Daniel Lichter : 1 of 7 new 2008 marriages was interracial or interethnic , report says . Indeed , for all the hyperventilation , the demographic reality is that only about 15 percent of newly married blacks today became married to whites or other minorities . Comment: Marriage patterns among minorities changing , he says , but in complex way . Complicated statistical story is still unfolding and can be easily distorted , Lichter cautions .
Daniel Lichter : 1 of 7 new 2008 marriages was interracial or interethnic , report says . Comment: Marriage patterns among minorities changing , he says , but in complex way . Complicated statistical story is still unfolding and can be easily distorted , Lichter cautions .