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Interracial Dating at ITT Technical Institute Uncovered Steven Carter

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Page 1: Interracial Dating at ITT Technical Institute Uncovered Steven Carter

Interracial Dating at ITT Technical Institute

Uncovered

Steven Carter

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Thesis Statement • This survey was conducted in order to understand peoples

true feelings towards the opposite race. There are a variety of different ethnicities at ITT Technical Institute in Torrance. These different ethnicities may be friends with each other, but what about when it comes to having a serious relationship with the opposite race/ethnicity such as dating or marriage. Do they have any bias when it comes to this issue? Where is their level of comfort when it comes to this issue? In general, what is their opinion about interracial relationships and is this way of life a problem for them? These are the questions the volunteers were asked on the survey and from their answers this survey will uncover their true feeling towards interracial relationships and the opposite race.

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Location• This survey was

conducted at ITT Technical Institute located at 20050 S. Vermont Avenue Torrance, CA 90502.

• 40 people have volunteered to do this survey. Including several students and staff members, their answers are located in this presentation.

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1 Other

3 Asian

7 White

8 Black

21 Hispanic

Total Number of Survey Volunteers

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Example of Stem Question

What is your opinion about interracial

relationships?

Would you let your children marry outside

their race?

When you see an interracial couple what

is the first thing that comes to your mind?

Would you risk being disowned from your

family to date outside your race?

Would you date outside you race?

Would you marry outside you race?

If you would date outside your race which

race/ethnicity would you prefer?

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Yes No Maybe

3 Asian

7 White

8 Black

21 Hispanic

Would you date outside your race?

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Yes No Maybe

3 Asian

7 White

8 Black

21 Hispanic

Would you marry outside your race?

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5 6 8 9 10

8 Black

7 White

3 Asian

On a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest) please rate how much you

like interracial marriages?

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4- 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10

21 Hispanic

On a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest) please rate how much you

like interracial marriages?

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4 5 6 7 8 9 10 N/A

3 Asian

7 White

8 Black

21 Hispanic

On a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest) please rate how you feel about

people from the opposite race/ethnicity?

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The 2006 U.S. Census Bureau’s Average Male Income Per Year

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$60,000 $70,000 $80,000 $100,000 $150,000 Doesn’tMatter

8 Black

3 Asian

How much money per year would a black male or a male from the opposite race have to make

for you to let him marry your daughter?

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$20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $100,000 Doesn’tMatter

7 White

How much money per year would a black male or a male from the opposite race have to make

for you to let him marry your daughter?

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$20,000 $30,000 $50,000 $60,000 $70,000 $80,000 $90,000 $200,000+ N/A

21 Hispanic

How much money per year would a black male or a male from the opposite race have to make

for you to let him marry your daughter?

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Where would you place yourself in this scale?

• EOP: Extremely Open-minded

• OP: Open-minded

• M: Moderate

• SC: Slightly Conservative

• C: Conservative

• EC: Extremely Conservative

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EOP OP M SC C

3 Asian

7 White

8 Black

21 Hispanic

Where would you place yourself in this scale?

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Where would you place yourself in this scale?

• D: Democrat

• M: Moderate

• R: Republican

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D M N/A

3 Asian

7 White

8 Black21 Hispanic

Where would you place yourself in this scale?

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What is your opinion about interracial relationships?

• Age: 26 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Asian• Occupation: Education/Career Services Staff

Member • Answer: There’s pro’s and con’s of course. Pro’s:

Learn from other cultural differences. Con’s: Other family members might not agree or feel comfortable. Overall, I don’t think it’s a huge issue.

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Filipino • Occupation: Student• Answer: I feel like its kind of weird but I’m just

probably not use to it more and more people are going into these types of relationships everyday.

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What is your opinion about interracial relationships?

• Age: 25 Gender: Female

• Race/Ethnicity: Asian

• Occupation: Professional Education Industry/Program Chair/Instructor

• Answer: Mixed feelings, but since it is so predominate in Southern California, I' am becoming familiarized to interracial relationships.

• Age: 19 Gender: Male

• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino

• Occupation: Student

• Answer: I believe that interracial relationships should not happen.

