Public Opinion - Acceptance Of Interracial Marriage

Considerable progress has been made in public acceptance of interracial marriage. In 1968 only 20 percent of Americans polled were accepting of marriage between couples of different races, but a June 2004 Gallup survey revealed that 73 percent of Americans approved of marriages between whites and African-Americans. Younger Americans are significantly more accepting than older Americans—with 83 percent of those under thirty approving, as opposed to only 45 percent of those sixty-five and older—indicating that this trend is likely to continue.