Interracial marriageMarriage between individuals of different racial/ethnic backgroundsMildred and Richard Loving (photo: 1967) were an example of a married interracial couple.Interracial marriage is a marriage involving spouses who belong to different races or racialized ethnicities.
White AmericansWhite Americans (sometimes called Caucasian Americans) are Americans who identify as white people. In a more official sense, the United States Census Bureau, which collects demographic data on Americans, defines "white" as "[a] person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa".
History of miscegenationMiscegenation is marriage or admixture between people who are members of different races. The word was coined in English from Latin miscere ('to mix') and genus ('race'). Interracial relationships have profoundly influenced various regions throughout history. Africa has had a long history of interracial mixing with non-Africans, since prehistoric times, with migrations from the Levant leading to significant admixture.
Race (human categorization)Race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society. The term came into common usage during the 16th century, when it was used to refer to groups of various kinds, including those characterized by close kinship relations. By the 17th century, the term began to refer to physical (phenotypical) traits, and then later national affiliations or perceived ancestry.
ApartheidSouth African system of racial segregationApartheid ( , especially South African English: , Afrikaans:; transl. "separateness", lit. 'aparthood') was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to 1994. It was characterized by an authoritarian political culture based on baasskap (lit.
Multiracial peoplePeople of multiple racesThe term multiracial people refers to people who are of two or more races, while the term multi-ethnic people refers to people who are of more than one ethnicity. A variety of terms are or have been used for multiracial or multi-ethnic people in a variety of contexts, including multiethnic, polyethnic, bi-ethnic (occasion), biracial, mixed-race, and more specific terms.
Racial segregationRace or ethnic separation in daily lifeAfrican-American man drinking from a "Colored" water cooler in streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, July 1939Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life. Segregation can involve the spatial separation of the races, and mandatory use of different institutions, such as schools and hospitals by people of different races.Social conservatismSocial conservatism is a political philosophy and a variety of conservatism that places emphasis on conserving the traditional moral values of society, frequently sourced from a religion. It also aims to preserve traditional social structures over social pluralism. Social conservatives organize in favor of duty, traditional values, and social institutions, such as traditional family structures, gender roles, sexual relations, national patriotism, and religious traditions.
CasteSocial stratification conferring statusThe Basor weaving bamboo baskets in a 1916 book. The Basor are a Scheduled Caste found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.A caste is a fixedsocial group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system.Genetic admixtureIn genetics and evolutionary biology, genetic admixture occurs when previously isolated populations of organisms interbreed, resulting in a population with genetic ancestry from both sources. It can occur between species, such as with hybrids, or within species, such as when geographically distant individuals migrate to new regions. It results in a population with genetic backgrounds, or a gene pool, that is a mix of the source populations.
EthnicitySocial group defined by shared traitsAn ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of humans who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Attributes that ethnicities are believed to share include language, culture, common sets of ancestry, traditions, society, religion, history, region(s), or social treatment.
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