In the United States, anti-miscegenation laws in many states banned the marriage of white Americans to black Americans (and Americans of some other ethnicities) in a number of states. 
Nchini Marekani, sheria ya kuwazuia watu wa rangi tofauti kuoana ama kuwa na uhusiano wa kimapenzi katika majimbo mengi ilipiga marufuku ndoa za Wamarekani weupe na Wamerekani weusi (na wale wa asili nyinginezo) katika majimbo kadhaa.