Transcript Mariama Kanneh

Society views on interracial couples.
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In “More Marriage Across Race Ethnicity Lines,” Miriam Jordan,
report that the United Stated has reach a record high of interracial
marriage. According to Jordan, 25 years ago a very small percentage of
people married outside of their race but that number have changed
drastically over the past few year. Furthermore, Jordan states that
although the number of interracial marriage is rising, some ethnics are
now choosing to married people from their ethnicity. For example, out
marriage among Asian has declined over the past few years.
This journal article talks about the rise of interracial marriage in
America. It ‘s goes to show that more and more people are embracing
the idea of intermarriage but yet there are people who chose to married
from there own ethnicity.
Although Interracial marriage is on the rise, Erica Chito Childs
reports that black and white continues to be the two group with social
distance. According to Childs, black and white marriage tend to get
more negative respond than other intermarriage. She also stated the
“black women represent strongest opposition toward interracial
dating.” Child’s believe that the reason why most black women does
not approve of black and white marriage lies deep within the days of
slavery. “ sexual exploitation of black women by white men was
routine and rarely punished.” She also states that most studies done
over the years have always portray black women as angry and bitter.
Childs believe that the hostility from black women comes from not
being included in the conversation and the media have already
painted negative picture of black women being against intermarriage.
The journal did a great job of including both white and black
views on intermarriage. Most black women does not approve of
intermarriage because of the history between black and white in the
country.
Attitude toward interracial marriage had take turn
for the better. But according to Ewa Golebiowska,
whites seems to be hesitant of accepting a black person
as part of their family. Golebiowska believe that the
negative stereotype that some white people have about
black as a group has played a huge role on why black
and white are hostile toward each other. He also states
that younger whites and more accepting and more
likely to be in an interracial relationship.
In 1967, the Supreme court abolished all laws banning interracial
marriage and since then the negative attitude toward interracial
marriage have been declining.
According to Cardell K Jacobson and Bryan R Johnson, “Interracial
marriage continues to evoke an emotional response from many whites
and even some members of minorities groups.” They believe that the
negative view tend to come from older generations. Based on their
studies, Jacobson and Johnson come to the conclusion that social status
plays a huge difference in interracial marriage. Educated black women
are more likely to married white men because there aren’t enough
suitable black men (Jacobson, Johnson 2010).
The studies shows that most people who tend to married outside of
their ethnicity are more likely to be around diverse group of people,
and younger generations approve of interracial relationship while older
generations does not.
After the Supreme Court overruled Virginia Law banning
interracial couple, 15 other states was over turn. According to Lindsey
Russell talks about the reason why interracial has increase over time.
Russell believe that interracial adoption and immigrants coming from
all part of the world to the United Stated has contributed to the
increased in interracial marriage. “ The number of interracial marriage
involving whites, blacks and Hispanics each year in the United States
has jump tenfold since 1960,but the older individuals are less likely to
partner with someone of a difference race.” Furthermore Russell went
on to say that although interracial marriage is on the rise, Americans
still got long way to go when it comes to race.
OPPOSITION
APPROVAL
The first chart shows that although race is becoming less of an issue in America, black and white are still socially distant
towards each other. The second chart indicates that the approval rates fro both Hispanics and Asians is almost the same but
blacks have lower approval rate.
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2010
REGIONAL
9%
Whites
28%
17%
Blacks
Hispanics
Asian
26%
The regional chart show that Western states are more tolerance of interracial marriage than all the other which is not a
surprise and the 2010 chart shows that more Asian marries outside of their ethnicity than any other race in America but that
has changed. The number of Asian marrying out groups have drops slightly and the new census shows that Hispanics have
the highest out group marriage.
The number of people that thinks that Interracial marriage is good for society but the number of
people that thinks that it makes no difference is still higher. Whether that is a good or bad thing I don’t
know.
Childs, Erica C. "Looking Behind the Stereotypes of the "Angry Black Woman": An Exploration of Black Women's
Responses to Interracial Relationships." Gender & Society 19.4 (2005): 544-61. Print.
Golebiowska, Ewa A. "The Contours and Etiology of Whites' Attitudes Toward Black-White Interracial Marriage1."
Journal of Black Studies 38.2 (2007): 268-87. Print.
Jacobson, Cardell K., and Bryan R. Johnson. "Interracial Friendship and African American Attitudes about Interracial
Marriage." Journal of Black Studies 36.4 (2006): 570-84. Print.
Russell, Lindsey. "Interracial Marriage Changing American Society." Yahoo! Contributor Network. Yahoo Voice, 14
Apr. 2007. Web. 01 May 2013.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/40034979
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2012/02/SDT-Intermarriage-II.pdf