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Florida paper Ocala Star-Banner just did an article about the increase in interracial couples on TV and film, and tapped our very own Jen Chau for her thoughts on the phenomenon:

[Jen Chau] along with Carmen Van Kerckhove, is the co-director of New Demographic, a diversity-training firm that offers workshops on topics related to mixed race identity and interracial relationships.

“We are at a time of heightened awareness when it comes to mixed couples,” Chau said. “The portrayal of them is nothing new, but what is new, is that we are seeing interracial couples presented as ‘normal’ and ‘functioning’ couples with the same sorts of positive qualities and problems that other couples have.

“This signals a greater acceptance in a way. These days, interracial couples are not always placed on the big screen in order to present a dilemma or to act as tokens.”…

“I would like for more interracial couples of all kinds to appear on screen because this will get more people familiarized with the idea of interracial relationships, diminish some of the taboo and hopefully result in greater off-screen acceptance,” she said.