ATTITUDES TOWARDS INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS: ACROSS GENERATIONS
Diandra Tretiu
Methodology
Traditionals
Least Approving
All parents of same race
Families and Friends wouldn’t approve either
They honor history and have a high belief in government, therefore sticking to the past beliefs of no interracial relationships.
Baby Boomers
Almost Apathetic
Not approving either; yet
Individualistic culture, more so than Traditionals. They may not have been worried about other relationships since they were focused on pursuing their own personal gratification and thought of themselves as individuals rather than members of a community, as Traditionals did
Many strongly disagreed that they felt uncomfortable or had negative thoughts about other races: Fought with other races during the Vietnam war
Gen-X
Slightly more uncomfortable and having negative thoughts (may be because of more exposure/ higher integration: not increased prejudice)
SLIGHTLY more likely than preceding generations to date interracially; still nowhere near Millennials
Millennials
Raised among integration
Interracial relationships apart of everyday life
Many friends in interracial relationships
Can see themselves marrying outside of their race; even if they don’t think their families will approve (they don’t care)
Graphs
This graph shows the interesting variance among the generations for feeling uncomfortable (1= strongly disagree, 4= disagree/neutral) around different races, which I previously analyzed and offered possible explanations for.
Tradi-tionals
Boomers Gen X Millen-nials
00.5
11.5
22.5
33.5
4
Question 4
Graphs
Tradi-tionals
Boomers Gen X Millennials0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Question 8
This graph shows how the chance of marrying someone of a different race increases with each generation and is highest among the Millennials.
Graphs
This graph shows the gradual increase over generations for agreeing that it’s acceptable for interracial couples to have interracial children.
Tradi-tionals
Boomers Gen X Milenials0
2
4
6
8
10
Question 14
