Archive for January 2006
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Unbeliveable
By now you may have heard that Idina Menzel, the star of the Broadway musical “Wicked,” and her husband, actor Taye Diggs have received multiple hate letters threatening bodily harm, because of their interracial marriage.
When my parents wed in 1970, my paternal grandmother locked herself in the bathroom, sobbing “Look what my son’s done now!”. [...]
Interracial Couples- Once a rarity on television now become commomplace
Interracial pairings suddenly are integral to several of today’s top-rated TV shows, including “Grey’s,” “Lost,” “My Name Is Earl” and “ER.”
But these on-screen pairings no longer draw the kind of attention and reaction they did in the ’60s and ’70s. The romances are being handled more offhandedly, with race being neither an issue nor much [...]