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What is your opinion about interracial relationships?

• Age: 40 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: White• Occupation: Assistant Librarian• Answer: Race does not matter in relationships. The

connection between two people is not based on what color their skin is, but rather a physical, mental and emotional compatibility.

• Age: 31 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Secretary• Answer: I think it’s great. Mixed kids look very cute I

have interracial marriages in my family that have lasted a very long time.

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What is your opinion about interracial relationships?

• Age: 45 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: Police Captain/Instructor• Answer: They’re fine, people should be free to

be involved with anyone when they choose.

• Age: 21 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Black/Mexican• Occupation: Passenger Service Agent• Answer: Well since I’m mixed and my parents

are in a interracial relationship, I think it’s great and the kids come out very cute!

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What is your opinion about interracial relationships?

• Age: 26 Gender: Male• Race/ethnicity: White• Occupation: Student• Answer: I don’t mind it. I fell people

should be able to date who they want.

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: White• Occupation: Warehouse Manager• Answer: I’m completely fine with

interracial relationships as I’ am involved with a girls who happens to be Hispanic.

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What is your opinion about interracial relationships?

• Age: 30 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Loan Processor• Answer: I don’t have a problem. Were all

human beings. It’s just sad how one race may discriminate because of the 50% mix.

• Age: 31 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Secretary • Answer: I think it’s great. Mixed kids look very

cute. I have interracial marriages in my family that have lasted a very long time.

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What is your opinion about interracial relationships?

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: Student• Answer: I don’t have a problem with it, as long

as they lave each other it’s OK.

• Age: 27 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: ITT Technical Institute

Recruitment/Admissions• Answer: It’s good as long as true love is

involved. Especially if both are believers of God!

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Would you let your children marry outside their race?

• Age: 26 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Asian• Occupation: Education/Career Services Staff

Member• Answer: I don’t mind as long as they love each

other. I will not be with them for the rest of their lives, so it’s up to them to make a choice.

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Filipino • Occupation: Student• Answer: Probably not keep into tradition but

you can’t always force into people who they can or can’t love.

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Would you let your children marry outside their race?

• Age: 25 Gender: Female

• Race/Ethnicity: Asian

• Occupation: Professional Education Industry/Program Chair/Instructor

• Answer: Personally, I’ am against interracial marriage; I have never dated anyone outside my race. However, if my children choose to marry someone outside our race, I will have to accept that. As long as they are happy, I will be happy for them.

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Would you let your children marry outside their race?

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: White• Occupation: Warehouse Manager• Answer: Absolutely I have no problem with

other races, skin color or ethnicity has no reason to split up a couple.

• Age: 23 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: White• Occupation: Account Manager• Answer: Yes because I would never keep my

kids from marring someone they wanted too and loved.

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Would you let your children marry outside their race?

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: Student• Answer: Yes, because if they love them why

not get married.

• Age: 38 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: Port Agent• Answer: Yes, if they want too, because they

have there own lives.

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Would you let your children marry outside their race?

• Age: 30 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Loan Processor• Answer: I would. If they loved and respected

each other and they could live happy.

• Age: 23 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Sales Clerk• Answer: I would let my kids marry outside their

race, but I will make sure she doesn’t forget her roots or her cultures.

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When you see an interracial couple what is the first thing that comes to your mind?

• Age: 23 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: White• Occupation: Account Manager• Answer: It is normal to see for me.

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: Student• Answer: I don’t feel too much about it,

but I’ll say they stand out more than a same race couple.

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When you see an interracial couple what is the first thing that comes to your mind?

• Age: 30 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Loan Processor• Answer: Nothing, the same thing when I see

any couple, “I hope they are happy.”

• Age: 23 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Sales Clerk• Answer: The first thing that comes to mind is

“Oh My” and that is because it’s not seen as much.

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Have you ever been in an interracial relationship? And if so was your experience good or bad? Did other people including your

parents disapprove or criticize your relationship?

• Age: 18 Gender: Female

• Race/Ethnicity: Mexican American

• Occupation: Student

• Answer: I am currently in an interracial relationship so far everything is going good. Yes I have people that disapprove but all I tell them is to let me be happy and worry about themselves.

