{"id":5155,"date":"2021-07-12T12:45:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T16:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/?p=5155"},"modified":"2023-12-12T14:59:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T19:59:30","slug":"the-lesson-in-loving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/the-lesson-in-loving\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lesson In Loving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><button id=\"listenButton1\" class=\"responsivevoice-button\" type=\"button\" value=\"Play\" title=\"ResponsiveVoice Tap to Start\/Stop Speech\"><span>&#128266; Listen to this article<\/span><\/button>\n        <script>\n            listenButton1.onclick = function(){\n                if(responsiveVoice.isPlaying()){\n                    responsiveVoice.cancel();\n                }else{\n                    responsiveVoice.speak(\"My parents were married in 1973, only six years after the landmark civil rights case Loving v. Virginia, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ended prohibitions on interracial marriage in Virginia, among other states.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t until recently that it occurred to me how close their wedding was to the Loving case or the courage it took to marry someone of another race at that time, especially for my mother who was only twenty-one.\u00a0 I recall the first time I encountered a conversation about my multi-racial identity. I was about seven years old, and someone asked me who my \u201creal\u201d father was, since it couldn\u2019t be the White man standing in the driveway of our home. Later in high school, I had to rip into a classmate for saying my parents\u2019 interracial relationship was \u201cagainst the Bible.\u201d Almost thirty years later, I congratulated him on marrying his husband.\u00a0\u00a0 After all, aren\u2019t we all entitled to be happy and to love whomever we choose? In Virginia, as late as 1967, the short answer was no.\u00a0 After being married in Washington D.C. in 1958, Mildred and Richard Loving returned to their hometown in Caroline County, VA. Months later, they were awakened from their beds in the middle of the night, staring down the barrels of drawn guns, after an anonymous tip. They were arrested and jailed for violating the state\\'s \\\"Racial Integrity Act.\\\"\u00a0 The Lovings were sentenced to a year in prison, but a judge released them under the condition that they leave Virginia. Mildred Loving wrote to then Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy for help in returning to their home, and the couple was referred to the ACLU (the American Civil Liberties Union), which represented them in their case.\u00a0 Eventually, the Supreme Court ruled that state bans on interracial marriage were unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment, which states in part that \u201cno State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 The 1967 Loving v. Virginia ruling nullified sixteen remaining anti-miscegenation laws, all in Southern states. However, some did not formally purge the laws until much later; for instance, Alabama\u2019s legislature did so only in November 2000, with 40% voting against the measure.\u00a0 June 12\u2014the anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia decision\u2014is now commemorated each year as \u201cLoving Day.\u201d A number of organizations and individuals host Loving Day Celebrations in cities all over the United States, and internationally in cities like Tokyo and Barcelona. Today, according to the 2020 census, more than 33.8 million people identify as multiracial, reflecting the surge of interracial relationships across the United States.\u00a0 Before her death in 2008, Mildred Loving said, \u201cSurrounded as I am now by wonderful children and grandchildren, not a day goes by that I don\\'t think of Richard and our love, our right to marry, and how much it meant to me to have that freedom to marry the person precious to me, even if others thought he was the \\'wrong kind of person\\' for me to marry.\u201d Marrying who you fall in love with should be an inherent right for us all, but even into this past decade, we have struggled with finding humanity in love beyond the confines of antiquated and biased social norms. It\u2019s imperative that we continue to educate ourselves and each other on the inequities that have existed in our society and those that still exist today, and work together to upend them. We should continue to remember the lesson in Loving.\u00a0 To learn more about Loving Day, you can:\u00a0 Watch the movie Loving Read Loving Day by Mat Johnson Share The Case for Loving with your kids Visit LovingDay.org Search #lovingday Jackie Ferguson hosts the Diversity: Beyond the Checkbox podcast and is Head of Content and Programming and a Co-Founder of The Diversity Movement.\", \"US English Male\");\n                }\n            };\n        <\/script>\n     <\/br><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My parents were married in 1973, only six years after the landmark civil rights case <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackpast.org\/african-american-history\/loving-v-virginia-1967\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loving v. Virginia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ended prohibitions on interracial marriage in Virginia, among other states.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wasn\u2019t until recently that it occurred to me how close their wedding was to the Loving case or the courage it took to marry someone of another race at that time, especially for my mother who was only twenty-one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I recall the first time I encountered a conversation about my multi-racial identity. I was about seven years old, and someone asked me who my \u201creal\u201d father was, since it couldn\u2019t be the White man standing in the driveway of our home. Later in high school, I had to rip into a classmate for saying my parents\u2019 interracial relationship was \u201cagainst the Bible.\u201d Almost thirty years later, I congratulated him on marrying his husband.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/library\/%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8874 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-B-1024x341.png\" alt=\"TDM Library. Your one-stop-shop for update DEI Resources. Explore with a free trial. Click here to learn more.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-B-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-B-600x200.png 600w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-B-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-B-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-B.