Title: Interracial Marriage | Encyclopedia.com
Headings: Marriage, Interracial
Marriage, Interracial
Marriage, Interracial
RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE
EDUCATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE
SEX DIFFERENCES IN INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE
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Interracial Marriage
Interracial Marriage
Growth of Interracial Marriage
Difficulties in Interracial Marriages
Reasons for Entering into Interracial Marriages
Resiliency in Interracial Marriages
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Content: Hispanics who do not consider themselves racially white have low rates of intermarriage with whites. African Americans are least likely of all racial minorities to marry whites. Darker skin, in America, is associated with discrimination, lower educational attainment, lower income and residential segregation. Even among African Americans, those of lighter tone tend to do better both in the job market and in the marriage market. EDUCATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE
Highly educated minority members often attend integrated colleges, work in integrated surroundings, and live in neighborhoods that are integrated. Although they develop a strong sense of their group identity in such environments, they also find substantial opportunities for interracial contact, friendship, romance, and marriage. College-educated men and women are more likely to marry interracially than those with less education. The fact that Asian Americans attend college at relatively high rates helps to explain their high level of intermarriage with whites. The major exceptions to the strong effect of educational attainment on interracial marriage are African Americans. Although middle-class African Americans increasingly live in integrated neighborhoods, African Americans still remain much more segregated than other minorities.