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- From: rna@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Ashcroft)
- Subject: Re: Interracial Relationships
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.001455.16893@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <297@cnmhnet.UUCP> <1993Jan20.202749.5827@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1993Jan22.141620.16556@bnlux1.bnl.gov>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 00:14:55 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.141620.16556@bnlux1.bnl.gov> schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov (gary l. schroeder) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan20.202749.5827@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
- >>In article <297@cnmhnet.UUCP> keithg@cnmhnet.UUCP (keith garrard) writes:
- >>>On a recent "Donahue", the topic was interracial relationships,
- >>>and all couples were black-white, with the exception being a
- >>>Filipina girl. But who were all the questions directed to?
- >>>The black-white couples. Donahue even apologized to the
- >>>Filipina, cause she wasn't even addressed by the audience.
- >>>In other words, it was as thought
- >>>she wasn't considered to be an "interracial". Anyway, just
- >>>my .02 cents worth.
-
- There was a great program on PBS the other night in the SFBay area about
- (among other things) marrying out of your racial/ethnic group in the US.
-
- For European ethnicities such as Polish, Greek, Italian, the marrying rate
- out of the group is around 80-90%. This rate exploded from 5-10% just after
- WWII. For Hispanics and Asians, the marriage rates out of their groups are
- around 30%, also drastically up. For Jews, the intermarriage rate is about
- 50%.
-
- For blacks, the rate is 2%. This is also hugely up from an utterly
- negligible rate prior to WWII, but is clearly a different order of magnitude
- entirely from the other groups.
-
- These facts would seem to bear out the poster's statement above about
- Caucasian-Asian unions no longer appearing remarkable.
-
- The thesis of the program was that despite the recent concerns that the
- country is splitting apart along ethnic lines, the evidence is that
- the opposite is happening at an increasingly fast rate and in the most
- profound way: intermarriage. It's completely overwhelming even traditionally
- separatist ethnic groups---like the Jews. One Jew was quoted on the program
- as saying that while Judaism has proved it can survive in the face of
- adversity, it does not seem to be able to survive near-complete acceptance.
- Rather ironic. One of those "be careful of what you wish for" things.
-
- Just thought I'd throw a few semi-relevant facts around. Hope I haven't
- trodden on anyone's preconceptions.
-