Feb 16 2012
A new study has found that 1 in 12 marriages in the United States are interracial, the highest rate ever. The study suggest the higher rate is due to the influx of Asian and Hispanic immigrants into the U.S. over the past several decades ...
From MSNBC.com:
A Pew Research Center study, released Thursday, details a diversifying America where interracial unions and the mixed-race children they produce are challenging typical notions of race.
"The rise in interracial marriage indicates that race relations have improved over the past quarter century," said Daniel Lichter, a sociology professor at Cornell University. "Mixed-race children have blurred America's color line. They often interact with others on either side of the racial divide and frequently serve as brokers between friends and family members of different racial backgrounds," he said. "But America still has a long way to go."
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