Jungle Fever: Why are Interracial Relationships still an issue?

Interracial dating has become more popular as racism has slowly become an issue of the past. In today's society we see more people dating, marrying, and baring children with people of races outside of their own. I myself come from a multiracial family, where a few of my relatives are of mixed races whether it be a mixture of Black/Caucasian, Black/Latino, or Black/Asian. So for me interracial relationships were never an issue in my household. For the last four years I have dated girls outside of my race. In New York City where I am from, when I dated outside of my race it was strictly with Latinas and never once did me dating a Latina cause a stir amongst my peers. It wasn't until I came to Wheaton in the Fall of 2007, and began dating a Caucasian girl that the issues or stigma of interracial relationships began to affect me personally. Through this cross-cultural encounter I plan to study the interracial dating culture on the Wheaton College Campus in comparison to my hometown of New York City.