Dramatic increase of intermarriage between whites and blacks, shows US census
Marriages between whites and blacks in the United States have become less infrequent, going from being relatively rare 30 years ago to comprising a notable percentage of such unions, a study published Thursday found.
A study in the October issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family found that between 1980 and 2008 the rate of intermarriage between the two groups had increased dramatically.
Three decades ago just five percent of black men were married to a white woman, a figure than had risen almost threefold, to 14%, by 2008.
Meanwhile, just one percent of black women had wed white partners in 1980; a percentage that was up to 6% in 2008.
Researchers said the study was completed using data gleaned from the 2010 US Census, and found that black-white intermarriage since 1980 increased by a higher percentage than for any other racial or ethnic group.
Despite the dramatic increase, however, black-white intermarriage remains the exception, the researchers said.
“The number of marriages between whites and African Americans is undeniably increasing rapidly, but it is still a small number,” said Zhenchao Qian, lead author of the study and a professor of sociology at Ohio State University.
“Our results point to better race relations in 2008 than 1980, but we still have a way to go. The racial boundary is blurred, but it is still there,” said Qian, who conducted the study with co-author Daniel Lichter from Cornell University.
“It used to be that race trumped everything, including education, when it came to marriage between blacks and whites; that is changing,” the sociologist said.
“For the first time, we found that highly educated blacks and whites were more likely to intermarry,” Qian said. “That is very significant and is another sign that racial boundaries are blurring”.
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whites and african-americans. white is a colour, african-american is a colour or a nationality or what? I always thought that a person born in the USA is a united statian even when he/she is not “white”, or what you call “an american”.
I guess that's bound to happen when your'e ignorant in another language/culture.
The word dramatic in this sense just implies that it was a marked increase. People who are born in the United States of America are called Americans. White is a color and a race. African-American is a race not a color.
Take a good look at yourself in a mirror and you come to same conclusion of how you try to name xbox ignorant, when it comes to culture and nationalities.
“People who are born in the United States of America are called Americans.”
Wrong. People born in the United States of America are called US/USA citizens. Look it up in your passport next to the word “nationality”. Oh wait you don't have one.
“White is a color and a race. African-American is a race not a color.”
White/Caucasion race. African-American isn't a race, just a nick name for blacks/negroes (black/negro race) in the United States. Majority of the blacks in the US and in the rest of the Americas aren't even FULL black, and has been proven by a known black professor Gates delves.
Marriage between white and black in the US isn't new and for some reason there isn't a name for the people of mixed race between white and black (mulat) and that's why there is still confusion in that group in the US to who they belong, Beyonce and many more is a great example.
It shouldn't be a problem, but the fact is, it is still a problem in the US. Similar how they call Spanish speaking people in the US, “Hispanic”, while it isn't a race at all. they are black, white, mixed (light skin or brown) and even yellow, but oh no, even that is an issue in modern USA, where many folks still believe that the US is full white nation and where many people include politicians, teachers and professors struggle with this “race” issue and love to lable. They enjoy it and is accepted, also thanks to the Lame mainstream media.
Luckily, the Bahian Baggy Beach Bermudas cover the sordid spectrum of shapes and sizes.
Yup, what we need is a great big melting pot . . .
Take a pinch of white man,
wrap him up in black skin,
add a touch of blue blood,
and a little bitty bit of red Indian boy.
Oh, like the Curly Latin kinkies
oh Lordy, Lordy, mixed with yellow Chinkees, yeah.
You know, you lump it all together
and you got a recipe for a 'get along scene.'
Oh, what a beautiful dream.
If it could only come true, you know, you know . .
What we need is a great big melting-pot,
big enough, enough, enough, to take
the world and all its got,
and keep it stirring for
a hundred years or more,
. . . . . and turn out coffee-coloured people by the score.
Brasil got there years ago.
Frank said “Once you go black you can't go back”
Can we post any pictures to prove Frank wrong?? :-))
miguiaargentina.com.ar/empresas/showroom-del-zapato-grande-fabrica-de-calzados-para-damas.html
After reading some of the comments above I finally realized why Frank,“the Yank” was so personally affected and “shocked” by the unavailability of Butter in our supermarkets during his last year’s visit to Argentina……...............:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=twMoqc-8U1Q&feature=related
Ps:
A picture for this article, as my Mama would have liked it:
dailycaller.com/2010/06/07/interracial-marriages-at-an-all-time-high-study-says/
Cher Think, you are getting smutty again. Or are you dreaming of times long past?
Memories and Dreams, Cher Petite Isolde, Dreams and Memories...............
Let us gather Roses in Winter.......
Oh God !! :-))
En el quinientos seis y en el dos mil también……….:-)
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