Black Relationships : He'd Rather Have a White Girl

[Kadijah]

My wife is black, and she is white. she has features of both, and claims both because she can do that. Because of the white part with me being black, I'd call it interracial, especially since my wife's skin tone makes her look white. You may not consider my wife as having a race at all, but I do. Also, I'm not the one saying that the majority of black men are suddenly marrying white women, that's ellen. I'm the one saying that the majority of black men in my neighborhood are married to black women.

I was, so to say, backing up your observation about black male/black female couplings with the statistics. I was "begging to differ" about your saying you and your mate are an interracial couple. If your wife is of mixed race, it makes her one of the 85% of all African-Americans that are of mixed race. The degree of mixture is irrelevant; it is the mixture that counts. I wrote that "mulatto is not a race." It stands. There is black, white and yellow, but no mulatto race.

The word "interracial" means between the races. 2 African-Americans coming together does not constitute an "interracial" couple. No matter how washed of melanin your partner may be, well, ask a white person what race she is. They're relieve you of your confusion.

 

[HODEE]

I don't have a problem with interracial marriages.
On my wife's side some of her cousins are married to white women and they have children.
Here are some statistics on interracial marriages in the United States 2007 /2010

http://www.ask.com/wiki/Interracial_marriage_in_the_United_States

Census Bureau statistics

The number of interracial marriages has steadily continued to increase since the 1967 Supreme Court ruling in Loving v. Virginia, but also continues to represent an absolute minority among the total number of wed couples.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the number of interrracially married couples has increased from 310,000 in 1970 to 651,000 in 1980, to 964,000 in 1990, to 1,464,000 in 2000 and to 2,340,000 in 2008; accounting for 0.7%, 1.3%, 1.8%, 2.6% and 3.9% of the total number of married couples in those years, respectively.

These statistics do not take into account the mixing of ancestries within the same "race"; e.g. a marriage involving Indian and Japanese ancestries would not be classified as interracial due to the Census regarding both as the same category.

Likewise, since Hispanic is not a race but an ethnicity, Hispanic marriages with non-Hispanics are not registered as interracial if both partners are of the same race (i.e. a Black Hispanic marrying a non-Hispanic Black partner).
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Married couples in the United States in 2010

White Husband

White wife - 50,410,000
Black wife - 168,000
Asian wife - 529,000
Other wife - 487,000

Black Husband

White wife - 390,000
Black wife - 4,072,000
Asian wife - 39,000
Other wife - 66,000

Asian Husband

White wife - 219,000
Black wife - 9,000
Asian wife -2,855,000
Other wife - 28,000

Other Husband

White wife - 488,000
Black wife - 18,000
Asian wife - 37,000
Other wife - 568,000

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Marriage squeeze

A term has arisen to describe the social phenomenon of the so-called "marriage squeeze" for African American females. The "marriage squeeze" refers to the perception that the most "eligible" and "desirable" African American men are marrying non-African American women at a higher rate, leaving African American women who wish to marry African American men with fewer partnering options. According to Newsweek, 43% of African American women between the ages of 30 and 34 have never been married.

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Public opinion





Historically, interracial marriage in the United States was of great public opposition (often a taboo),[30] especially among whites.[31] According to opinion polls, by 1986 only third of Americans approved of interracial marriage in general.[32] In 2011, the vast majority of Americans approved of the marriages between different races in general, while just 20 years ago in 1991 less than half approved.[33] It was only in 1994 when more than half of Americans approved of such marriages in general.[31] It should be noted that the approval/disapproval rate differs between demographic groups (for example by race, gender, age, and socioeconomic and marital status).

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http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/02/16/appendix-2-state-and-regional-rates/

 

[Kadijah]

Marriage squeeze

A term has arisen to describe the social phenomenon of the so-called "marriage squeeze" for African American females. The "marriage squeeze" refers to the perception that the most "eligible" and "desirable" African American men are marrying non-African American women at a higher rate, leaving African American women who wish to marry African American men with fewer partnering options. According to Newsweek, 43% of African American women between the ages of 30 and 34 have never been married.

Why post this garbage? This about "perceptions" when the reality is that when black men marry, they marry black women! Why push the smoke and mirrors?

 

[HODEE]

Why post this garbage? This about "perceptions" when the reality is that when black men marry, they marry black women! Why push the smoke and mirrors?

I read all thirty pages of this thread. No one posted a link. lot's of percentages.
I do not recall seeing one link.

The "marriage squeeze" refers to the perception that the most "eligible" and "desirable" African American men are marrying non-African American women at a higher rate, leaving African American women who wish to marry African American men with fewer partnering options.

It's BS if you say so. None are marrying below their social or income status.

 

[Kadijah]

I read all thirty pages of this thread. No one posted a link. lot's of percentages.
I do not recall seeing one link.

Wrong poster. I said nothing about the statistics you presented.

It's BS if you say so. None are marrying below their social or income status.

Whether I say so or not, it's Why single out this little blurb about black women not marrying? After all, if black women aren't marrying.... and since when black men marry, they marry black women.... that means black PEOPLE aren't marrying, not "just" black women.