Study: Interracial marriage, acceptance growing

hannikan

 http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/16/us/interracial-marriage/index.html

Any surprises here? Any experiences anyone want to share? I had a discussion with my MIL about this topic a few years ago. She was saying she thought in 10 years all children would be multi-ethnic because of the increase in interracial marriages in our generation. I almost laughed because that seemed so unrealistically optimistic given the data I knew.... She was basing her belief on that same data but taking it to a different end than it seemed to show to me. It is on the rise and becoming more accepted, but it's still not as common people like to think. It's only gone up 5% in 30 years? I dated a black guy in college and he was from the South. His parents were not happy about the relationship at all and my parents' reaction surprised me in a negative way. We definitely have a long way to go but I am glad that it's on the rise.

Mrs.BoomBoom

Working clicky (I think) http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/16/us/interracial-marriage/index.html

Interesting.  I'm glad acceptance is growing because I have a friend who's in an interracial relationship and I worry about her.

CarFar

Hubs and I have never received any negativity directed at us. Although sometimes I think people assume that we are not together. It may also be because people don't think I'm part AA, (can't place me racially from my looks) and sometimes I think other types of interracial relationships are more widely accepted than AA/Caucasian. We do have a long way to go still. 

hannikan

CarFar:

Sometimes I think other types of interracial relationships are more widely accepted than AA/Caucasian. We do have a long way to go still. 

Yeah, I do think that's true that some types of interracial couples are more accepted than others. AA and any other group, I think, are still the least accepted. I had a Latina friend in college who got PG by a black guy (he wasn't her BF, more of a friend with benefits situation) and her family flipped out. It wasn't so much about the fact that she was PG (since she was already 22) but because the father was black. Their reaction made my parents' reaction to Brandon seem good. I did think it was interesting what they said about the gender variations, too.

hannikan

Okay, I don't understand why my link didn't work. It's exactly the same as what you posted, MBB. And I just copied and pasted the link. MMMM... TN must hate me lately. Okay, now it works after I did the exact same thing.

Mrs.BoomBoom

hannikan:

Okay, I don't understand why my link didn't work. It's exactly the same as what you posted, MBB. And I just copied and pasted the link. MMMM... TN must hate me lately. Okay, now it works after I did the exact same thing.

I C&P and then select the link, click the link pic, and put the URL in again.  Stupid nest. 

hannikan

Mrs.BoomBoom:

hannikan:

Okay, I don't understand why my link didn't work. It's exactly the same as what you posted, MBB. And I just copied and pasted the link. MMMM... TN must hate me lately. Okay, now it works after I did the exact same thing.

I C&P and then select the link, click the link pic, and put the URL in again.  Stupid nest. 

That's exactly what I did. Very weird.

EmmieB

So, we're at the "hearts and minds stage" with race relations these days. (same sex marriage is at the step right before that, involving legal acceptance) and as the baby boomers die off it will be even more of a non-issue. 

I know a LOT of interracial couples and my only worries for them are the same as with any other couples- marriage is hard, full stop. Ironically - one of the couples I worry about the least is an interracial lesbian couple.

  I think what we'll start seeing more and more as the economy shifts is a focus on being from the same socio-economic background rather than what country your ancestors originated in. 

hannikan

EmmieB:

I think what we'll start seeing more and more as the economy shifts is a focus on being from the same socio-economic background rather than what country your ancestors originated in. 

I think that has always been a major factor actually. I don't know that it will increase but I do think it will persist longer than concern about ethnicity and religion, too.

Gannon

I think it is definitely on the rise, acceptance is definitely on the rise. But I think it will always be harder because of cultural differences etc. But nothing worth doing is ever easy, is it? LOL

I'm all for it. I wish we could all understand each other better. I see it in myself that the more I understand someone, the less conflict or judgement I have of/with them.