• Age: 26 Gender: Female

• Race/Ethnicity: Latina (Hispanic)

• Occupation: Student

• Answer: I have had one but it didn’t last long because his family disapproved and I walked away.

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Have you ever been in an interracial relationship? And if so was your experience good or bad? Did other people including your

parents disapprove or criticize your relationship?

• Age: 21 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Student• Answer: Still am, Married! My experience so far

is good my parents at first disapproved but as they got used to him it was normal.

• Age: 31 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Secretary• Answer: Yes, my experience was good. My

mother approved. Other females that were his race would just give dirty looks.

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Have you ever been in an interracial relationship? And if so was your experience good or bad? Did other people including your

parents disapprove or criticize your relationship?

• Age: 45 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: Police Captain/Instructor• Answer: Yes, good to degree person was right for

me overall. Some people seemed surprised; others joked with me about it. Most were happy I was happy.

• Age: 23 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Sales Clerk• Answer: I have never been in a interracial

relationship, but if I was my mom wouldn’t approve.

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Have you ever been in an interracial relationship? And if so was your experience good or bad? Did other people including your

parents disapprove or criticize your relationship?

• Age: 25 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: White/Jewish• Occupation: Student• Answer: Yes, it was some what OK. My dad

didn’t approve but my mother did.

• Age: 21 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Black/Mexican• Occupation: Passenger Service Agent• Answer: Yes, I have, I mostly date Mexicans,

because I feel my personality goes best with there’s. My mom and dad did not have a problem.

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Have you ever been in an interracial relationship? And if so was your experience good or bad? Did other people including your

parents disapprove or criticize your relationship?

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Black/Spanish• Occupation: Network Administrator/Jamba

Juice • Answer: No. I never dated outside of my race,

always thought about it.

• Age: 23 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Sales Clerk• Answer: I have never been in a interracial

relationship, but if I was my mom wouldn’t approve.

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Do you know anyone currently in an interracial relationship or known anyone who has previously been in one? And if so how

happy and successful was their relationship?

• Age: 19 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: White• Occupation: Student• Answer: I have a friend that is very happy with

her boyfriend, they are engaged.

• Age: 21 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Black/Mexican• Occupation: Passenger Service Agent• Answer: My brother is in one. They are happy,

they do fight, but then again who doesn’t. The relationship is strong two girls. (They have kids).

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Do you know anyone currently in an interracial relationship or known anyone who has previously been in one? And if so how

happy and successful was their relationship?

• Age: 20 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: Manager• Answer: Yes, they were successful and they

have a child together.

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: Student• Answer: Yes, it was rocky but I believe it had

more clashing personalities and financial reasons more than race.

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Do you know anyone currently in an interracial relationship or known anyone who has previously been in one? And if so how

happy and successful was their relationship?

• Age: 38 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: Port Agent• Answer: Yes, my best friend, he is married to a

Hispanic female.

• Age: 30 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Loan Processor• Answer: Yes, my sister is married to a black

man. They met in the Airforce and are very happy and successful.

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Do you know anyone currently in an interracial relationship or known anyone who has previously been in one? And if so how

happy and successful was their relationship?

• Age: 23 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Sales Clerk• Answer: I know someone, and she isn’t happy

because her partner doesn’t want to commit to her. He only wants to be there for his kids and he see’s her as a booty call.

• Age: 31 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Secretary• Answer: Yes, their relationship is successful

and have been very happily married.

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If you saw an African-American male married to an Asian female what would you think?

• Age: 21 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Black/Mexican • Occupation: Passenger Service Agent • Answer: I’m not going to lie! But I would laugh,

depending on how they look and how dark the African American is.

• Age: 44 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: L.A. County Employee• Answer: Nothing. Love has no color.

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If you saw an African-American male married to an Asian female what would you think?

• Age: 23 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Soldering L.E.D.’s• Answer: That lucky bastard.

• Age: 19 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino• Occupation: N/A• Answer: If I saw an African-American married

to an Asian. I would either think they really love each other or they are out of their minds.

