Biracial marriages in the United States: An analysis of variation in family member support

Lewis, Richard H.; Yancey, George

doi:10.1080/02732173.1995.9982111

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“…The race variable excludes racial groups other than Blacks and Whites. This step is warranted due to strong evidence that hostility toward interracial relationships, within the majority-group culture, is more intensely felt toward Black-White unions than other possible racial combinations (Fang et al, 1998;Lewis & Yancey, 1995; and because African Americans are the only significantly sized minority group in this state. 3 Hostility toward racial exogamy in South Carolina is likely to be shaped by fear of Black-White unions rather than other racial combinations because there are not enough non-Black racial minorities to threaten notions of White purity and position.…”

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An Analysis of Resistance to Racial Exogamy

Yancey

Emerson

2001

Journal of Black Studies

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In contemporary America, White supremacist groups use fear of interracial unions to justify their rejection of racial equality (Ferber, 1998), and interracial marriages, especially Black-White marriages, continue to be proportionately rare (Jaret, 1995, chap. 7).When researchers want to gauge the level of opposition to interracial marriage, they typically use the most obvious method: They ask people. They then correlate the individual responses with other individual-level variables to see what individual-level factors are associated with individuals' opposition to such unions. Based on this research, the following variables are correlated with expressing increased opposition to interracial marriage: older age, lower education and income, being Anglo, and political and religious conser-132

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Section: Demographicsmentioning

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An Analysis of Resistance to Racial Exogamy

Yancey

Emerson

2001

Journal of Black Studies

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“…A second reason is that interracial marriage continues to evoke an emotional response from many Whites and even some members of minority communities (Herring & Amissah, 1990;Pettigrew, 1997;Yancy, 2001). Researchers also have shown that opposition to BlackWhite marriage is much higher than marriage between other groups (e.g., Herring & Amissah, 1997;Lewis & Yancey, 1995;Spickard, 1989). Furthermore, the number of interracial marriages remains low, and it is far less than would be expected based on relative population sizes (Heaton & Jacobson, 2000;Qian, 1997).…”

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Interracial Friendship and African American Attitudes about Interracial Marriage

Jacobson

Johnson

2006

Journal of Black Studies

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For a variety of reasons, there is little systematic evidence about African American attitudes about interracial marriage. National data are often sparse or not available, and they are often dated. Using a Year 2000 nationally representative poll from The New York Times, we analyze African American approval of interracial marriage. The sample comprised 934 African Americans. Eighty-five percent say they approve of interracial marriage. Education, sex, age, and region are significantly related to approval in the bivariate analyses. Analysis of the amount of contact or friendship African Americans have with Whites appears to be a critical variable affecting attitudes about intergroup marriage; the effects of most of the other variables become nonsignificant when friendship is included in the analysis.

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“…Research conducted by Lewis and Yancey (1995) and Lewis (1994) demonstrated that some individuals who are interracially married see themselves as being victims of discrimination because of their marital status. Generally, those in black/white interracial unions indicated higher occurrence of racial discrimination in comparison to those in unions without a black spouse.…”

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“…Previous research by Lewis and Yancey (1995) reveals that family member acceptance of the interracial marriage is problematic. Individuals in black/white marriages tended to suggest they had problems, at least initially, being fully accepted as a couple by dominant group family members.…”

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“…For example, Lewis and Yancey (1995) pointed out that interracial marriages are useful indicators of the level of racial acceptance within American society. From a historical standpoint, Gordon (1964) and Porterfield (1978) posited the level of societal acceptance of interracial marriage is an important gauge for determining the extent of assimilation within a society.…”

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Status of Interracial Marriage in the United States: A Qualitative Analysis of Interracial Spouse Perceptions

Lewis

2013

International Journal of Social Science Studies

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This article investigates the major issues facing interracial marriage from the perspective of individuals currently in these unions. Differential assimilation is used as a conceptual model to focus this exploration. The research methodology employs a qualitative approach based on open-ended questions embedded in a larger survey questionnaire administered to a national non-random sample of interracially married individuals in 2007. The findings were examined for three issue areas; social acceptance of interracial marriages, negative perceptions within society of interracial unions, and perceived differential treatment of interracial marriages. Responses from individuals in black/white marriages tended to show that these unions have more difficulty in society in comparison to those without a black spouse.

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Biracial marriages in the United States: An analysis of variation in family member support

Cited by 32 publications

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An Analysis of Resistance to Racial Exogamy

An Analysis of Resistance to Racial Exogamy

Interracial Friendship and African American Attitudes about Interracial Marriage

Status of Interracial Marriage in the United States: A Qualitative Analysis of Interracial Spouse Perceptions

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