The rise of interracial marriage (15% of new marriages vs 7% in 1980)

[pampango]

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2197/intermarriage-race-ethnicity-asians-whites-hispanics-blacks

Marriage across racial and ethnic lines continues to be on the rise in the United States. The share of new marriages between spouses of a different race or ethnicity increased to 15.1 % in 2010, and the share of all current marriages that are either interracial or interethnic has reached an all-time high of 8.4%.

In 1980, just 3% of all marriages and less than 7% of all new marriages were across racial or ethnic lines. Both of those shares have more than doubled in the past three decades.

Just as intermarriage has become more common, public attitudes have become more accepting. More than four-in-ten (43%) Americans say that more people of different races marrying each other has been a change for the better in our society, while only about one-in-ten think it is a change for the worse.

Intermarriage in the United States tilts West. About one-in-five (22%) of all newlyweds in Western states married someone of a different race or ethnicity between 2008 and 2010, compared with 14% in the South, 13% in the Northeast and 11% in the Midwest. ... Minorities, younger adults, the college-educated, those who describe themselves as liberal and those who live in the Northeast or the West are more disposed than others to see intermarriage in a positive light.

Read the full report for detailed results on these findings:

The rates of intermarriage among different racial and ethnic groups
Socio-economic characteristics and education of newlyweds who intermarry
Gender differences among those who "marry out" of their race or ethnic group
Differences in "marrying out" among native-born population and immigrants
Regional differences for intermarriage



Good news on the acceptance of diversity on a very personal level.

[whistler162]

1. Not surprising.... in my family two cousins married

Norwegian's and for a Swede that is interracial marriage!

Seriously, not surprising at all. As old taboos filter out of the system things change, sometimes improve sometimes tghey don't. In this case it is an improvement.

Hopefully it is better for the children than it has been in the past.

[pampango]

5. Swedes marrying Norwegians should be a special category of 'interracial' marriage.

[DCBob]

2. Im one..

white/asian. Hybrids are the best!

[DCKit]

3. While the Wingers have been howling about "Teh Gay", this has been going on...

right under their noses. This can't be setting well with the majority, racist faction of the far right wing - saving hetero marriage just to end up with a bunch of mixed-race babies. It truly is Armageddon from their POV - once they find out about it on Faux.

Interracial couples, you owe us one for running interference. Bwahahahahaha!!!

[mainer]

4. You know what they say about hybrid vigor

in Hawaii, the number one ethnic category for newborns is "mixed".