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/341;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After all, aren\u2019t we all entitled to be happy and to love whomever we choose? In Virginia, as late as 1967, the short answer was no.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After being married in Washington D.C. in 1958, Mildred and Richard Loving returned to their hometown in Caroline County, VA. Months later, they were awakened from their beds in the middle of the night, staring down the barrels of drawn guns, after an anonymous tip. They were arrested and jailed for violating the state&#8217;s &#8220;Racial Integrity Act.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lovings were sentenced to a year in prison, but a judge released them under the condition that they leave Virginia. Mildred Loving wrote to then Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy for help in returning to their home, and the couple was referred to the ACLU (the American Civil Liberties Union), which represented them in their case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eventually, the Supreme Court ruled that state bans on interracial marriage were unconstitutional under the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/constitution\/amendmentxiv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">14th Amendment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which states in part that \u201cno State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Loving-v-Virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1967 Loving v. Virginia ruling<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> nullified sixteen remaining <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/opinions\/1986\/02\/23\/miscegenation-the-long-cruel-history-of-our-last-taboo\/9e285f6e-6edc-4ddb-ab6d-22cb8ab271a8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">anti-miscegenation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> laws, all in Southern states. However, some did not formally purge the laws until much later; for instance, Alabama\u2019s legislature did so only in November 2000, with 40% voting against the measure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June 12\u2014the anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia decision\u2014is now commemorated each year as \u201cLoving Day.\u201d A number of organizations and individuals host Loving Day Celebrations in cities all over the United States, and internationally in cities like Tokyo and Barcelona. Today, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/stories\/2021\/08\/improved-race-ethnicity-measures-reveal-united-states-population-much-more-multiracial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020 census<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, more than 33.8 million people identify as multiracial, reflecting the surge of interracial relationships across the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before her death in 2008, Mildred Loving said, \u201cSurrounded as I am now by wonderful children and grandchildren, not a day goes by that I don&#8217;t think of Richard and our love, our right to marry, and how much it meant to me to have that freedom to marry the person precious to me, even if others thought he was the &#8216;wrong kind of person&#8217; for me to marry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrying who you fall in love with should be an inherent right for us all, but even <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/our-work\/stories\/the-journey-to-marriage-equality-in-the-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into this past decade<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we have struggled with finding humanity in love beyond the confines of antiquated and biased social norms. It\u2019s imperative that we continue to educate ourselves and each other on the inequities that have existed in our society and those that still exist today, and work together to upend them. We should continue to remember the lesson in Loving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about Loving Day, you can:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch the movie <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01N42ECGC\/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=fwmomsblog-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B01N42ECGC&amp;linkId=f8eaf111b6362e3dc559374ca7913504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loving<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0812983661\/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=fwmomsblog-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0812983661&amp;linkId=78cbff99003acb152781127e314af556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loving Day<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Mat Johnson<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0545478537\/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=fwmomsblog-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0545478537&amp;linkId=06824b5686bd820fe14832f07bd81575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Case for Loving<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with your kids<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/lovingday.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LovingDay.org<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search #lovingday<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/library\/%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8047 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TDM-Library-Footer-Ad-B-1024x85.png\" alt=\"Display ad for TDM Library. Text says &quot;Find more content like this in TDM Library. Start my free trial&quot;\" width=\"1024\" height=\"85\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TDM-Library-Footer-Ad-B-1024x85.png 1024w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TDM-Library-Footer-Ad-B-600x50.png 600w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TDM-Library-Footer-Ad-B-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TDM-Library-Footer-Ad-B-768x64.png 768w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TDM-Library-Footer-Ad-B.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/85;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:jackie@thediversitymovement.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jackie Ferguson<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hosts the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diversity: Beyond the Checkbox<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> podcast and is Head of Content and Programming and a Co-Founder of The Diversity Movement. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My parents were married in 1973, only six years after the landmark civil rights case Loving v. 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