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David_Eight@lemmy.world 10 months agoPeople also forget that a white woman kissing a Cuban man on TV also wasn’t exactly cool with alot of people in the 50s. Could technically be considered the first interracial kill 🤷🏻
FrickAndMortar@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oh fair, I didn’t think about that… I’d just always heard that the first was Shatner and Nichols, but you could be right
David_Eight@lemmy.world 10 months ago
In reality it was a gradual thing that kind of crept up over time. I said technically earlier because Desi Arnaz is “Technically” white, idk who decides where these lines are drawn, it’s definitely not me lol. William Shatner(cause that’s how he rolls I guess) also kissed actress France Nuyen (half white/half Chinese) on TV, which could also be considered first.
The kiss between Shatner and Nichols is the first kiss between a white and black person on TV. Which if you’re a racist would probably upset you the most so it gets mentioned as the first I guess.