I’ve been researching for this for the past few months and finally have all the information I need to proceed with this particular series. In it, I’ll be discussing the nuanced times that America has had with Black men-White female relationships going as far back as the 17th Century. Believe or not, some of America’s most infamous decisions based on Race, was decided because of the fear of interracial sex involving Black men.

Here’s a brief outline of each of the five parts, as well as what I’ll be deliberating in each one:

 

1600s and Slavery Times – Part 1

Here I will be discussing the first documented marriage between a white woman and a black man in America. Also the reasoning as to why the anti-miscegenation laws were applied almost exclusively to the interracial relationships of white females.

Reconstruction and The Deterred Society known as “Jim Crow” – Part 2

Here I will be talking about the scare tactics used in order to justify the continuance of slavery, which often included the fear of black men “fornicating” with Southern white women. The use of lynching black men as a way of terrorism based on black male sexuality will also be discussed. Concluding by explaining why one of the primary reasons America was segregated for almost eighty years was to deter interracial relationships between black men and white females in a legal manner.

Black Men, European Women During WWII – Part 3

I’ll be revealing a little known piece of history during the second World War, where black GIs were barred from marrying their British girlfriends under coerced methods from the American government, in collaboration with British military leaders, in fear of racial backlash in the U.S. Some of these methods included denying European women immigration visas solely because of the women’s desire to marry black men.

Hidden Purpose of the Segregationist Movement of the 50s/60s – Part 4

Another piece of unknown history, where I reveal one of the biggest reasons Southern whites were against intergration was because of their fear of inter-marriage between blacks and whites, particulary, not surprisingly, black men and white women. In fact, in 1944, Swedish sociologist Gunnar Myrdal ranked interracial marriage as the most important concern that white southerners had about their relationships with black southerners. According to Myrdal, prevention of intermarriage was the basis for all southern laws establishing segregation.

Jungle Fever, Mandingo Stereotype and Old Tactics – Part 5 Finale

In the final part to the series, I’ll be discussing more contemporary issues, including how some of the same tactics used against black male-white female couples generations ago, are still praticed today. Albeit with a much more covert discretion in today’s culture.