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June 12 | Loving Day | loving inter-ethnic relationships
(A bit delayed, but, hey, better late than never and all that. It's worth it. Trust.)
This past June 12, 2008, marked the anniversary of LOVING V. VIRGINIA, the landmark 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the right for men and women of different ethnicities (re: "races") to marry.
In the SF Gate's Asian Pop section, Jeff Yang (of the defunct A Magazine -- remember that?) explores further the issue of interracial relationships, with an emphasis on the Asian American experience. Further along, he introduces Ken Tanabe, himself a hapa (Japanese/Belgian), who's been working for the past 4 years to build a campaign to estalish June 12 as LOVING DAY to remember the landmark case that essentially allowed his existence in the U.S. Loving Day's mission is to fight prejudice through education and to build a sense of community among people who engage in meaningful interracial and intercultural relationships. Aww...
Loving Day events were celebrated across the U.S., and Tanabe even created a free celebration kit (downloadable as a .pdf file). "Things are getting better for interracial couples and multiracial individuals," says Tanabe. "However, social acceptance might not matter that much to you if your best friend or your mother is threatening to cut you out of their lives. We hear a lot of those stories: Racism against couples often occurs behind closed doors. The Loving Day Project is about counteracting the prejudice you might not immediately see."
More: via Asian Pop: Opening the Box @ SF Gate by Jeff Yang | Loving Day official website | Loving Day Facebook | Loving Day MySpace | What Mildred Knew @ Washington Post | John Ridley's Invisible Man @ NPR
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