Not Just Fetishists and Race Traitors Challenging the Way We Look At Interracial Relationships

The 10 most sensationalized interracial couples of all time, fictional or real

Ling Woo and Richard Fish on Ally McBeal

J. Lo and Diddy Ben and Jen

Suzie Wong and Robert Lomax in The World of Suzie Wong

Dr. John Wade Prentice & Joanna 'Joey' Drayton in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Hank Grotowski and Leticia Musgrove in Monster’s Ball

Flipper Purify and Angie Tucci in Jungle Fever

Woody and Soon-Yi Allen

Kobe Bryant and unnamed alleged rape victim

John Lennon and Yoko Ono

O.J. and Nicole Brown Simpson

Common myths about interracial relationships How do these myths play out in real life? Sexual stereotypes of races Brief historical overview

Historical Overview

Between 1882 and 1968, 4,742 black men were lynched Source: The End of Blackness by Debra J. Dickerson

172,000 Asian women came to the U.S. as “war brides” between the end of WWII and the end of the Vietnam War Source: The Asian Mystique by Sheridan L. Prasso

Source: The Loving Day Project, lovingday.org

Myth #1 Who you’re with indicates where your loyalty lies

Myth #2 Only black/white couples are interracial couples

Rates of Interracial Marriage 49% 6% 2% Japanese- American women African- American men African- American women Source: 2000 Census

Rates of Interracial Marriage Source: 2000 Census 18% Hispanic wives have non-Hispanic husbands 15% Hispanic husbands have non-Hispanic wives 52% Native Americans married non-Native Americans 52% Asian-Americans married non-Asian-Americans

18% Hispanic wives have non-Hispanic husbands

15% Hispanic husbands have non-Hispanic wives

52% Native Americans married non-Native Americans

52% Asian-Americans married non-Asian-Americans

Myth #3 People have questionable motives for getting into interracial relationships

Who you’re with indicates where your loyalty lies Only black/white couples are interracial couples People have questionable motives for getting into interracial relationships #1 #2 #3 Recap

How do these myths play out in real life?

People assume only black/white couples have “issues”

People interact with other races based on stereotypes they have internalized

People make assumptions about you based on the race of your partner

These internalized stereotypes have resulted in severe gender imbalances

Gender Imbalance in Interracial Couples marriage Source: 2000 Census co-habitation 2.65 x more likely 3.08 x more likely 5 x more likely 2.09 x more likely black men / white women black women / white men black men / white women black women / white men Asian women / white men Asian men / white women Asian women / white men Asian men / white women

Racial stereotypes are so pervasive that many people have internalized them. These stereotypes affect the way society treats interracial couples and sometimes impact the dynamics within interracial relationships as well.

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