is acceptable.

Janet Jackson

2007-10-24T07:25:00.000-07:00

A svelte Janet Jackson attends the New York premiere of Tyler Perry's "Why Did I Get Married?" with her main squeeze, record producer Jermaine Dupri.

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Their 2 Babies - A Special Interracial Family

2007-10-24T02:04:00.000-07:00

It's got to be difficult traveling all over the world with
Maddox, Shiloh, Zahara, and Pax, but Brangelina manages to pull it off.

It is heard that Angelina Jolie and Pitt are shutting each other out. Angie had called Pitt ‘stupid’ when it comes to finances.
Angie is also upset with Pitt because she does not want him to have a ‘Guy’s night out’, which he has been regularly been doing.
Angie is not fond of on of Pitt’s close friends but Pitt constantly keeps meeting him and this annoys Angie very much.
Angie doesn’t get along well with Pitt’s friends and this is creating problems between the couple.