Interracial marriage facts for kids

An interracial marriage is a marriage between two people of different races. In some countries, it is against the law to marry someone of a different race. These countries include, Germany (during the Nazi period), South Africa under apartheid, and some U.S. states in the United States before a 1969 ruling. In some Arab countries, it is forbidden for an Arab to marry outside their race because of the law and traditional customs. If an Arab person marries someone out of their race their civil rights are taken away from them. In 2008, Pakistani senators allowed women to be buried alive, if found guilty, of marrying someone outside their race.

Images for kids

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  A multiracial European family walking in the park and holding small European Union flags in their hands

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  Mildred and Richard Loving helped end laws prohibiting interracial marriage in the United States 1967

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  Former President Ian Khama of Botswana, son of Motswana chief Sir Seretse Khama and Englishwoman Ruth Williams Khama

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  A Filipina bride and Nigerian groom walk down the aisle.

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  An oil painting of Khair-un-Nissa by George Chinnery. c. 1805. She was an Indian Hyderabadi noblewoman who married British Lieutenant Colonel James Achilles Kirkpatrick.

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  1890 painting titled "Prussian Love" by Emil Doerstling

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  A wedding party preparing for formal photographs at Thornbury Castle

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  Prince Harry and fiancée Meghan Markle going to church in 2017.

See also

In Spanish: Matrimonio interracial para niños