Color-blind Love: Always a Do!

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Photo: John Solano Would you believe just over a decade ago, some states kept laws on the books prohibiting whites from marrying outside their race even though the Supreme Court had struck down such bans in 1967? We’ve come a long way, but there’s a lot of room for improvement, says actress Diane Farr, whose book focuses on her mixed-race relationship with her Korean husband, Seung. She tells us what’s shocked her, what gives her hope and how we can finally, actually, really be “postracial.”

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Photo: Peter Kramer/Getty Images On her marriage Diane Farr: When my husband and I were dating, one of the things I liked most about our relationship was how different we were. But he was afraid his parents would never accept me. We had to fight for us .

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Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images On the challenges of interracial dating DF: About a third of the couples I talked to for the book decided not to get married because of the pressure from their families. I was surprised by how many parents of all races have told their kids you can’t love one of “those people.”

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Photo: Ron Asadorian/Splash News On Hollywood’s role DF: I think Hollywood is way ahead of the curve—there are so many famous interracial couples! And there’s nothing like seeing beautiful people who are making it work to inspire somebody to say, “I wanna go join that team.”

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Photo: Picture Perfect/Rex USA On her hope for the future DF: We’ve all spent so much time trying to define ourselves in specific subcultures that we’ve skipped over our common identity as Americans. But when enough people keep mixing and mixing, we become one culture. And I really do feel like that’s where race is going in our country. At least I hope so!