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Interracial Marriage Thesis Statement

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It will start with a fictional excerpt about a couple who is at the courthouse getting married. They will be described in detail however their race will be left out
Then the audience will be debriefed on what happened in the scenario.
Thesis statement: Society needs to become more accepting of interracial marriage.

Background information
Interracial marriage
“The term used to describe marriages that take place between people who are from different racial or ethnic groups. Intercultural marriages are defined as marriages between people who come from two different cultural backgrounds” (encyclopedia.com).
Media has been promoting interracial marriage
Keeping up with the Kardashian
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In pre-Revolutionary America, white-black, white-Indian, and black-Indian unions produced mixed-race offspring that, by the 1770s, numbered between 60,000 and 120,000.” ("Interracial Marriage.").
There are adults who have different viewpoint and students are able to view each side in a healthy manner.
“Despite increasing numbers of interracial families, racial stereotypes, such as the belief that lighter skin color is more desirable, are still prevalent.” (Liu, Eric.).
"Race relations have certainly changed in a positive way," says Daniel Lichter, a professor of sociology at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. "This indicates greater racial tolerance, a blurring of the racial divides in the US. In general, it's an optimistic report."( Haq, Husna).
“That view was once common in the United States, and might have had some basis decades ago when such marriages were taboo and multiracial families were sometimes ostracized.”(Jonsson, Patrik).
“Despite the overabundance of criticism and our imperfect love, God has made our marriage the instrument of his loving presence. He allowed the criticism, which could have debilitated us, to strengthen and unite our marriage.”(Miller, Yolanda

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