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Interracial Marriage
"Every relationship regardless of the racial origin of the couple is rather shaky in the beginning because of high degree of expectations attached and millions of eyes monitoring every movement and development. Under such pressure, even an ordinary relationship goes through its fair share of hiccups so it is only natural that an unconventional relationship collapses more easily. In the case of the former, however parents, friends and the whole society is willing to cooperate and thus provide a nurturing environment to make the marriage successful. However in the case of interracial relationships, society refrains from extending a helping hand because of "I told you so..." attitude."

Interracial marriage is more than an ethical discussion. According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia on the internet, interracial couple is a romantic couple or marriage in which the partners are of different races. The answer, if differences affect in multiracial couples is positive. There is a continuous debate among spouses related to the most serious issues of individual religion, nationality and education. Let us have a first look in history. In the book entitled "Tell the court I love my wife-race, marriage and law, an American history» (New York Library of Congress, 2002, chapter 4, page 61) Walleinstein Peter points that "interracial sex characterized as a forbidden fruit and interracial marriage as a match so inappropriate that it jeopardized the social order". Also he points that during the late 1800s and early 1900s white men were trying to find erotic pleasure from the prostitutes whom were black. The black individuals had neither opportunity ineducation, or in employment. On the other hand, white women (was) were forbidden in curbing men‘s "animal instinct" and as a result, African-American women delivered themselves into prostitution. And from thereafter, the story between races goes on; it was the first attraction between races. Crossing the color line in a like

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