short readsJun 12, 2015 Interracial marriage: Who is ‘marrying out’? Interracial marriages have increased steadily since 1967, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all anti-miscegenation laws remaining in 16 states.
reportJun 4, 2010 One-in-Seven New U.S. Marriages is Interracial or Interethnic This dramatic increase has been driven in part by the weakening of longstanding cultural taboos against intermarriage and in part by a large, multi-decade wave of immigrants from Latin America and Asia.