In the past century, the US acknowledged rights and freedoms of racial and gender groups. Emancipation of women came along with the legal views of homosexuals and broader opportunities for African Americans. In 1967, interracial marriage became legal in all fifty states. According to Census data, nearly 3 percent of all marriages were mixed-race in 1980, and till 2010 this figure jumped to 8 percent. According to the latest research, 15 percent of marriages are interracial today. Once being a taboo, mixed-race marriages become more common in the US as more than one-third of the population claims that they have relatives married to the representative of a different race.
Mixed-race marriage cannot be odd or unnatural in America which is famous for its racial diversity. Statistics of interracial unions is different from state to state as it depends on the number of immigrants. Western states have more Asian and Hispanic immigrants, consequently, interracial marriages are a common thing here. According to the polls, Asians and Hispanics are the most likely to start relationships with a partner of another race, and Caucasians are the least likely to marry interracially. Another interesting fact is that Caucasian women are more likely to divorce in this case, especially when married to African-Americans or Hispanic.
In fact, long-outdated policies on interracial marriages seem weird to the society free from stereotypes. Attraction and passion do not emerge exceptionally between the representatives of a single race. Individuals without a prejudice frequently find people of a different race attractive and charismatic, they may share the same values and beliefs despite all cultural differences in their development. Young Americans are not afraid to enter in a mixed-race marriage because they live in the mixed-race society.