Beyond the Myths About Black Marriages

1985 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-147
Author(s):  
Paulette Moore Hines
Keyword(s):  
Black Marriages

scholarly journals Guess Who's Been Coming to Dinner? Trends in Interracial Marriage over the 20th Century

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland G Fryer
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Interracial Marriage ◽  
Marriage Market ◽  
Rare Event ◽  
Market Model ◽  
History Of ◽  
Black Marriages ◽  
Racial Lines

This paper studies marriages across black, white, and Asian racial lines. Marrying across racial lines is a rare event, even today. Interracial marriages account for approximately 1 percent of white marriages, 5 percent of black marriages, and 14 percent of Asian marriages. Following a brief history of the regulation of race and romance in America, I analyze interracial marriage using census data from 1880–2000, uncovering a rich set of cross-section and time-series patterns. I investigate the extent to which three different theories of interracial marriage can account for the patterns discovered. After also testing a social exchange theory and a search model, I find the data are most consistent with a Becker-style marriage market model in which objective criteria of a potential spouse, their race, and the social price of intermarriage are central.

scholarly journals A Discursive Examination of White Americans’ Attitudes about White-Black Interracial Marriages in USA

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Ilham Malki
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
White Americans ◽  
Strategic Choices ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Interracial Marriages ◽  
Blacks And Whites ◽  
Black Marriages ◽  
Close Relatives

The primary objective of this article is to manifest by means of discourse analysis the attitudes of White Americans towards White-Black interracial marriages. The research draws on qualitative analysis of the discourse of some white Americans to find out the genuine convictions they bear about interracial unions, especially those incorporating Blacks and Whites. Regardless of the fact that White Americans have asserted their approval of White-Black marriages, the results of the study reveal that some White-Americans are still not in favour of their close relatives marrying outside their own race. As Van Dijk (1992) postulates, one of the distinctive peculiarities of contemporary racism discourse is its denial. On accounts of rigid constraints posed upon overt expression of racist perspectives, individuals bring about a set of discursive strategies that enable the deliverance of negative constructs without being trapped by racism charges. In addition to the denial of racism, the results of the research disclose various strategic choices through which white Americans legitimize their views towards white-black interracial marriages. Such choices embark on justifications, denying, excuses, positive self-presentation, negative other-presentation, and blaming the victim. (Van Dijk: 1992)

Black Marriages Matter: Wisdom and Advice From Happily Married Black Couples

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonius D. Skipper ◽  
Loren D. Marks ◽  
T. J. Moore ◽  
David C. Dollahite
Keyword(s):  
Black Couples ◽  
Black Marriages

scholarly journals A Qualitative Study of Black Married Couples’ Relationships With Their Extended Family Networks

2018 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noelle M. St. Vil ◽  
Katrina Bell McDonald ◽  
Caitlin Cross-Barnet
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Support ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Black Families ◽  
Family Networks ◽  
Black Couples ◽  
Black Marriage ◽  
Black Marriages

Historically extended family networks have been identified as contributing to the resiliency of Black families. However, little is known about how extended family networks impact the lives of Black married couples. What we do know largely stems from quantitative research. Using a thematic analysis of qualitative interviews, we examine extended family network relationships among 47 Black couples from the Contemporary Black Marriage Study who had been married for more than 5 years. Black married couples’ relationship with extended family networks affects the marriage through the following acts: (a) extended family living, (b) childcare, (c) advice and emotional support, and (d) interfamilial conflict. The four themes influenced Black marriages in various ways. This study has implications for social workers working with married couples.

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