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Article Evaluation Everything mentioned in the article is relevant to the topic. However, the section discussing hypo-descent, could be better worked into the article rather than just being inserted in its own section after the "one-drop rule." The article could mention more about the initial research on multiracial development rather than just stating modern research and theories. The article should provide more history and background information. The article is definitely neutral with different viewpoints, but it could mention more in the background category. As for the citations, all of the sources with links that I clicked worked and led to professional and reliable websites such as the US National Library of Medicine. KendallKcarter49 (talk) 19:08, 7 September 2018 (UTC)Three articles for research on general hardships of multiracial people:


 * 1) Self-concept
 * 2) Miscegenation
 * 3) Racial profiling

Article Edit on Interracial marriage in the United States

Interracial marriage by pairing- Black and White:

According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, In 1985 there were 143,000 interracial marriages involving black men and 50,000 marriages involving black women, nearly one-third the number of marriages involving black men in the United States of America. 143,000 interracial marriages involving black men is equivalent to 3.4% of married black men in the US during 1985. 50,000 is equivalent to 1.1% of the females married in the US during 1985. Thus, the amount of females marrying outside their race is substantially lower compared to males.

According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the census in 1960 and 1970 showed that interracial marriage between blacks and whites was least likely to occur in the South and most likely to occur in the West, specifically the West coast. In the South, .8% of black females participated in an interracial marriage with a white person and .6% for males in the 1960 U.S. Census. For the 1970 U.S. census, .5% of the black females were married to a white person and .5% of black males were married to a white person in the South. Conversely, for the 1960 and 1970 U.S. census, 1.6% of females had a white spouse in the western region of the United States. For the 1960 U.S. Census, 2.1% of black males in the West had a white spouse, and for the 1970 U.S. census, 4.9% of black males in the west had a white spouse. The 1980 census provided information that showed more black people in the United States had a spouse that was not of their race. In the western region of the United States, the percent of black male interracial marriages increased to 16.5%. Both regions, the South and West experienced a rise in the rate of interracial marriages between black and white people, but the black men in the West experienced the most significant increase.

Cultural Background

Research conducted in 1963 and 1971 by individual experiments lead by Barnett, Burma, and Monahan showed people who marry outside of their race are usually older and are more likely to live in an urban setting.

Interracial marriage by pairing- Asian and White:

Research conducted in the late 1970s in Los Angeles County, California showed, on average, the Japanese were more likely to marry outside of their race compared to the Chinese and Korean race in the county. In 1979, 41.2% of Chinese marriages had a spouse of a different race. Koreans had a 27.6 % rate of interracial marriages, and the people of the Japanese race in Los Angeles County had an interracial marriage rate of 60.6%. The research also showed that Asian females living in the United States have a higher percent of interracial marriages than Asian males living in the United States. Specifically, Korean-American females have a higher percent of interracial marriages than Chinese or Japanese females. The research conducted on the interracial marriages the Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese in the late 1970s showed that most of the interracial marriages were to other asians, meaning Koreans were marrying a Japanese person or a Chinese person.