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AttitudesTowardInterracialMarriageandFactorsWhichInfluencetheChoicetoEnteranInterracialRelationship
Sociology30.4
April29,2005
MelindaHoneycutt
RandiLane
UrsulaPea
AmandaTaylor
JennaVandeGuchte
Introduction
Toseeawhitewomanandablackmanwalkingdownthestreetholdinghandsusedtobeunheardof.Itwasarelationshipthat,forthefewwhoengagedinit,waskeptasquietaspossible.Duringthefiftiesandsixties,interracialdatingwasnotsociallyacceptableandtherewererepercussionsforthosewhowereinvolvedinsuchbehaviorsbecausevariouslaws,suchastheJimCrowlaws,keptthedifferentraces/ethnicitiesseparateanditwasseenasextremelysociallydevianttogoagainsttheserules.Interracialdatingandmarriagearefairlynewsociallyacceptableconceptsthathavebeenintroducedintooursociety,butastimehasprogressed,moreofthesetypesofrelationshipsarebeingseen.
Formanyindividualstherearemultiplefactorsthatplayasignificantroleindeterminingthetypesofpeopletheywilldateorconsidermarrying,suchastheotherperson’sattractiveness,personalityorpersonalpreferences.Thepurposeofthisstudywastoseewhichfactors,inparticular,influencehowapersonfeelstowardsinterracialrelationshipsandwhetherornotcertainfactorsinfluenceaperson’sdecisiontoenteraninterracialrelationship.Specifically,theresearchgroupfeltthattherewerecertainfactorsthatwouldbeimportantinaperson’swillingnesstoengageinaninterracialrelationship.Thesefactorsconsistedofparent/familyinput,age,race,gender,religion,politicalaffiliation,personalbackgroundandeducationlevel,withsomeofthesefactorsweighingmoreheavilythanothers.
Thegroupsalsoexaminedtheattitudestowardsinterracialdating,especiallywithrespecttohoweachindividualperceivedsociety’sviewoninterracialrelationships,andwhetherornottheviewsofsocietyimpactedeachperson’sindividualdatingbehavior.Thepurposeofthestudywastogetabetterunderstandingofhowcollege-agedstudentsfeltaboutinterracialdatingandtoseewhetherornottheiropinionsreflectedmanyofthegeneralsocietalassumptions.Attheconclusionofthestudy,thegrouphopestocontributetotheexistingliteratureregardinginterracialdatingandmarriage.Inadditiontheliteraturewilldiscussmorewayshowpeoplechooseordonotchoosetodate/marryinterraciallyratherthanjustthepatternsthatareseeninmarriagelicenses,asinthepreviousresearch.Overall,theresearchgrouphopesthatthefindingsfromthisresearchprojectwillprovidemorediverseinformationthanwhatispresentlycitedintheresearchliteraturetoday,astheyplantoinvestigatethefactorsthatinfluenceaperson'swillingnesstoengageinaninterracialrelationshipandnotjustthetrendsthathavebeenseenininterracialrelationships.
ResearchQuestion/Hypotheses
Thegroupwasinterestedindeterminingwhatfactorsinfluenceyoungpeople’sattitudestowardsinterracialrelationships.Theexperimentersfeltthatthisquestionwascompellingbecauseitwouldprobablyreflectavarietyofdifferentissuesthathavebeenaddressedthroughoutthesemester,includingfamilycommunicationandfunctioning,genderroles,theimportanceofeducationlevelandsocioeconomicstatusinchoosingamate,etc.Theresearchgrouphypothesizedthatindividualswouldrelatethatthewaytheyfeltaboutinterracialdatingand/ormarriagewaseffectedby:
theopinionsoftheirparentsandthepressuresorrestrictionsthatwereplacedonthemregardinginterracialrelationships,theageoftheindividual(thegroupassumedthatyoungerpeoplewouldbemoreopentointerracialrelationshipsthanolderparticipants),theirrace(aswasreflectedinourliteraturereview,itappearsasthoughsomeracesaremorelikelytointerdatethanothers),theirreligion(thegrouptheorizedthatdeeplyreligiouspeoplewouldbelesslikelytoengageininterracialdatingbecauseitmaycontradicttheteachingsoftheirreligion),theirpoliticalaffiliation(thegroupthoughtliberalsmaybemoreopentointerracialdatingthanconservativeswouldbe),theireducationallevel(duetotheprogressiveideasandenvironmentexperiencedatmostcolleges,thegroupassumedthatthosewithahighereducationallevelwouldbemorewillingtointerraciallydate),andfinally,theirpersonalbackground.Forthislastfactortheexperimenterswantedtolookatanumberofdetails,suchastheirhometown,theracialcontentofthatsetting,theirhistoryofracialinteractions(eitherpositiveornegative),andalsothedegreetowhichtheymayhavefeltlimitedbysocialpressuresinregardstowhotheyshouldandshouldnotdate.
