Chris and DeShanna talk interracial marriage and blending families. Wikipedia defines an interracial marriage as a form of marriage outside a specific social group involving spouses who belong to different races or racialized ethnicities. In the past, it was illegal to marry someone who is of a different race than you in the United States. Interracial marriage did not become legal throughout the US until 1967 following a decision from the Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia.