This article discusses the likelihood of Asian-Americans to marry outside of their race as it correlates to education and socioeconomic status. This is especially true for women, the findings for men being less strongly correlative. Documenting the personal experiences of several interracial couples, this short article holds marriage as the most significant assimilating force in the United States. It uses the stories of real people to point out the extreme suffering of mixed-race unions on the parts of the couple and their children. Today, problems continue with children of mixed heritage being forced to choose one ancestry over the other on the census and other forms.
Identity crises can often result.
This article is based on case studies, and meets the bare minimum for being considered scholarly research. Social Forces . Finding that the prevalence of intermarriage has increased over the years, he notes that the most common form of mixed unions is between black men and white women, with the women marrying up in socioeconomic status. The bulk of this article, after a lengthy discussion of contemporary theories regarding race, economics, and social structure, describes the research itself and the patterns found. Concluding that both instances and degrees of racism must be on the decline for intermarriage to be on the incline, Kalmijn also notes that segregation of blacks and whites must be decreasing as well.