6: Loving v Virginia: The Continued Effects and the Lasting Legacy

Today we’re talking about interracial relationships and the Loving generation – Associate Board members Jarel and Gaby join us, along with Gaby’s husband Steen. In 1967, the Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia overturned all laws outlawing interracial marriage – and [in the fifty years since the historic legislation, many people still feel the effects of the taboo of interracial relationships.](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/11/us/50-years-after-loving-v-virginia.html) Today, one in six newlyweds in the United States has a spouse of a different race or ethnicity, according to a recent analysis of 2015 census data by the Pew Research Center. That is a fivefold increase from 1967 when just 3 percent of marriages crossed ethnic and racial lines. Tune in to hear insightful conversation about the role race plays in relationships, personal stories of discrimination due to a partner or relationship and hopeful thoughts for the future: