ࡗ Patterns, Determinants, and Implications of Intermarriage Among Arab Americans This study examines Arab American intermarriage using 1990 U.S. Census data. The results indicate high rates of intermarriage consistent with an assimilation perspective. Over 80% of U.S.-born Arabs had non-Arab spouses, implying a diminishing ethnic identification. Logistic regressions show that for both sexes, those with part Arab ancestry, the U.S. born, those with strong English-language ability, and the highly educated were significantly more likely to outmarry, as were Arabs of Lebanese ancestry. The cultural and structural assimilation of Arab Americans is facilitating intermarriage, with indicators of acculturation being the strongest predictors, especially for women. The article further discusses ethnic options for children of intermarried couples.The extent to which ethnic intermarriage occurs is widely accepted as an important indicator of assimilation and identification. In the United States, intermarriage is linked with the metaphor of the melting pot precisely because it erodes so-

Between 1970 and 1990, a surging Hispanic population succeeded whites across New York City, resulting in major increases in both all-minority and multiethnic neighborhoods. Puerto Rican and Dominican flows resulted in transitions to all-minority neighborhoods, whereas South Americans showed a more integrated pattern of settlement. The unique settlement patterns of Hispanic subgroups need to be understood in the context of larger political, social, and economic forces operating in the city. In the post-1990 period, newer Hispanic groups have begun to succeed Puerto Ricans. Thus, earlier patterns of white to Hispanic transitions now have been supplemented by ethnic succession among Hispanics.The ebb and flow of migrants, both domestic and international, have for centuries shaped and reshaped the character of New York City. From its earliest days when the Dutch and English struggled for political and economic control, through the nineteenth century when new groups such as Germans and the Irish settled in great numbers, and up through the early twentieth century with the arrival of southern and eastern Europeans, the city has always been an ever-evolving mix of ethnic groups (Binder and Reimers 1995).

This research is a descriptive assessment of the growth and stability of racially integrated neighborhoods in New York City from 1970 to 2010. The focus of our analysis is on the inclusion of blacks in these integrated areas given that current scholarship has shown that in other venues, Asians and Hispanics are socially separating themselves from blacks and aligning themselves with whites. The predominant pattern of racial integration in the city, and one that appears to have become more stable over time, combines whites, Asians and, to a lesser extent, Hispanics, but typically excludes blacks. We conclude by placing our findings within the broader literature on the emerging black/non‐black color line, where Asians and Hispanics are increasingly aligned with whites while distancing themselves from blacks.

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