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In reply to the discussion: "I'm Biracial & That Cheerios Ad Is a Big Fucking Deal," ALSO "10 Reasons It's Best Commercial Ever" [View all]pampango
(24,692 posts)27. The rise of interracial marriage (15% of new marriages vs 7% in 1980)
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.
This must drive republicans crazy.
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.
This must drive republicans crazy.
WASHINGTON - Multiracial Americans have become the fastest growing demographic group, wielding an impact on minority growth that challenges traditional notions of race.
The number of multiracial people rose 3.4 percent last year to about 5.2 million, according to the latest census estimates. First given the option in 2000, Americans who check more than one box for race on census surveys have jumped by 33 percent and now make up 5 percent of the minority population with millions more believed to be uncounted.
Demographers attributed the recent population growth to more social acceptance and slowing immigration. They cited in particular the high public profiles of Tiger Woods and President Barack Obama, a self-described "mutt," who are having an effect on those who might self-identify as multiracial.
Population figures as of July 2008 show that California, Texas, New York and Florida had the most multiracial people, due partly to higher numbers of second- and later-generation immigrants who are more likely to "marry out." Measured by percentages, Hawaii ranked first with nearly 1 in 5 residents who were multiracial, followed by Alaska and Oklahoma, both at roughly 4 percent.
Utah had the highest growth rate of multiracial people in 2008 compared to the previous year, a reflection of loosening social morals in a mostly white state.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30986649 /
The number of multiracial people rose 3.4 percent last year to about 5.2 million, according to the latest census estimates. First given the option in 2000, Americans who check more than one box for race on census surveys have jumped by 33 percent and now make up 5 percent of the minority population with millions more believed to be uncounted.
Demographers attributed the recent population growth to more social acceptance and slowing immigration. They cited in particular the high public profiles of Tiger Woods and President Barack Obama, a self-described "mutt," who are having an effect on those who might self-identify as multiracial.
Population figures as of July 2008 show that California, Texas, New York and Florida had the most multiracial people, due partly to higher numbers of second- and later-generation immigrants who are more likely to "marry out." Measured by percentages, Hawaii ranked first with nearly 1 in 5 residents who were multiracial, followed by Alaska and Oklahoma, both at roughly 4 percent.
Utah had the highest growth rate of multiracial people in 2008 compared to the previous year, a reflection of loosening social morals in a mostly white state.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30986649 /
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"I'm Biracial & That Cheerios Ad Is a Big Fucking Deal," ALSO "10 Reasons It's Best Commercial Ever" [View all]
Hissyspit
Jun 2013
OP
Oprah, Bill Cosby, and In Living Color did a WHOLE LOT for racial integration. nt
valerief
Jun 2013
#80
If the advertisement wasn't for a GMO, it would be wonderful; as such, it is cynical/exploitive.
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2013
#5
Super cute kid and this commercial depicts a caring, loving family...it's all good.
Tikki
Jun 2013
#59
My friend once told me that if I got 5 miles out of most metro areas in this country
Generic Other
Jun 2013
#66
I love the ad too. Think it is perfect. The responses to the ad, including some here? Not so much
Number23
Jun 2013
#92
Not only that but some bizarre comments about how ads like this "lifted us up from the ghetto"
Number23
Jun 2013
#97
The OPs comments in that thread make it very well understood exactly what he's saying.
Number23
Jun 2013
#121
I thought racism had been dying out. I've been thoughraly disabused of this misconception ...
marble falls
Jun 2013
#33
Gee, all the vitriol they really want to spew at Obama (white mother, black father)
mnhtnbb
Jun 2013
#36
Surely President Obama "validates the existence of biracial people" more than a Cheerios ad (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jun 2013
#37
I have always thought that children of much different parents (there is only the human "race")
GeoWilliam750
Jun 2013
#86
We are quickly becoming a multiracial country and there is nothing the bigots can do about it
kimbutgar
Jun 2013
#48
Eat my multigrain Cheerios w bananas every day! The little girl is precious. Great commercial!
CarmanK
Jun 2013
#54
You must be mistaken about the uproar--haven't you heard that racism is over?
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jun 2013
#70
#11. tv usually gets cute horribly enervatingly wrong; not so with that little girl! nt
patrice
Jun 2013
#94
I thought it was awesomely funny. Had there not been such a big deal over it,
Katashi_itto
Jun 2013
#109
The Cheerios on the father's heart made me laugh out loud at the end- great commercial
mike dub
Jun 2013
#119