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• Age: 30 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Loan Processor• Answer: He likes it Asian style.

• Age: 23 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Sales Clerk• Answer: Nothing. It is part of society to see that

in L.A., but it would be weird if it was seen in Wyoming or Arkansas.

If you saw an African-American male married to an Asian female what would you think?

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If you saw an African-American male married to an Asian female what would you think?

• Age: 26 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Latina (Hispanic)• Occupation: Student• Answer: Nice beautiful black-nese babies.

• Age: 31 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Secretary• Answer: That’s a cool mix. Kids would look very

cute.

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If you saw an African-American male married to an Asian female what would you think?

• Age: 26 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Asian• Occupation: Education/Career Services Staff

Member• Answer: Nothing much, I have a close friend

who is Black and married an Asian women. Maybe other generation people from the Asian side might have an issue though.

• Age: 25 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Asian• Occupation: Professional Education

Industry/Program Chair/instructor• Answer: I would not necessarily “Think” but I

would feel indifferent.

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If you saw an African-American male married to an Asian female what would you think?

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Filipino• Occupation: Student• Answer: I would probably start laughing a bit

and wonder what happened?

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: White• Occupation: Warehouse Manager• Answer: I see this a lot and I seem to think that

its getting very common.

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If you saw an African-American male married to an Asian female what would you think?

• Age: Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: White• Occupation: Instructor• Answer: Nothing what should I think?

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: Student• Answer: I would think that this couple

may be may be more accepted than a Black/White relationship.

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What is your opinion about the children of interracial couples?

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Filipino• Occupation: Student• Answer: Different cultures are clashing skin

is like hybrid hair looks weird can’t tell what race they are.

• Age: 26 Gender: Male• Race/ethnicity: White• Occupation: Student• Answer: Shit 99% of the time the kids come

out beautiful.

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What is your opinion about the children of interracial couples?

• Age: 20 Gender: Male

• Race/Ethnicity: White

• Occupation: Warehouse Manager

• Answer: I think its pretty cool to see some of the racial mixes people have and mixing cultures seems like a good thing.

• Age: 20 Gender: Male

• Race/Ethnicity: Black

• Occupation: Student

• Answer: They may have to deal with some form of teasing or ridicule because of some people’s views on interracial couples.

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What is your opinion about the children of interracial couples?

• Age: 30 Gender: Female

• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic

• Occupation: Loan Processor

• Answer: Sometime I feel sad. They have to be very strong because one or the other race may discriminate them.

• Age: 23 Gender: Female

• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic

• Occupation: Sales Clerk

• Answer: I think that the children sometimes become confused because they don’t know what culture to adapt to, unless on is focused on.

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Would you risk being disowned from your family to date outside your race?

• Age: 26 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Asian• Occupation: Education/Career Services Staff

Member• Answer: I wouldn’t go that far if its just dating

because it might not work out anyways.

• Age: 26 Gender: Male• Race/ethnicity: White• Occupation: Student• Answer: My family would never disown or pass

judgment.

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Would you risk being disowned from your family to date outside your race?

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: White• Occupation: Warehouse Manager• Answer: Yes if the person is worth being with

then be with them.

• Age: 40 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: White• Occupation: Assistant Librarian• Answer: Yes, because if my family disowned

me for dating outside my race, that means they do not respect me or my choice and I’m most likely better off without them in my life.

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Would you risk being disowned from your family to date outside your race?

• Age: 19 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: White• Occupation: Student• Answer: If I was disowned, I wouldn’t dwell on it

too much. It isn't worth much thinking if they can’t see past their skin color.

• Age: 23 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: White• Occupation: Account Manager• Answer: Yes and no. Yes if I really loved the

person before I found out I would be disowned and no if I was dating and found out family is important to me.

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Would you risk being disowned from your family to date outside your race?

• Age: 21 Gender: FemaleRace/Ethnicity: Black/MexicanOccupation: Passenger Service AgentAnswer: No! If my family didn’t like him, I would not date. Only because my relationship with my dad is strong.

• Age: 30 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Loan Processor• Answer: Yes, because I believe in loving

someone.

