Many young adults, specifically teenagers, face several hardships when wanting to enter a racially mixed relationship. Studies were done in the article, “College Student Experiences with Diversity” and throughout, negative results came out of family acceptance of interracial friendships and romantic relationships (Mills 351). Parents ask the race of the male/female you are interested in and as soon as you name an opposing race of your own, the hateful thoughts begin to form in the elder generation’s prejudice mind. They cannot help it right? Because they are from a different generation, “grew up in the south”, or they do not want their race to be mutilated. Despite the typical racial conflicts going on in the world now, society and family create
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The couple feels able without imposition from prejudice/disapproval. (Bell 756-759). Most students in high school living under strict dating conditions in their household wait until college to experience dating outside of their race simply because it is much easier not having parents hovering over their shoulder. Students who dated outside of their race in school were open to more peer trouble as opposed to kids who dated within their race (Bell 757). Looking into the future, parental approval has a deep psychological importance to the couple’s marital status. There has been a significant increase in Americans marrying someone of another race over the past three decades. 15% of new marriages in the U.S. in 2010 were people of different ethnicity. In 1980, the percentage rate was 6.7% (Trumbell). Interracial couples generally face a very difficult problem when facing strong opposition from family. Parental and family response can impact the couple’s lives in very dramatic ways, such as disrupting a typical wedding ceremony and/or the birth of a child. For example, some couples may undergo a wedding ceremony lacking support from their loved
The couple feels able without imposition from prejudice/disapproval. (Bell 756-759). Most students in high school living under strict dating conditions in their household wait until college to experience dating outside of their race simply because it is much easier not having parents hovering over their shoulder. Students who dated outside of their race in school were open to more peer trouble as opposed to kids who dated within their race (Bell 757). Looking into the future, parental approval has a deep psychological importance to the couple’s marital status. There has been a significant increase in Americans marrying someone of another race over the past three decades. 15% of new marriages in the U.S. in 2010 were people of different ethnicity. In 1980, the percentage rate was 6.7% (Trumbell). Interracial couples generally face a very difficult problem when facing strong opposition from family. Parental and family response can impact the couple’s lives in very dramatic ways, such as disrupting a typical wedding ceremony and/or the birth of a child. For example, some couples may undergo a wedding ceremony lacking support from their loved