The celebrity world offers up plenty of examples. Actress Tika Sumpter, who is Black and engaged to a white man, tweeted that white people in relationships with Black people have a duty to fight racism on behalf of their partners. The landmark Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia struck down state bans on interracial marriage in Now interracial relationships are growing in number. As of ,

This paper was prepared for the November 19, event on overcoming challenges faced by Black boys and men for the Brookings Institution, Future of the Middle Class Initiative. The elements of this New Deal will likely consist of intentional policymaking in the fields of education and training, the labor market, family policy especially for fathers , criminal justice reform, and tackling concentrated poverty. This is one area where it is reasonable to hope for some bipartisan action. This is a welcome and positive development.

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As more details around the death of George Floyd are revealed, other developments, including that the ex-officer charged with murder in the case was married to a Hmong American woman, have prompted discussion. It's also led to a spate of hateful online remarks in the Asian American community around interracial relationships. The ex-officer, Derek Chauvin, was fired the day after Floyd's death and now faces murder and manslaughter charges. The day after his arrest last month, his wife, Kellie, filed for divorce , citing "an irretrievable breakdown" in the marriage. She also indicated her intention to change her name.