Lichter : 7 of 1 new 1967 marriages was interracial or interethnic , report says . Lichter says racial boundaries are firm ; vast majority of whites still marry whites . Marriage patterns among minorities changing , he says , but in complex way . Increases in black-white marriages , at least on a percentage basis , are large because baseline numbers are very small . Complicated statistical story is still unfolding and can be easily distorted , Daniel Lichter cautions .
Lichter : 7 of 1 new 1967 marriages was interracial or interethnic , report says . Lichter says racial boundaries are firm ; vast majority of whites still marry whites . Marriage patterns among minorities changing , he says , but in complex way . Complicated statistical story is still unfolding and can be easily distorted , Daniel Lichter cautions .