: a mixture of races especially : marriage, cohabitation, or sexual intercourse between a white person and a member of another race (see race entry 1 sense 1a) Note: The word miscegenation is associated especially with historical laws against interracial marriage.: a mixture of races especially : marriage, cohabitation, or sexual intercourse between a white person and a member of another race (see race entry 1 sense 1a) Note: The word miscegenation
Whats considered an interracial marriage?
Interracial marriage is a form of marriage involving spouses who belong to different races or racialized ethnicities.
What is another word for interracial marriage?
What is another word for interracial marriage?mixed marriageinterfaith marriageintermarriagemiscegenation
What is the first interracial marriage?
The first interracial marriage in what is today the United States was that of the woman today commonly known as Pocahontas, who married tobacco planter John Rolfe in 1614. The Quaker Zephaniah Kingsley married (outside the U.S.) a black enslaved woman that he bought in Cuba.