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Miscegenation

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Mixture of races. A term formerly applied to marriage between persons of different races. Statutes prohibiting marriage between persons of different races have been held to be invalid as contrary to the equal protection clause of the Constitution.
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In Virginia, the growth of the biological science of eugenics proved a modern confirmation of beliefs that allowed for segregation, forced sterilization of the mentally handicapped and some prisoners, laws against miscegenation and the superiority of a white elite.
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Lopez-Calvo's interpretations often go against the grain of earlier research, refusing to conceive of Cuban identity either in terms of a bipolar black-white opposition or an idyllic and harmonious process of miscegenation.
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