WeAreThe15Percent

A crowd-sourced collection of portraits of American interracial families and marriages, inspired by a Cheerios ad. Email yours to [email protected]

[CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 @CBSSunday]

Fifty years ago, Jeanne Gustavson met a man she believes would have made the perfect husband. But her family objected, because his skin was not White. So, she broke up with Steve Watts – but she never forgot about him. Decades later, Jeanne found him again https://t.co/6tZbsHzZMQ

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Great story from @gabriellaangojo

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FANTASTIC!

https://t.co/9YIB3kpSZf

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"The reason I'm so hopeful, is that this new generation -- they're not like us!"

- @POTUS on bi-racial couples in advertising

https://t.co/v7GfPhSLtC

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

"I'm going to say something that's going to get me in trouble...think about it, if you want to know where the American public is, look at the money being spent on advertising. Did you ever 5 years ago think every second or third ad out of 5 or 6 would be biracial couples?"- Biden

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The Boyer family - Fresno, CA

https://t.co/XFMGR0B8L3

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https://t.co/mUmtnYXJTh

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The Brinson family - Keene, NH https://t.co/rNvITNSZfY

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An updated photo from the Matthews' Family in Conroe, TX! https://t.co/eIQVZm9oyY

[Sarah Mervosh @smervosh]

A Black woman removed signs of her Blackness from her home and left her white husband at home to handle the appraisal.

The result: more $$.

Important read on the subjective process of home appraisals, and how biases can play a big role
https://t.co/fzdXgRS7gs

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Love how @esglaude correctly links 2013-era Tea Party (and rise of Trumpistan) to anxiety over "seeing racially ambiguous babies in Cheerios commercials."

[The New York Times @nytimes]

An explosion at an interracial couple's home in Sterling, Ohio, on Wednesday is being investigated as a possible hate crime after racist graffiti was discovered on the garage https://t.co/RrUCk0HYYd

[ACLU of Virginia @ACLUVA]

The children and grandchildren of Richard and Mildred Loving are here in Caroline today to honor them.

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@Le_Orangekap thx - we need it!

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Still can’t believe the pro-Trump responses we received on our Facebook page, following the election, from people in the 15% community. Unreal, still.

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Great twitter moment! https://t.co/jE2zzRpCIt

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It'll be 18% soon (if not already!) https://t.co/EOPaqEv9gG

[Pokey Lokey @PokeyLokey]

@WeAreThe15 gotta change ur handle ☺️ https://t.co/dXFgqm2xxd

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The Caldwell family - Denver, CO https://t.co/FyeStWs6jT #wearethe15percent

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“Our community has become more and more anti-hispanic and anti-immigrant since the election.” The Lopez family - Southampton, NY …

[The Third Apron @oldmanbackagain]

So after getting humiliated by anti-racists/Antifa (no violence btw) they have to pick on an interracial couple they outnumber 20-2. https://t.co/Oo6yAUYJPO

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The are the 16% https://t.co/hduyQNjvKi