Cheerios Interracial Marriage Case Study

The world has faced many kinds of prejudice things. From women's rights to the holocaust. Even Hallmark, the card company, has swapped the word ‘gay’ for ‘fun’ in the song ‘Deck the Halls.’ The hobby retailer Hobby Lobby has been known to not sell Jewish menorahs. Some parents will not approve their offspring marrying anyone of a different race or religion. In the early 1900's interracial marriage was illegal. It was not leagal until the 1960's. Back then you would be punished by law and or death for being married to the opposite race. When my grandparents met in Texas it was deemed that they shouldn't be dating let alone married. My grandmother was Native American and White while my grandfather was Black. For my family it goes back even farther my grand mother was even rejected cause of being Native American and White. So when they took that risk they moved to Kansas and said she was black. The lengths that people went to for love is sad. Why should it matter on who you are happy with? According to Kcpt "On July 11, 1958, newlyweds Richard and Mildred Loving were asleep in bed when three armed police officers burst into the room. The couple were hauled from their house and thrown into jail, where Mildred remained for several days, all for the crime of getting married. At that time, 24 states across the country had laws strictly prohibiting marriage between people of different races. Five weeks earlier, the longtime couple had learned Mildred was pregnant and decided to wed in defiance of the law. In order to evade Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act, the pair had traveled to Washington, D.C. for the ceremony. Upon their return to Virginia, they were arrested and found guilty, with the judge informing Mildred that “as long as you live you will be known as a felon.” The Lovings moved to the relative safety of Washington, but longed to …show more content…
After an extensive legal battle, the Supreme Court ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional. Although such laws officially remained on the books in several states, the Lovings’ landmark victory rendered them effectively unenforceable, ensuring nobody else would have to endure the same treatment. The last law officially prohibiting interracial marriage was repealed in Alabama in 2000." Even up to 15 years ago that law was "overlooked" for the sake of people didn't want to accept it. In 2013 a Cheerios commercial featuring a biracial family sparked so many racist remarks on Youtube that comments had to be disabled. How sad when so many homes are interracial. not just black and white but all across. I can't say its just one race that displays it more than the other either being that I am considered partially mixed cause of my father. My grandmother on my mom's side was a back women who also grew up in the south in the early 1900's so up until my brother had his first child we was raised to never date "outside of our race". Even though my brother and I have both done so he married "outside of our race". And from the day my grandmother seen his bi-racial child she fell in love with him. The love of a grandparent for my brother and her new great- grandchild changed her prospective on being open to let people love who they want. But in this day in age how does a