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🧵It's #LovingDay. Interracial families are what initially got me interested in white #ChristianNationalism. Our first study. We found this weird pattern: even though CN questions never mention race, whites higher on CN were more likely to oppose interracial marriage. Why? 1/6 
Curious, we found the same pattern regarding transracial adoption. Whites higher on #ChristianNationalism were less supportive of people adopting children of a different race. Why?
These patterns indicate CN:
1) is racialized.
2) sacralizes rigid boundaries & social order. 2/6
These patterns indicate CN:
1) is racialized.
2) sacralizes rigid boundaries & social order. 2/6
For whites, we've shown indicators of #ChristianNationalism are read through the lens of white experiences & myths. Talk of "Christian nation/heritage" is heard as "our nation/heritage." In other words, CN questions have implied ethno-racial content: "our kind of Christian." 3/6
53 years ago, Mildred and Richard Loving made history when the Supreme Court ruled that all interracial marriage bans were unconstitutional. It was a landmark decision that struck down laws that restricted Americans from loving one another.
#LovingDay
usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
#LovingDay
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They risked their lives for their love and they should be honored not just today, but every day.
That is why I'm publicly asking that the Virginia government change the name of the Jefferson Davis Highway to the Mildred and Richard Loving Highway.
#LovingVsVirginia
That is why I'm publicly asking that the Virginia government change the name of the Jefferson Davis Highway to the Mildred and Richard Loving Highway.
#LovingVsVirginia
People would see that we are proud of our citizens fighting for what is right. They would see that Virginia welcomes them from wherever they come from. No matter who they are, they’ve found a place they can call home. They would see Virginia is for lovers.
#LovingDay2020
#LovingDay2020
#OTD in 1967 the Supreme Court stuck down laws banning interracial marriage in Loving v. Virginia.
In September 1954, John Billy & his group, "The Honey Boys," were performing at an all-white club in Baltimore when he spotted Shirley Howard, a white woman, and asked for a dance.
In September 1954, John Billy & his group, "The Honey Boys," were performing at an all-white club in Baltimore when he spotted Shirley Howard, a white woman, and asked for a dance.
Their connection was immediate. Shirley's mother insisted she stay away from John, but there was no stopping their love. When Shirley gave birth to their first child two years later, their son was taken to an orphanage & Shirley was arrested.
She spent a day & a half in jail before paying $1,000 bail for "permitting herself to be begotten with child by a negro or mulatto." Shirley was the only person be prosecuted in MD under the law.
I usually try & share stories of celebration on #LovingDay as neither I, my siblings or my son would be here without that landmark ruling. #LoveIsLove
But I read this story a few weeks ago & it’s really stuck with me. For reasons obvious & not so..
cnn.com/2019/06/05/eur…
But I read this story a few weeks ago & it’s really stuck with me. For reasons obvious & not so..
cnn.com/2019/06/05/eur…
These excerpts provide the best sum:
“The US Army refused permission for black GIs to marry their pregnant white girlfriends & so the babies they gave birth to were branded "illegitimate"
“Between a third & half of the babies are thought to have been placed in children's homes”
“The US Army refused permission for black GIs to marry their pregnant white girlfriends & so the babies they gave birth to were branded "illegitimate"
“Between a third & half of the babies are thought to have been placed in children's homes”
And, “..one case in which a black GI who said he wanted to marry his pregnant girlfriend was told by his commanding officer "if you do that you will be charged with rape, & the penalty for rape is death."
Black men want to be husbands & fathers. White supremacy doesn’t allow it.
Black men want to be husbands & fathers. White supremacy doesn’t allow it.
