Interracial Marriages Gaining Greater Approval in America

United States – Those who wish to see interracial marriages die off are not only going to be disappointed, but sorely so.

Marriages between people of different races and ethnic groups are at an all-time high in the United States and acceptance to it is high according to a Pew Research Center poll.

In 1980, interracial marriages made up just above three percent of the married population. Now that number is more than double, with almost eight-and-a-half percent. Also, compared to marriage data from the 80s, marriages between couples of different races or ethnicities more than doubled to 15 percent.

As far as the poll goes, it shows 43 percent of Americans view interracial marriages benefit society as a whole while 44 percent say it doesn't matter and about 11 percent see it as a detriment and . More than a third say someone in their immediate family or a relative is married to someone of a different race. As to be expected, minorities, the college-educated, people who identify as liberal, and younger adults see intermarriages as a good thing. Regionally the Northwest and West are more disposed to the idea, though it most happens in the Western section of the United States.  This is followed by 14% in the South (14%), Northeast (13%), and the Midwest (11%).

Asians are at the top of the list, with almost 28 percent, followed by Hispanics at almost 26 percent. Blacks and whites are at almost 17 percent and 9 percent respectively.

Median Income for White Families in U.S. Almost Double Blacks and Latinos

By Noel Brinkerhoff and David Wallechinsky

 

Whites today enjoy considerable economic advantage over the largest minority groups in the United States—a disparity that's expected to exist far into the future even as Caucasians shrink in numbers and no longer represent a majority of the American population.

 

According to a new report published by the group United for a Fair Economy, the median family income of black and Latino families was 57% of that earned by white families.

 

At different times over the last 30 years, the income inequality between whites and blacks and Latinos was not as great. In 1981, the median Latino family earned 71 cents to each dollar of income by a white family. For blacks, better times were had as recently as 2000, when their family income was 62% of whites.

 

If current trends continue, the situation is expected to improve somewhat in the coming decades for African-Americans. By 2042, the typical black family would make about 61 cents for every dollar of income earned by the median white family.

 

But Latino income would continue to decline relative to white income. Thirty years from now, Latinos will earn only 45 cents for every dollar of white median family income.

 

By that time whites will no longer constitute a majority of the U.S. population and make up only 49.9% of all Americans.

 

Even more dramatic than the racial income gap is the wealth gap. Net wealth is calculated by subtracting debt from assets, and can be passed on from generation to generation. According to figures for 2007, the median black family held only 10 cents in wealth for every dollar owned by the median white family, while Latinos held 12 cents.

 

A more recent study, done by the Pew Research Center, calculated that between 2005 and 2009, the median white household lost 16% of its wealth to $113, 149. Black households fell to $5,677, a decline of 53%, while Latinos fell 66% to $6,325.