History 270 Lecture 19

CHANGING FACES
Interracial Unions and the Census

I.          Overview

II.        Inter-ethnic Marriages

A.  Second generation immigrants

III.       Anti-miscegenation Laws

A.  Classifying "Black"

B.  Loving vs. Virginia (1967)

IV.       Interracial Couples Increasing:  California/Los Angeles

A.  Los Angeles Leads the Way

V.        Difficulties for Mixed Couples

A.  Racial intolerance

VI.       Race and the Census

A.  How to classify?

1.  Opposition to "Mixed Race" Classification

VII.     Discussion and Film