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intermarriage

in ter me rij

  • n  marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
  • n  marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law

  • To them, intermarriage is anathemaand so, for his strong views on Jews frequently expressed in the past, is Arnold Toynbee.
  • Accused of promoting "social equality," which some feared would encourage intermarriage of white women and black men, Roosevelt was widely villainized.
  • Laws prohibiting the intermarriage of whites and Negroes are on the books of 30 states, have survived every legal test.
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  • Malcolm X in The Militant
    Malcolm replied: "I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being-neither white, black, brown, or red; and when you are dealing with humanity as a family there's no question of integration or intermarriage. It's just one human being...
  • Matt Lucas in Digital Spy
    Lucas said: "I want to produce a sitcom that will address many of the contemporary issues that affect British Jews such as intermarriage and a decline in observance."

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