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The Donnybrook
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
 
One Quarter Of Americans Still Disapprove Of Interracial Dating...

I know Gallup has titled this piece "Americans Now Support Interracial Dating", but does anyone find it more than a little distressing to know that one out of every four people you encounter every day is against interracial dating???

Somewhat fewer whites than blacks accept interracial dating, but their acceptance is still strong. By age, the breakdown ranges from the 95% in the younger group to about 45% of those 65 and over.

There is no longer even a double standard on the gender involved, with 71% of the entire sample approving a black man dating a white woman and 75% backing a white man dating a black woman.

On the bright side, 95% of those surveyed between the ages of 18-29 approve of interracial dating, but I honestly thought we were farther along than this...



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