Social Analysis

IN 2017, 17% of newly married couples had a partner of different race or ethnicity. In 1967 it was only 3% and 50 years later it increased five times more. This shows that more people are open and feel more comfortable with being in an interracial marriage, but this statistic is a pretty low increase over 50 years. Past ideas on interracial marriage still have an impact on the way people view mixed-race couples and people today.

Colorism plays a huge role in how society today looks at people of color and those who are mixed-race. Many people experience racism as a mixed-race person. Lots of people struggle with identity and think that they have to only identify with one of the races they are. 

White privilege plays a major role in interracial couples, those who are white and have a partner who is a person of color have to understand they are a lot more privileged because they are white, and that people of color do experience discrimination and racism. Privilege also plays a role in those who are mixed-race. Those who have more features of one of their races tend to be categorized only as that race, for example if you are black and white but look more white people tend to say that would be “white passing”. The ideal of white passing is basically showing to people that being white is better, it's the norm, and that you are at more of an advantage. Being visually more white as a mixed person does have its privileges, people are more likely to treat you better if you are. This is where colorism plays a major role in how mixed people are viewed. People see how mixed-race people look more of the race that is not white and then they are viewed as only that race.