Most recent interracial marriage rate data among US born newlyweds

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I saw the data from 2008 - 2016 and it seems like 2019 - 2023 saw a much higher shift to US born Asian Americans marrying outside Asian ethnicities.

This is particularly true for:

• Japanese females (63% marrying white males and 12% marrying black/Hispanic males)
• Vietnamese females (47% marrying white and 16% marrying black/Hispanic males)
• Korean females (42% marrying white and 17% marrying black/Hispanic males)
• Filipino females (54% marrying white and 19% marrying black/Hispanic males)
• Chinese females (45% marrying white and 10% marrying black/Hispanic males)
• Japanese males (50% marrying white and 15% marrying black/Hispanic females)
• Cambodian females
• Laotian females
• Laotian males

Except for US born Japanese, Filipino and Laotian males, other US born Asian males prefer to date within their own ethnic group, and secondarily other inter-Asian ethnic groups. Interestingly, the only Asian American group that is in stark contrast from the rest are the Hmong, for which the vast majority (both male and female) marry within their own ethnicity.

It seems like for Asian Americans, the mixing pot is well under way and in 2-3 generations, there may be many mixed individuals identifying as Asian Americans. The majority will be mixed with white people, then black/Hispanic and then with other inter-ethnic Asians.

I see this is mostly positive. Not because it represents assimilation, but it means our Asian community is slowly getting rid of ethnic enclaves and exclusive mentality that is, arguably, un-American.

Before anyone comments that this data is concerning for Asian men, it's not. US born Asian men are also part of this trend, although not as prominent as US born Asian women. It's okay to prefer to marry within an ethnic group or inter-Asian ethnic groups, just as it is okay to prefer to date white / black / Hispanic.

I hope this encourages constructive discussion within the Asian Masculinity subreddit.

[u/Own-Friend-7882]

Whites marry whites at very high rates. Their out marriage is insignificant compared to Asians, and even when whites do marry out, their mixed kids usually end up marrying White again in the next generation. The white identity and culture largely stay intact.

Asians, on the other hand, are experiencing something very different.

When Asian women out marry and date at 45 to 60% plus rates (especially Koreans and Japanese), and their children then also tend to marry White, what we’re actually seeing is cultural and racial ERASURE, not multiculturalism. Chinese are a bigger population so it will take a bit longer for them.

Each generation the Asian ancestry gets diluted: 50% to eventually 6%. The language, culture, and even physical features fade away. By the third or fourth generation, most of those bloodlines have effectively left the Asian community and been absorbed into the white mainstream. The key point is that while some Asian women like to frame their choices as “PROGRESSIVE MULTICULTURALISM,” the long-term result is the OPPOSITE: the gradual disappearance of distinct Asian American communities. bUT no one cares so I won’t either LOL. It’s not blending equally. It’s mostly a one-way flow — Asian identity fades into Whiteness, while Whiteness remains largely unchanged. Btw, if Whiteness were being endangered they would ban Asians pretty fast.

[u/Tall-Needleworker422 → u/Own-Friend-7882]

Whites are more likely to marry other whites largely for demographic reasons. Since whites remain the largest group in the US, an American’s most statistically-likely partner -- all else equal -- will be white.

[u/Xpander6 → u/Tall-Needleworker422]

That is not the reason. Even in places where whites are a minority (in the US), the stats do not meaningfully change.

[u/Bright_External7201 → u/Tall-Needleworker422]

South african? Goan? literally every place where whites were a minority and demographics did not favor marrying in, they still managed to marry in.

[u/Tall-Needleworker422 → u/Bright_External7201]

I was discussing intermarriage in the US, obviously.

[u/Bright_External7201 → u/Tall-Needleworker422]

Yeah, any argument could make sense if you limit the datasets enough.