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Would you risk being disowned from your family to date outside your race?

• Age: 23 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Sales Clerk• Answer: I would not risk being disowned,

because dating is not a guarantee that happiness will be found.

• Age: 23 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Soldering L.E.D.’s• Answer: No, they don’t care who I’m with.

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If you brought a significant other from the opposite race home to meet your parents what do you think your parent’s reaction

would be?

• Age: 19 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino• Occupation: N/A• Answer: They would take me to the

optometrist or a doctor.

• Age: 25 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Asian• Occupation: Professional Education

Industry/Program Chair/Instructor• Answer: My parents would not be happy.

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If you brought a significant other from the opposite race home to meet your parents what do you think your parent’s reaction

would be?

• Age: 21 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Black/Mexican• Occupation: Passenger Service Agent• Answer: My dad might not care! But if I did bring a

black guy home my mom would have a problem. Even though my dad is black, my mom and family is never really around the black race.

• Age: 31 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Secretary• Answer: Well I already have and my mom just said

that it doesn’t matter his race as long as he treats me with respect.

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If you brought a significant other from the opposite race home to meet your parents what do you think your parent’s reaction

would be?

• Age: 30 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Loan Processor• Answer: My mom will accept and give that

person a chance, my father has disowned my sister for marring a black man.

• Age: 23 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Sales Clerk• Answer: I think my parents would be polite to

him, but tell me that what I’ am doing is wrong.

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Would you date outside you race? • Age: 25 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Asian• Occupation: Professional Education

Industry/Program Chair/Instructor• Answer: No. There is too much differences

between any two race. Everything from language, religion, beliefs, food, etc.

• Age: 26 Gender: Male• Race/ethnicity: White• Occupation: Student• Answer: Yes, I prefer to. I’m more attracted to

other races then my own. I’m not sure why.

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Would you date outside you race?• Age: 23 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: White• Occupation: Account Manager• Answer: Yes, everyone is the same to me, race

has nothing to do with my choice in who I date.

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: Student• Answer: Yes, if I’m attracted to that person and

they treat me right, I would pursue a relationship with them.

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Would you date outside you race?• Age: 23 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Sales Clerk• Answer: I wouldn’t date outside my race

because those aren't my interests.

• Age: 31 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Secretary• Answer: Yes, you never know what your

missing until you try it.

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Would you marry outside you race? • Age: 25 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Asian• Occupation: Professional Education

Industry/Program Chair/Instructor• Answer: No. I personally feel that no matter

how much you adapt the other culture, you can never be adapted to the other culture.

• Age: 26 Gender: Male• Race/ethnicity: White• Occupation: Student• Answer: Yes and I have. I love ethnic women,

such as Hispanic, Middle Eastern, etc.

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Would you marry outside you race?• Age: 21 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Black/Mexican• Occupation: Passenger Service Agent• Answer: I’m half and half, but for me personally

I would only date Hispanic race!

• Age: 27 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: ITT Technical Institute

Recruitment/Admissions• Answer: Yes, because its not against the law

anymore, nor does it go against anything that I’ve read in the bible scriptures.

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Would you marry outside you race?• Age: 30 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Loan Processor• Answer: Maybe, if he makes me happy.

• Age: 23 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Sales Clerk• Answer: No, because I wouldn’t even

date someone outside my race.

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If you would date outside your race which race/ethnicity would you prefer?

• Age: 25 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Asian• Occupation: Professional Education

Industry/Program Chair/Instructor• Answer: My date needs to be from a country that is

in relative distance to mine. For example, I’ am from Vietnam, my date needs to be from China or Thailand; the neighboring countries.

• Age: 27 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: ITT Technical Institute

Recruitment/Admissions• Answer: Not sure could be any! I don’t discriminate

besides, if you go back far enough you’ll find we all came from the same race anyway.

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If you would date outside your race which race/ethnicity would you prefer?

• Age: 44 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: L.A. County Employee• Answer: I prefer Mexican cause their almost

like Black men, sex is good like Black men, and I just prefer Mexican if I had to date or want to date outside my race.

• Age: 38 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: Port Agent• Answer: Yes, Hispanic, Asian, White, etc. To

experience different back ground and they may love you more than your own race.

