What is Miscegenation?
'''Miscegenation''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ɪ|ˌ|s|ɛ|dʒ|ᵻ|ˈ|n|eɪ|ʃ|ən}}) is the mixing of different racial groups with [[marriage]], relationship, [[human sexuality|sexual relations]], and procreation.<ref name=dictionary.com>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/miscegenation |title=Miscegenation: Definition of Miscegenation at Dictionary.com |accessdate=31 January 2010}}</ref> The word ''miscegenation'' has been used since the 19th century. It is often the name given to describe interracial marriage, interracial dating and interracial sex.<ref name=dictionary.com/> In the past, it has been used to describe the study of human race mixtures.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Race mixture|first=K. B.|last=Aikman|date=1 October 1933|journal=The Eugenics Review|volume=25|issue=3|pages=161–166|pmid=21260095|pmc=2985265}}</ref> Today, the use of the phrase is considered outdated and offensive.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Downing |first1=Karen |last2=Nichols |first2=Darlene |last3=Webster |first3=Kelly |title=Multiracial America: A Resource Guide on the History and Literature of Interracial Issues |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g-fm97haJQEC&pg=PA9 |year=2005 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=0-8108-5199-7 |page=9}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}}{{Break}} [[Category:Race]] [[Category:Marriage]] {{stub}}