Song Miri
Ann Am Acad Pol Soc Sci. 2015 Nov;662(1):94-111. doi: 10.1177/0002716215595387. Epub 2015 Oct 11.
Intermarriage is of great interest to analysts because a group's tendency to partner across ethnic boundaries is usually seen as a key indicator of the social distance between groups in a multiethnic society. Theories of intermarriage as a key indicator of integration are, however, typically premised upon the union of white and nonwhite individuals, and we know very little about what happens in the unions of multiracial people, who are the children of intermarried couples. What constitutes intermarriage for multiracial people? Do multiracial individuals think that ethnic or racial ancestries are a defining aspect of their relationships with their partners? In this article, I argue that there are no conventions for how we characterize endogamous or exogamous relationships for multiracial people. I then draw on examples of how multiracial people and their partners in Britain regard their relationships with their partners and the significance of their and their partners' ethnic and racial backgrounds. I argue that partners' specific ancestries do not necessarily predict the ways in which multiracial individuals regard their partners' ethnic and racial backgrounds as constituting difference or commonality within their relationships.
异族通婚是分析人士极为感兴趣的话题，因为在一个多民族社会中，一个群体与其他种族通婚的倾向通常被视为群体之间社会距离的关键指标。然而，将异族通婚视为融合的关键指标的理论，通常是以白人与非白人个体的结合为前提的，而对于跨种族婚姻的子女——多种族人群的婚姻情况，我们却知之甚少。对多种族人群而言，异族通婚的定义是什么？多种族个体是否认为种族或民族血统是他们与伴侣关系的决定性因素？在本文中，我认为对于如何界定多种族人群的内婚或外婚关系，并没有既定的规则。接着，我列举了英国多种族人群及其伴侣如何看待他们与伴侣的关系，以及他们自己和伴侣的种族和民族背景的重要性。我认为，伴侣的具体血统并不一定能预测多种族个体如何看待其伴侣的种族和民族背景在他们的关系中构成差异或共性。