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If you would date outside your race which race/ethnicity would you prefer?

• Age: 30 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Loan Processor• Answer: White or Black. I don’t think

Asian ever.

• Age: 31 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Secretary• Answer: Black, White (Mixture of both).

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If you would date outside your race which race/ethnicity would you prefer?

• Age: 40 Gender: Female

• Race/Ethnicity: White

• Occupation: Assistant Librarian

• Answer: I will say African-American only because a big physical attraction to me personally is large lips and African-American men tend to have larger lips. However, I’ am open to all races if the emotional, mental and physical attraction is there.

• Age: 21 Gender: FemaleRace/Ethnicity: Black/MexicanOccupation: Passenger Service AgentAnswer: Hispanic, I have been around them my whole life and I prefer this race, and it’s just what I want.

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If you would date outside your race which race/ethnicity would you prefer?

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: White• Occupation: Warehouse Manager• Answer: I’m not so sure I think Hispanic

because they feel to have strong family bonds and I like people who are close with their families.

• Age: 25 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: White/Jewish• Occupation: Student• Answer: There are four I would like to date

Jewish, French, British, and Hispanic.

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Which ethnicity do you believe would provide a better partner for your children to marry?

• Age: 25 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Asian• Occupation: Professional Education

Industry/Program Chair/Instructor• Answer: Asian, similarities of culture.

• Age: 26 Gender: Male• Race/ethnicity: White• Occupation: Student• Answer: Well my wife is Arabic and I love the

fact that my daughter gets to grow up with her religion and I personally love it, it is the beliefs, environment, everything about it I like. Nothing against the other races.

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Which ethnicity do you believe would provide a better partner for your children to marry?

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Black• Occupation: Student• Answer: Black, I chose it because there aren't a

lot of black families these days and I want to see more of it.

• Age: 30 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Loan Processor• Answer: Hispanic, because I already have kids

and I want them to be proud of our traditions and culture.

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Which ethnicity do you believe would provide a better partner for your children to marry?

• Age: 23 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Sales Clerk• Answer: Hispanic, I believe that

Hispanics would have the same beliefs as my child.

• Age: 23 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Soldering L.E.D.’s• Answer: It doesn’t matter, it is the heart

that matters most in love.

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Do you believe that interracial couples will ever be accepted by society?

• Age: 26 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Asian• Occupation: Education/Career Services Staff

Member• Answer: Maybe in another century.

• Age: 20 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Black/Spanish• Occupation: Network Administrator/Jamba

Juice• Answer: Yes, they pretty much are accepted it

just all depends on the situation and of course where your at half the time.

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Do you believe that interracial couples will ever be accepted by society?

• Age: 26 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity White• Occupation: Student• Answer: I believe they are more excepted then

before and will continue to grow and become even more excepted.

• Age: 23 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Sales Clerk• Answer: I think that they won’t be accepted

100%. But it will become a norm.

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Do you believe that interracial couples will ever be accepted by society?

• Age: 30 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Loan Processor• Answer: I can only pray. We were all

created by God.

• Age: 31 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Secretary• Answer: Yes, that is where this world is

heading.

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Do you believe that interracial couples will ever be accepted by society?

• Age: 23 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: Soldering L.E.D.’s • Answer: Yes it takes seeing it over and over.

The only people that can not get used to it are country people in small country communities.

• Age: 29 Gender: Male• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic• Occupation: P.C. Network Support• Answer: Nope, because people think like they

were in the 50’s, 60’s, or 70’s.

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Do you believe that interracial couples will ever be accepted by society?

• Age: 26 Gender: Female• Race/Ethnicity: Latina (Hispanic)• Occupation: Student• Answer: And if society doesn’t accept

the interracial relationships don’t waste time on trying to separate couples, they won’t get away with that, it depends on the couple decision to either listen to their hearts and follow or let society make decisions for them.

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References

• 2006 U.S. Census Bureau. “Median income levels.” 29 Aug 2006. <http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/perinc/new03_005.htm>.

• <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States>.• <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States>. • Video: <http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid

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