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After the Civil War, we saw this evolve into the act of passing, where a mixed race person would physically and socially present aswhite downplaying their blackness, in order to fit into the mainstream society.In fact, it wasn't until just as recently as 1967 that interracial marriage even became legal in the United States at all.
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