: Studies have shown that interracial relationships on television are often portrayed as less physically or emotionally intimate than same-race pairings, potentially due to lingering societal stigmas.
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Historically, Hollywood was reluctant to portray interracial love, often scrubbing romantic intent from scripts to avoid controversy. : Studies have shown that interracial relationships on
Despite progress, certain "annoying" tropes persist in literature and film that can undermine these stories: Black and White and Sex