DataandMethods
Initially,theresearchgroupthoughtitwouldbebesttoeachinterviewonepersonwhohadinterraciallydatedandonewhohadnot,inordertocomparethetwoonthesedimensionsandlookforkeydistinctions.However,afterthefirstfewinterviews,itwasdecidedthatabroaderethnicsamplemightbemorebeneficialinhelpingthegroupachieveourgoalsofdeterminingareasofdissimilarity.Soinstead,theexperimenterstriedtoconstructasamplepopulationthatwasraciallyvaried.Intheendthegrouphadareasonablyvariedsample,consistingofCaucasians,AfricanAmericans,HispanicsandNativeAmericans.ThereisanadmittedflawintheresearchinthatthegroupwasunabletospeakwitheitheranAsianindividualoranIndianindividual,butneverthelessthegroupfeelsthatourattempttomodifythesetofparticipantswaslargelysuccessful.
Thetablebelowcontainsthemostrelevantdemographicinformationfromeachofourparticipants.Thesamplewasdominantlyfemale(80%,males20%)andwhite(50%).Allparticipantswereeitherattendingcollegeorhadgraduatedalready.Questioningonpoliticalaffiliationrevealedalargepercentageofdemocrats(60%),aswellasindividualswhowereborninNorthCarolina(70%,asopposedto30%bornoutofstate).Themeanageoftherespondentswas21.
Table1
#GenderRaceAgeReligionPoliticalBirth-EducationStatus
Affiliationplace
1
Male
Black
20
Baptist
None
NC
Sophomore
Dating
2
Female
White
25
None
Democrat
NC
BA
Married
3
Female
NativeAmerican
21
Baptist
Democrat
NC
Junior
Single
4
Female
White
20
Catholic
None
NC
Junior
Dating
5
Female
Hispanic
22
Catholic
Republican
NC
Senior
Dating
6
Female
White
21
Christian
None
TX
Junior
Single
7
Female
NativeAmerican
20
Christian
Democrat
NC
Junior
Single
8
Female
White
21
Jewish
Democrat
MA
Junior
Single
9
Female
Black
21
Baptist
Democrat
NC
Senior
Dating
10
Male
White
23
Catholic
Democrat
NY
BS
Dating
Theinterviewswereconductedeitherinpersonandrecorded,orinanonlineformat.Mostoccurredinfairlypublicmeetingplaces,suchastheStudentUnionorlibrary,orinprivateresidences.Earlyafternoonwasthemostcommontimefortheinterviewstotakeplace,althoughsomewerescheduledforlaterintheeveningtobestaccommodatetheparticipants.Theinterviewguidewasquitestructured,includinggeneralquestionsaswellassetsofquestionsforindividualswhoeitherhadorhadnotinterraciallydatedinthepast.Whileeachquestiontypicallyhadanumberofprobestoencourageparticipation,eachintervieweralsotookthelibertytoaskadditionalquestionsthatmayhavebeenmorerelevanttotheconversation.Also,inthecontextofsomeinterviews,anumberofthequestionsoutlinedontheinterviewguidecameacrossassomewhatredundant,sotheywereskippedtoavoidannoyingtherespondent.Theaveragelengthoftheinterviewswas45minutes.
Toanalyzetheresearchresults,agroupmeetingwasheldtoreviewthecompletedtranscriptionsandsearchforoverallthemes.Theexperimentersidentifiedfourkeyconcepts:
familyviewpoint,societalpressure/stereotypingofinterracialcouples,levelofexperiencewithinterracialrelationships,andlastlythecombinedimpactofavarietyoffactors(includingeducation,religion,politicalviews,ageandsocioeconomicstatus).Afteragreeingonthesethemesasourbasicdimensionsforexamination,fourgroupmemberswereeachassignedaparticularthemeandwereresponsibleforresearchingpreviousliteraturethatmayhelpilluminateourfindingsinthisarea,andgoingthrougheachtranscriptandhighlightingpassagesthatpertainedtoourareaofanalysis.Thegroupfeltthismethodofdividingresponsibilitywouldbehelpfulinmakingsureeachgroupmemberhadathoroughunderstandingofthemostsignificantresultsoftheproject.Also,itrelievedunduestresssinceonememberdidnotbecomesolelyresponsibleforconductingabroadliteraturereview.Thequoteseachgroupmemberfoundcanbeseeninthefollowingsectionsofthispaper.
BackgroundandPastResearch
Withrespecttothetopicofinterracialmarriages,variousresearchershaveconductedinvestigationsintothemanyfacetsofthistypeofrelationshipandhaveconcludedthatastimehasprogressed,anincreaseininterracialmarriageshasoccurred.Thisincreasemaybetheresultofnumerousfactors,includingtheSupremeCourtliftingofthelegalrestrictionsonracialintermarriagein1967,thedecreaseinWhiteprejudiceagainstBlacks,andthenarrowingoftheracialgapineducation,income,andoccupation(Kalmijn,1993).However,Kalmijn(1993)statesthatalthoughtheseaforementionedfactorsmayhaveresultedinanincreaseininterracialmarriages,otherfactorsmaycounterthiseffect.Forinstance,therehasbeenanincreaseinBlackunemployment,ariseintheracialgapofcollegeenrollment,andpartoftheBlackinco
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