Re: QUERY: Terms for interracial relationships?

Josef J. Barton (texbart@merle.acns.nwu.edu)
Fri, 3 May 1996 12:04:06 -0500

[Michele Gates Moresi <mmoresi@GWIS2.CIRC.GWU.EDU> writes:]

Patrick,
You're right, miscegenation is an inappropriate term, especially
since it assumes the validity of "scientifically" designated
racial lines. I would stick with "interracial relations or
liaisons" & make it clear that "race" is itself ambiguous, a
socially constructed concept that is mutable.

Michele Gates Moresi
The George Washington University