Interracial Marriages: Still Taboo?
SodaHead Living
2010/06/07 15:00:00
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Since 1980, a Pew Research Center study found that there is an increase of couples marrying outside of their race.
“From what we can tell, this is the highest (percentage of interracial marriage) it has ever been,” senior demographer Jeffrey Passel, for the Pew Research Center, told CNN.
That percent is nearly 14.6, which is an increased compared to 6.8 percent of newly married interracial couples in 1980.
The study that was released last week found that the racial divide is closing as more people are finding love outside of their races. Researchers of the study spoke with newlyweds who have been married for less than a year in 2008.
Other similar studies have found that not only are interracial marriages are becoming more common, but have become more accepting, especially with the younger generation. These types of marriages are one of the signs that racism is not what it used to be.
More than 50 years ago interracial couples were looked down on in society and in some states it was against the law to marry outside someone’s own race.
However, as the Pew study shows, the racial lines have become blurry as more people are marrying outside of their race.
As Priya Merrill, an Indian who married her white husband Andrew Merrill last August, said:
“Sometimes I just forget that we’re interracial. I don't really think about it.”
Would you marry or date outside of your race?
“From what we can tell, this is the highest (percentage of interracial marriage) it has ever been,” senior demographer Jeffrey Passel, for the Pew Research Center, told CNN.
That percent is nearly 14.6, which is an increased compared to 6.8 percent of newly married interracial couples in 1980.
The study that was released last week found that the racial divide is closing as more people are finding love outside of their races. Researchers of the study spoke with newlyweds who have been married for less than a year in 2008.
Other similar studies have found that not only are interracial marriages are becoming more common, but have become more accepting, especially with the younger generation. These types of marriages are one of the signs that racism is not what it used to be.
More than 50 years ago interracial couples were looked down on in society and in some states it was against the law to marry outside someone’s own race.
However, as the Pew study shows, the racial lines have become blurry as more people are marrying outside of their race.
As Priya Merrill, an Indian who married her white husband Andrew Merrill last August, said:
“Sometimes I just forget that we’re interracial. I don't really think about it.”
Would you marry or date outside of your race?
Read More: http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/06/04/pew.interraci...
Top Opinion
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Yes, I would marry/date outside of my race.
+35Why do so many people think that love is a bad thing? Do we care what color our lover's stomach lining is? No. So why care about their skin color?
Actually I'm pretty sure you are joking. Randy is apparently one of the last open White Supremacists.
I know you're in desperate need to feel better about yourself, but despite what you may have tricked yourself into believing, you're not superior to anyone.
and I am not attracted to either I am in love with a black guy sooo.... lols yeah