America's Getting More Tolerant and Haters Hate It
by Albert R. Hunt at Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-27/america-s-getting-more-tolerant-and-haters-hate-it
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One of the most interesting changes over the years is in attitudes toward interracial marriage. In 1968, a year after interracial marriage was given constitutional protection, 73 percent of the public opposed these unions, including one-third of African-Americans. Only 20 percent approved of them. By 2013, the last year Gallup's pollsters asked the question, attitudes had dramatically reversed: 87 percent of poll respondents approved of interracial marriage and only 11 were opposed.
According to the Pew Research Center, 7 percent of Americans consider themselves multi-racial. This is an accelerating trend embraced by young people.
While most multi-racial people say they've been targets of racial slurs or jokes, almost none think their status is a liability. One in five, the Pew survey finds, say it's an advantage, while three-quarters say it has made no difference in their daily lives or career.
The Pew Center's conclusion: Multi-racial Americans "are at the cutting edge of social and demographic changes in the U.S. — young, proud, tolerant and growing at a rate three times as fast as the population as a whole."
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