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In Philadelphia, between 1790 and 1799, only one couple was arrested for cross-racial fornication; only two couples were brought before the courts for fornicating in public; and not one person was charged for simple fornication between two consenting single white adults, despite overwhelming evidence that most Philadelphians were breaking these laws.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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On the streets after the Revolution, arrests increased for cross-racial sexuality.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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The novel shocked Americans North and South not just with its heart-rending portrayal of slavery's cruelty but with its attention to such subversive themes as interracial sex, cross-racial friendship and black rage.
The Novel That Changed America Fergus M. Bordewich 2011
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Actually, what I was surprised about was the cross-racial and socioeconomic appeal of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”
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We can't pretend that cross-racial misidentification isn't a significant problem in criminal cases.
David Protess: Comic Strip Censored for Honest Depiction of Race in Police Line-Ups David Protess 2012
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Jack Johnson fight coverage: London's cross-racial identifications
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This presumably also introduces the issues of race to which Powers alludes, but the closest we get to "reflection" on racism is through a series of inane conversations among a group of adoptive mothers of cross-racial children that Tassie overhears.
A Sad Decline 2010
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Rather than operate on a set of racial guarantees, it uses electoral incentives to reward those parties and candidates that have cross-racial appeal.
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This presumably also introduces the issues of race to which Powers alludes, but the closest we get to "reflection" on racism is through a series of inane conversations among a group of adoptive mothers of cross-racial children that Tassie overhears.
March 2010 2010
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The controversy wasn't about race or cross-racial crimes, or the fact that some Barbour contributor or crony supported their pardons.
Bennett L. Gershman: Pardoning Criminals -- Appropriate Mercy or Perverting Justice? Bennett L. Gershman 2012
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