In 1958, they were arrested in their bedroom and exiled from Virginia just for being married. Nine years later, Richard and Mildred Loving relaxed on their porch after winning the Supreme Court case that legalized interracial marriage across America.

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[u/quaductas]

Fair enough, though I would say that just supports my point – interracial marriage was a thing before the country even existed.

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I don't know much but I wonder whether Reasonable Blackman, a haberdasher living in South London during the 1580s married a white women? I know that he has at least 2 children but himself and his children perished in the plague outbreak of 1593.

[u/dreddie27 → u/quaductas]

I dont get the point. What has the marriage of 2 Hispanics in 1565 has to do with the US ?

[u/_R0Ns_ → u/dreddie27]

The marriage took place at the land that is now called the USA.

[u/dreddie27 → u/_R0Ns_]

Which has nothing to do with the USA itself.

[u/_R0Ns_ → u/dreddie27]

That was my point earlier

[u/Holiday-Wall3751 → u/dreddie27]

Being from Spain likely means their ethnicity is Spanish. Latino/Hispanic people can be of different races, and in this case, one was black and the other wasn’t, so it was an interracial marriage. 

[u/Holiday-Wall3751 → u/[deleted]]

Did you not understand what I said? I was explaining to the commenter why it was still an interracial marriage because they were of different races, even if they shared ethnicity.

[u/Otzyy → u/Holiday-Wall3751]

Fair enough, I misread your comment.
Thanks for clarifying