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Prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin

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Prohibited discriminatory voting practices in many southern states after Civil War

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In the play "Fences" by August Wilson, segregation is a main theme. 

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In the play "Fences" by August Wilson, segregation is a main theme. 

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The main character, Troy, feels cheated out of a career in professional baseball because of his skin color. This resentment sticks with Troy and is converted into rage toward the world and Death.

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Being put into a stereotype and pushed to the corner based off your race is unjust. It is seen all over the world and regardless of how far society has come in accepting those of different races/ethnicities, there are always those who stick to their prejudice beliefs and face no consequences for it.

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Segregation is a widespread problem, especially in the 1950's, but a specific type of of segregation is relationship segregation. 

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Segregation is a widespread problem, especially in the 1950's, but a specific type of of segregation is relationship segregation. 

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In the 50's it was especially forbidden for interracial couples to exist and although it isn't as drastic now as it was back then, many people are still against biracial marriage, relationship, friendships and see them as "bad for society." (Pew Research Study)

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Anti Miscegenation laws, policies, and social attitudes would prohibit/restrict interracial couples and families

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In addition, there were also laws that may not have specified "no interracial relationships" but did other actions that would make it extremely difficult to have a biracial family

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It is strongly believed that anti miscegenation laws were created to promote white supremacy, according to Fordham Law Review

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Racially segregated neighborhoods were created to make it difficult for mixed race couples and families to be accepted. Studies show that in cities where communities are racially mixed, the rate of my interracial marriages is high.

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Recent data shows that interracial marriages have increased since the Loving v. Virginia case in 1967

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In fact, in 1967 the rate of biracial marriage was about 3%. The Pew research data stated in 2015 that 17% of newlyweds (one and six couples) were married to someone of a different race or ethnicity. Also, in 2016, 18% of all adults who live together had a partner of a different race or ethnicity (Fordham Law Review).

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The actual rates of interracial marriage differ based on geography. It is known for the South to have a lower acceptance rate of interracial marriage and
according to the same 2015 Pew Research Center study, approximately 13% of adults in the South have stated that biracial marriage is a bad thing for society.

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On the other hand, only 4 or 5% of people on the West and North East reported the same belief that interracial marriage is bad.

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A study was made in Birmingham, Alabama that shows a line that divides the low income areas of the city into segregated neighborhoods. This is one of the reasons the problem of being unsupportive of biracial relationships starts since society is now trained to think that those who aren't their skin color should not be able to socialize with them. They are taught to feel hatred toward the "lower income people" and that should not be happening this far into the 21st century.

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The US Supreme Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violated the equal protection and due process clause of the 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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Prohibits discrimination in the purchase, sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, skin color, sex, nationality, or religion

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Segregation didn't become official until "Black Codes" became a thing. Black Codes were laws passed meant to control Black people's lives like where they worked and lived. This policy created Jim Crow laws which were laws that didn't allow black people to places like schools, residential areas, jails, asylums, public parks, theaters, and pools.

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Because of Jim Crow laws black people had to go to different colleges than white people.

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The supreme court ruled that segregation was constitutional which created the idea of "separate but equal".

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In the 1950's most white people hated the thought of interracial marriage and went to great lengths to make it illegal and difficult for people of color and white people to marry.

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According to the article, a 1958 Gallup poll found that 1% of southern whites and 5% of whites outside the south approved of interracial marriage.

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White people's take on interracial marriage

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White people's take on interracial marriage

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White people didn't like the thought of interracial marriage because they were concerned about their families honor because they wouldn't have racial purity anymore.
People based race on blood so one drop of black blood meant that you were a person of color. Father's of white woman hated the idea of them marrying a black person that one father said this if his daughter ever entertained the idea of interracial marriage, "I would personally kill her and then myself, thus saving the state the expense of a hanging". Another father with a daughter who had a black fiance told the fiance this, "you are going to sign my daughters death certificate". These cases were common and created the thought that interracial marriage was social suicide.

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The affects on white people because of interracial marriage included increased job insecurity, social and familial rejection, and less legal protection including the loss of death benefits. Most parents felt like they had to disown their children if they were in a interracial marriage in order to save their status and family preservation. In some cases, parents went so far as to hire lawyers and declare their daughters insane. Some sought mental health professionals for their daughters.

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Black people's take on interracial segregation

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Black people's take on interracial segregation

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The opinions of black people about interracial marriage were ignored up until the 1970's because people believed on white people felt strongly about it. For black people it wasn't so much about social status or being discriminated against because they already had that in their lives. It was the fact that black people viewed white people as "oppressors and persecutors". They didn't like the idea of interracial marriage because they didn't think white people could view them as equals and overcome racial stereotypes. Many black people also thought of interracial marriage as a way to try and escape being black. They thought of it as social passing. They saw interracial marriage as a lack of pride in black identity. Black people also said that black man and white woman marriages defined white women as more beautiful than black women, and that also meant that a black woman would be husband-less somewhere.