Lewis Richard, Ford-Robertson Joanne
University of Texas at San Antonio.
J Black Stud. 2010;41(2):405-20. doi: 10.1177/0021934709355120.
American society is undergoing unprecedented cultural changes in the 21st century. This social transformation began with the civil rights movement in the 1960s. As the United States becomes more diverse, both racially and ethnically, equal access to a variety of social institutions and organizations becomes more challenging. With respect to marriage, popular media continually report the blurring of boundaries between racial and ethnic groups. As a result, there has been a tremendous increase in interracial dating and marriage over the past several decades. There are considerable differences between the occurrence of interracial dating and interracial marriage. Data suggest that there is a much higher level of interracial dating in comparison to interracial marriage. This research effort focuses on trends in interracial marriages in the United States between 1980 and 2006. Information from the U.S. Census Bureau was used to analyze changes in the number and frequency of interracial marriages in American society over a 22-year time frame. Differential assimilation is employed for understanding interracial marriage trends and distinguishing important statistical differences between marriages with a Black spouse and those interracial marriages not involving a Black spouse. This exploration provides important empirical findings for assessing the progress of assimilation in America.
21世纪，美国社会正在经历前所未有的文化变革。这种社会转型始于20世纪60年代的民权运动。随着美国在种族和民族方面变得更加多元化，平等进入各种社会机构和组织变得更具挑战性。在婚姻方面，大众媒体不断报道种族和民族群体之间界限的模糊。因此，在过去几十年里，跨种族约会和婚姻大幅增加。跨种族约会和跨种族婚姻的发生率存在相当大的差异。数据表明，与跨种族婚姻相比，跨种族约会的比例要高得多。这项研究工作聚焦于1980年至2006年间美国跨种族婚姻的趋势。利用美国人口普查局的信息，分析了22年时间里美国社会跨种族婚姻数量和频率的变化。采用差异同化来理解跨种族婚姻趋势，并区分有黑人配偶的婚姻与不涉及黑人配偶的跨种族婚姻之间的重要统计差异。这一探索为评估美国同化进程提供了重要的实证发现。
