“Come back home, sista!”: reactions to Black women in interracial relationships with white men

Gonlin, Vanessa

doi:10.1080/01419870.2023.2172353

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“…The drawbacks of an older data set, therefore, are outweighed by the benefits of having access to this unique and robust data source, and the ability to ask questions that cannot be answered with newer data sets. Moreover, the notion that persons of color who date outside their races are less connected to their race has persisted across multiple decades (see Folan, 2010, and Gonlin, 2023), even to the current day. Because this perception not only predates the data but also is a contemporary reality for many people of color in interracial relationships, our use of an older data set is less problematic than it would be if we were studying a phenomenon that had changed dramatically over the past 15–20 years.…”

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Love on campus: College students of color, racial identity, and interracial dating

Eschmann,

Buggs,

Gryder

2023

Family Relations

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ObjectiveThis study explores the relationship between racial identity and interracial dating patterns.BackgroundWe draw on multiple literatures, including research on race and interracial dating, and the importance of racial identity on well‐being and mental health outcomes.MethodUtilizing data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen we assess how dimensions of racial identity predict likelihood of interracial dating for Black, Asian, and Hispanic students enrolled at elite, predominantly White institutions of higher education.ResultsMultiple dimensions of racial identity predict whether Black or Asian students have dated interracially, and Hispanic students were more likely to have dated interracially than either Asian or Black students. School‐level characteristics, like the percentage of students who are White at each school, are the most consistent predictors of interracial dating patterns.ConclusionsOur findings contribute to broader work on how interracial dating practices (in this case, specifically for college students of color) are influenced not just by the race and gender of the individuals but specifically the salience of their racial identity.ImplicationsThis study expands the potential research utility of racial identity measures and adds greater nuance to analyses of interracial relationships among emerging adults.

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Love on campus: College students of color, racial identity, and interracial dating

Eschmann,

Buggs,

Gryder

2023

Family Relations

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“…It expands the literature on ethno-racial variation in homeownership through the inclusion of interracial couples and the literature on interracial couples' socioeconomic circumstance through the inclusion of homeownership. Second, due to small sample sizes, prior work on the consequences of intermarriage focuses on interracial unions involving a White partner (Choi & Goldberg, 2018;Gonlin, 2023;exception Bratter & Damaske, 2013;Qian & Lichter, 2021). Our study observes the homeownership patterns of Black/Hispanic couples.…”

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“…Children of homeowners are more likely than children of renters to own a home, largely because their parents are more likely to financially help their children when they buy a home (Mulder & Smits, 2013). Although attitudes toward interracial unions have become more favorable, some US adults continue to be unaccepting of interracial unions, particularly when they involve a family member (Gonlin, 2023;Parker et al, 2015).…”

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“…Furthermore, US adults are also less accepting of serious and long-term interracial unions like marriages than they are of short-term and more casual relationships (Herman & Campbell, 2012). Thus, some interracial couples continue to report experiencing opposition from parents and limited access to family support (Bratter & Whitehead, 2018;Gonlin, 2023;Kroger & Williams, 2011;Twine, 1999). Partly due to the legacy of anti-miscegenation laws in the United States, people express especially strong aversion towards interracial unions involving Black spouses (Kreager, 2008;Kroeger & Williams, 2011).…”

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Housing Attainment of Interracial Couples

Choi,

Soave

2024

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Some interracial couples continue to report experiencing family opposition and having limited access to family support. With the dramatic rise in housing prices, young adults' ability to own a home increasingly depends on access to financial assistance from parents. These two phenomena raise the question: do interracial couples systematically have lower homeownership rates than endogamous couples? As most couples hold their wealth in house equity, lower homeownership rates may limit wealth accumulation over the long run. We pool data from the 2007-2021 American Community Survey (ACS) and compare the homeownership rates of Millennials in intermarriages with those of their peers in ethno-racially endogamous marriages. The homeownership rates of interracial couples are "in-between" those of couples in endogamous unions belonging to the husband's or wife's ethno-racial groups. Intermarrying does not appear to systematically reduce interracial couples' ability to own a home by reducing family support. Instead, the rise in intermarriages is likely reducing the ethno-racial inequality in homeownership rates. Nonetheless, couples in marriages involving an ethno-racial minority spouse consistently have lower homeownership rates than endogamous White couples. The White/non-White divide in homeownership rates underscore the importance of implementing housing policy that enhances opportunities for homeownership among interracial and endogamous minority couples.

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“…Attitudinal studies indicate that acceptance of intermarriage as an institution is growing (Livingston and Brown, 2017). Yet, surprisingly, sizeable shares of interracial couples and mixed-race individuals continue to report experiencing family opposition and ostracism from kin (Bratter and Eschbach 2006;Gonlin, 2023;Kroeger and Williams 2011;Livingston and Brown 2017;Parker et al, 2015). These reports have kindled the question: does the decision to intermarry weaken ties with one's kin and reduce exchanges between interracial couples and their families of origin (Bratter and Whitehead 2018;Da Costa 2007;Yahirun, 2019).…”

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Interracial Couples and Intergenerational Coresidence: The Role of Race/Ethnicity

Choi,

Yahirun

2024

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A sizeable share of interracial couples continue to report experiencing family opposition. However, few studies have empirically investigated whether intermarrying weakens ties with one’s kin and reduces exchanges between interracial couples and their family of origin. We examine whether interracial couples are less likely than same-race couples to live with an aging parent. We also investigate the role of each spouse’s race in shaping whether interracial couples reside with the wife’s or husband’s parents. Using data from the 2008-2022 American Community Surveys, we estimate logistic regression models to predict the odds of living with an aging parent. Next, we estimate multinomial logistic regression models to predict the competing risk of living with the wife's parents or husband's parents over the risk of living without an aging parent. Our study shows that interracial couples’ odds of living with any aging parents fall in between those of their same-race counterparts. Among White/Black couples, the risk of living with the parents of the White spouse exceeds the risk of living with the parents of the Black spouse. Among Black/Hispanic and White/Hispanic couples, the risk of living with the parent of the Hispanic spouse exceeds the risk of living with the parents of the other partner. Our findings detract from the view that intermarrying systematically weakens ties with the family of origin and reduces access to family support. Nonetheless, it also shows that race/ethnicity is an important correlate of interracial couples’ family exchange behavior.

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“Come back home, sista!”: reactions to Black women in interracial relationships with white men

Cited by 5 publications

References 32 publications

Love on campus: College students of color, racial identity, and interracial dating

Love on campus: College students of color, racial identity, and interracial dating

Housing Attainment of Interracial Couples

Interracial Couples and Intergenerational Coresidence: The Role of Race/Ethnicity

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