miscegenation

Example Sentences

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Courts trying to determine objective racial characteristics for miscegenation cases fell short in providing consistent criteria.

From Salon

Her big number is a pastiche of “Trouble”: “We got tribulation/Right here in Schmigadoon. … We’ve got strife and tribulation/and not to mention miscegenation.”

From Los Angeles Times

George doesn’t know at first that Zoe is an octoroon, meaning she’s 1/8th Black, but he refuses to let miscegenation law stand in the way of his heart’s desire.

From Los Angeles Times

Once married to Ada, a white woman, Ming Tsu was beaten and sentenced to 10 years of hard desert labor after Ada’s bigoted father brought charges of miscegenation.

From Los Angeles Times

He collapsed the history of coerced miscegenation going back to the plantation into a raw metaphor.

From New York Times