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Hello, I'm a new wikipedia editor and I just noticed that the legality section on this page is a bit odd because it starts by listing places were interaical marriage was historical banned. I'm thinking about adding a first paragraph but the current legality then moving the current part of it to a subsection labeled history. Thoughts? Wik206 (talk) 05:10, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Or should legality just be renamed history seeing that's what it's more about? Wik206 (talk) 05:14, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sound more accurate. 2601:680:CE83:C580:C115:D0D6:895D:1D97 (talk) 01:23, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Interracial children are more attractive and other funny biases in this article.

Found this article to be biased but was laughing when it stated that interracial children are more attractive than non interracial children. Was curious if anyone else found humor in this article? They put Nazi Germany right after The United States when talking about interracial marriage being illegal. Better watch out you are a Nazi if you think that it should be. Unique Bob (talk) 02:36, 20 June 2024 (UTC)https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=Talk:Interracial_marriage&action=edit&section=new[reply]

I find the use of the word "bias" as an adjective to be somewhat humorous. The idea of race having any definite meaning is also humorous. HiLo48 (talk) 07:34, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch 2601:680:C700:F60:A089:A163:C8D2:D430 (talk) 12:57, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article only cited that subjects in a survey found biracial people more attractive. The article never said that they actually are. This way, the article is not really biased, it just shows that some people are biased. Markita2023 (talk) 22:41, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If the purpose of Wikipedia is to be informative then it should not have any biased content. Isn’t that what we should agree on. We’re not here to make this an interesting page, just an accurate one!

By the way my spouse says that some shepherds find sheep attractive, but that’s neither here nor there! Kanchan M Mahon (talk) 23:15, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Race

Any discussion of interracial marriage needs to begin with the fact that race is a construct only and has no scientific validity whatsoever.

Modern science regards race as a social construct, an identity which is assigned based on rules made by society. While partly based on physical similarities within groups, race does not have an inherent physical or biological meaning. The concept of race is foundational to racism, the belief that humans can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another.

Additionally, the term miscegenation is pejorative and so should not be used. Kanchan M Mahon (talk) 15:12, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed this article needs massive clean up. Marleeashton (talk) 09:25, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for saying that! I find much of the article on “Coloured” people to be very offensive. Kanchan M Mahon (talk) 23:17, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]