The Legacy of Perceptions of Interracial Relationships as Demonstrated

The Legacy of Perceptions of Interracial Relationships as show in Late 19th and Early 20th Century dismal Literature and EventsThe history of interracial relationships in America is a painfully loaded issue which is still evolving in the consciousness of the 20th century. Because the primary instances of sexual integration occurred under the institution of slavery, our understanding of them is necessarily besiege with dominance, violence, and rape. Interracial relationships and the children they produced became another firearmifestation of power relationships between whites and blacks in our distort social atmosphere. Even to the present day, interracial relationships be often looked upon as being propelled by impure motives and compounded by the social dynamics that defecate been inherited in our culture. Literature Events Legacy Literature Francis E.W. Harpers Iola Leroy unrivalled of the themes that is addressed by Iola Leroy is that of African Americans that can swirl as white, however reject that selfish option in order to proudly t feed themselves as black. Iola Leroy, a light skinned black woman who could pass as white, has the alternative of marrying a wealthy white doctor, Dr. Gresham, and living her biography as a white woman. However, although she deeply cares for him, she refuses his offer and the comfortable life history that could have come with it. In analyzing Iola Leroy and her rejection of Dr. Greshams proposal, the reader can come to the windup that it was Iola who had to deal with inner struggle, whereas Dr. Gresham was able to overlook issues of racial difference as long as Iola would not publicly admit her heritage. Dr. Gresham would have remained unaffected(p) by the conflict she faced if she had chosen t... ...n the end, Angie goes back home to her family and liberty chit goes back to his wife. Lee makes direct and severe statements about interracial relationships through with(predicate) this film. Essentially, he argue s that in the context of modern American society, interracial relationships are motivated by curiosity as a result of diachronic stigma. The generation just forwards Angie and Flip projects fear, ignorance, and violence with regard to mixed- race unions, and so the their childrens response is a reactionary one. In Lees view, it is black women that are victimized as a result of interracial relationsahips, whereas the black man realizes his mistake and asks for forgiveness, and the white woman basically persues her life as before the incident occurred. The only real change that occurs is that the latter two have satisfied their curiosity, which was all that was at stake to begin with.