Interracial marriage is nowadays playing a vital role in the 21st century

Feb 18, 2018

In 1912, a man was arrested in the USA for violating the Mann Act which forbids the transport of women across state lines for immoral purposes. He was black, and the women he was apparently transporting were whit. Judging from the time, and the history of America, it is fair to assume that the arrest was racially motivated. Jack Johnson was notorious not only for his skills in the ring but also his appetite for white women, having married three.

Over a hundred years later Barack Obama, America's first black president and the product of an interracial mingle was called upon to pardon Jack Johnson. A lot has changed in that one century. Jack Johnson during his life at one time was the most famous African American in the world, and a hundred years later the same accolade was held by Barack Obama. Destiny had somehow linked these two people. The difference was that in Jackson's case, due to his race and interaction with white women, he was incredibly unpopular Barack on the other hand, a biracial individual, was the most popular person in the world at one point.

The world has shifted greatly in the 21st century. Now more and more people are crossing the divide even without noticing that there was a divide in the first place. Without even noticing that a century ago, a man faced jail time for loving someone of a different race.

One only has to look at the current celebrity culture to see how multiracial relationships are beyond just being accepted, to being part of the norm. From singer and songwriter John Legend's marriage to Christine Teigen to Robert Pattison and singer FKA Twigs' relationship to Music producer Dr. Dre and his wife Nicole Threatt Young; the interracial mingle has become a part of the global culture in the 21st century.

The reality is that most of the borders and tags along racial lines that were so strong in the past are now dissolving in an ever-growing global village where people mingle across cultures on the internet more so on social media and online dating. Nowadays people are more likely to be charmed by the prospect of interracial dating rather than condemn it as it happened to Jack Johnson over a hundred years ago. The future is here, and it is a multiracial future.