In 2015, about one-in-seven, or 14 percent of, children in the U.S. under the age of one were multiracial or multiethnic, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data. The rate is three times greater than it was in 1980. The analysis, which was published Tuesday, includes…
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Interracial Marriage Becoming the Norm in U.S.: Report
Interracial marriage is on the rise, making more than a fivefold increase since 1967, when only 3 percent of newlyweds were intermarried, according to a Pew Research Center report released Thursday. However, interracial marriage is more accepted by Democrats than Republicans, and Black men and Asian women are more likely…
College-Educated Black Women Least Likely to Have a Well-Educated Spouse
A recent Social Mobility Memo of The Brookings Institution indicates a large percentage of Black women with college degrees remain unmarried because they seek to only wed a Black, educated man. “Single black female BA seeks educated husband: Race, assortative mating and inequality,” published April 9, offers that the current…
Cheerios Brings Back Biracial Family for Super Bowl Ad
By Chris Hoenig How has General Mills responded after a Cheerios commercial the company released last year brought racist hatred for featuring a biracial family It brought the family back for the biggest commercial stage of them all—and the family is growing bigger. General Mills (No. 26 in the 2013…
Black Lawyers to SCOTUS: We've Heard These Anti-Marriage Equality Arguments Before
This article was published by the Center for American Progress. The Howard University School of Law is one of the oldest law schools in the country and the oldest law school at any historically black college or university (HBCU). ItsCivil Rights Clinichasfiled an amicus briefurging the Supreme Court to overturn…