Record-High 86% Approve of Black-White MarriagesPosted in Articles, Media Archive, Social Science, United States on 2011-09-16 04:29Z by Steven |
Record-High 86% Approve of Black-White Marriages
Gallup
2011-09-12
Jeffrey M. Jones
Ninety-six percent of blacks, 84% of whites approve
PRINCETON, NJ—Americans are approaching unanimity in their views of marriages between blacks and whites, with 86% now approving of such unions. Americans’ views on interracial marriage have undergone a major transformation in the past five decades. When Gallup first asked about black-white marriages in 1958, 4% approved. More Americans disapproved than approved until 1983, and approval did not exceed the majority level until 1997….
…The latest results are based on an Aug. 4-7 USA Today/Gallup poll, which included an oversample of blacks…
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