Who counts as black?
- Written by Ronald Hall, Professor of Social Work, Michigan State University
'Crayons' via www.shutterstock.comFor generations, intimacy between black men and white women was taboo. A mere accusation of impropriety could lead to a lynching, and interracial marriage was illegal in a number of states.
Everything changed with the 1967 Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia, which ruled that blacks and whites have a legal...