It is impossible to turn on television today and not see commercials suggesting intimacy of interracial couples. I want to go down this road in todayâs column but let me first explore the early episodes of intimacy between interracial couples in the movies.
Understand, my focus is on Black and whites in intimate situations. Chinese, Asian, Native American, or ethnicities with a white person do not count.
So, what is the first movie that you recall showing or suggesting intimacy between a Black and a white? I am not a movie buff but the 1967 movie, âGuess Whoâs Coming to Dinnerâ is my guess. While Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton were never shown in any romantic scenes, they were anticipating marriage. Intimacy was implicit.