Interracial
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Interracial is an adjective related to a supposed racial group. It can have different connotations in different contexts:
- Interracial marriageInterracial marriageInterracial marriage occurs when two people of differing racial groups marry. This is a form of exogamy and can be seen in the broader context of miscegenation .-Legality of interracial marriage:In the Western world certain jurisdictions have had regulations...
is marriage between two people of different races. - Interracial adoptionInterracial adoptionInterracial adoption refers to the act of placing a child of one racial or ethnic group with adoptive parents of another racial or ethnic group....
means placing a child of one racial group or ethnic group with adoptive parents of another racial group or ethnic group. - Ethnicity of performers in pornography#Interracial pornography is visual pornography depicting sexual activity between performers of different "racial groups", usually involving black and white performers.
- MiscegenationMiscegenationMiscegenation is the mixing of different racial groups through marriage, cohabitation, sexual relations, and procreation....
is a usually-derogatory term used to describe the mixing of different racial groups. - MultiracialMultiracialThe terms multiracial and mixed-race describe people whose ancestries come from multiple races. Unlike the term biracial, which often is only used to refer to having parents or grandparents of two different races, the term multiracial may encompass biracial people but can also include people with...
(similar to biracial or mixed-racial group) is an adjective describing people who are more than a single racial group. - The word "interracial" may be used in reference to the mixing of people of different racial groups that results from racial integrationRacial integrationRacial integration, or simply integration includes desegregation . In addition to desegregation, integration includes goals such as leveling barriers to association, creating equal opportunity regardless of race, and the development of a culture that draws on diverse traditions, rather than merely...
or desegregationDesegregationDesegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups usually referring to races. This is most commonly used in reference to the United States. Desegregation was long a focus of the American Civil Rights Movement, both before and after the United States Supreme Court's decision in...
. - The Commission on Interracial CooperationCommission on Interracial CooperationThe Commission on Interracial Cooperation was formed in the U.S. South in 1919 in the aftermath of violent race riots that occurred the previous year in several southern cities. The organization worked to oppose lynching, mob violence, and peonage and to educate white southerners concerning the...
was an organization in the southern United States in the early 20th century.