Deviance: the violation of norms, rules or expectations. (Henslin.2010).From a historical viewpoint, interracial relationships were considered highly deviant fifty years ago. In fact, when the civil rights era began in the 1950s there were still states that had antimiscegnation laws that forbid interracial marriage. For individuals of different socially constructed ethnic and racial groups, being in an interracial relationship or intermarriage was considered unpure largely by White males with the thought of keeping the White race pure. According to eNotes.com (2012), the number of mixed-race marriages rose from 300,000 in 1970 to 1.2 million in 1990.…