Trends in Pop Culture

Trends in Pop Culture

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Running head: TRENDS IN AMERICAN POP CULTURE

Trends in American Pop Culture
Yessica Chanza
University of Phoenix
Introduction to Popular American Culture
SOC 105
Renee Hoobyar
February 01, 2010
Abstract
As American pop culture develops, its social trends have a positive impact on our society. Although, interracial dating and marriages were once regarded illegal and immoral, as our social trends develop so does our nations acceptance of diversity.
Trends in American Pop Culture
Trend is a term used to describe a movement or sway in general opinion. There are many social trends that currently affect American culture today. Interracial dating and marriages is a social trend that had gained support over recent decades. Segregation was common place as recent as the 1960’s in the United States. It is over the last few decades in which interracial relationships have been socially accepted.
Far into the late 1960’s interracial marriages were not only unaccepted but illegal. Many individuals that dare to marry outside their race were prosecuted. This is the case of a couple “In 1958 Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter married in Washington, D.C. and returned to Virginia together as husband and wife. Richard was White and Mildred was Black” (Randall, 2009, para. 1). After which they were prosecuted by the state as interracial marriage was illegal “under a statute enacted in 1924 entitled "An Act to Preserve Racial Integrity” (Randall, para. 1). It was deemed illegal for a white person to marry anyone that was not white. Thus, any children resulting from an interracial marriage were regarded illegitimate and were not entitled to any privileges or rights. (Randall)
In this case the Lovings pleaded guilty and were sentenced to a year in jail; however the judge gave the couple the option in order to avoid jail. The judge’s option would have required the Lovings to leave the state and not return for twenty five years. It was during this time in...

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