And total percentage of intermarriages more than doubled: study
(NEWSER) - About 15% of new marriages in 2010 were interracial marriages, a rate that has doubled since 1980, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. Of all marriages in the US, 8% are now interracial; that's up from 3% three decades prior. The numbers are increasing as the stigma subsides, the Washington Post notes, and most Americans now say an interracial marriage in their own family would not bother them. "In the past half-century, intermarriage has evolved from being illegal, to being taboo, to being merely unusual," says a Pew director. And, "with each passing year, it becomes less unusual." More»
