How Many Melting Pots? Intermarriage, Pan ethnicity, and the Black/Non-Black Divide In the United States

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ID2979022
AuthorsVincent Kang Fu (Direct correspondence to [email protected]; (801) 585-5930; University of Utah Department of Sociology; 380 South 1530 East Rm 301; Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0250, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume38
Issue2
Pages215-237
Publication date2007-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.38.2.215
OpenAlexW2561486547
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited31

This study uses the 1 in 6 Long Form Sample of the 1990 Decennial United States Census to describe intermarriage patterns for a detailed set of racial and ethnic groups and determine whether the notions of assimilation, panethnicity, and a Black/non-Black divide describe racial and ethnic differentiation in the United States. Asian groups exhibit panethnicity in their intermarriage choices, tending to intermarry with members of other Asian groups. Latino groups fit both assimilation and panethnicity, with some Latino groups tending to intermarry with Whites and others showing an affinity for intermarriage with other Latinos. Intermarriage patterns also reveal a deep divide between Blacks and non-Blacks

Census · Ethnic group · Geography · Melting pot · Population · Sociology · Anthropology · Demography · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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