Intermarriage
"According to Gabe Grosz,
associate publisher of Interrace
magazine, almost one third of all
Asians in the U.S. marry outside
their race" (324).
Late 1800s and early 1900s, "only
two to five percent of
first-generation Asian
immigrants of Chinese, Japanese,
and Korean ancestry married
outside their race" (324).
Miscegenation forbidden by law
or social custom.
Chinese in Hawaii married native
Hawaiian women; Asian Indians in
rural California married Mexican
women; early Filipino immigrants
outmarried at a rate of 90 per
cent (324).
During World War II, more
outmarriages: first, Japanese
American Citizens League urged
Japanese Americans to seek
marriage with Anglo-Americans;
second, U.S. military men
married Asian Women. The War
Brides Act of 1945 granted
permission for servicemen to
bring home their Asian wives:
Japanese, Korean, Filipina, and
Vietnamese women married U.S.
soldiers and immigrated to the
U.S.
"In 1948, California was the
first state to repeal its
antimiscegenation laws, and by
1967, all antimiscegenation
statutes had been declared
unconstitutional" (324)
Estimates suggest that "half a
million or more Asians outmarry
each year" (324).
Tolerance for and acceptance of
biracial marriage has risen;
also, the perception that Asian
females are more desirable than
Asian males (324).