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Article: INTERRACIAL DATING

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May 3, 2006
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For generations, Roanoke has been called one of the most segregated cities in the South. However, as younger people of varying races and ethnic groups continue to go to school with one another, work together and meet one another socially, the dividing lines have blurred, and romantic relationships have sparked.

As interracial dating becomes an afterthought, especially among high school and college students, a question must be asked: Is a segregated city such as Roanoke willing to embrace couples of different backgrounds?

Cate Vierling, a senior at Glenvar High School, thinks so.

Cate, who is in an interracial relationship, said her "parents have never had a problem with my dating a ...

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