Keywords
civil rights law; constitutional law; law and race; family law
Abstract
This Symposium is dedicated to celebrating how Loving v. Virginia paved the way for greater acceptance of multiracial families and interracial intimacy. Loving is largely understood as a case that rejected the bigotry and hatred experienced by interracial couples and affirmed the idea that law supports love across racial lines. With this narrative comes the popular understanding that Loving stands for the notion that love conquers all. This idea has shaped other legal strategies and social movements, such as the effort to have same-sex marriage legally recognized. Thus, Loving is thought of as drawing attention to the importance of romantic notions of love in creating a more inclusive society. But, in this brief Essay, allow me to explore one simple provocation: Loving was not simply about love.
Recommended Citation
Osagie K. Obasogie,
More Than Love:
Eugenics and the Future
of Loving v. Virginia,
86 Fordham L. Rev. 2795
(2018).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol86/iss6/14