Article: Interracial dating still hot topic at U. Mississippi, around nation

Rebecca Morrison
University Wire
02-14-2006
(Daily Mississippian) (U-WIRE) OXFORD, Miss. -- On days like Valentine's Day, some people celebrate being in a relationship and others despise those who celebrate. Valentine's Day is a time to embrace the one you love, even if that person is of another race. But Susan Glisson, director of the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi, said interracial relationships are still deemed unacceptable by a large segment of the population.

"There is a deep-seated fear of interracial dating in America based on misunderstandings and stereotypes," Glisson said. "We can eliminate those factors by education and ...

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