WGST 303 Day 19 Family Formation
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Dr. Sara DiazWGST 303: The *isms: Race, Class, and GenderGonzaga University
Family Formation
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Interracial Marriages
• History tied to anti-miscegenation laws.• 1967 Loving v State of Virginia overturned
remaining bans on mixed-race marriages. • About 9.5% of marriages are interracial (2010)• Mixed-raced opposite-sex marriages follow
interesting gender patterns (2000):• 73% of black-white couples were black
husband/white wife• 75% of white-Asian couples were white
husband/Asian wife
Same-Sex Families
• Nearly 1 million self identified same-sex households (2010)• Many raising children
• Same-sex families live in 99.3% of the counties across the US!
•More likely to be interracial (~20.6%)