Intermarriage in the Second Generation, Gillian Stevens Et Al., Migration Information Source, October 1, 2006

MGT- 3210 Managing Diversity in the Workplace

Prof. Castro

Article # 17- Intermarriage in the Second Generation, Gillian Stevens et al., Migration

Information Source, October 1, 2006

DEFINE

STRAIGHT-LINE THEORY – Theory presented by Milton Gordon, arguing that levels of racial and ethnic intermarriage would increase steadily over generations as the social barriers between racial and ethnic groups diminished and preferences for in a group marriage faded.

CPS – Current Population survey, survery conducted by the United States Census Bureau and provides reports of employment/unemployment I the US.

FIRST GENERATION – Is the most distinctive and refers to those who marry before arriving in the United States and whose marriage is not subject to the same demographic considerations as those of the second and third.

SECOND GENERATION – Refers to Americans with at least one foreign born paren, consisting of only 21.1 million people.

THIRD GENERATION – Refers to Americans with nativeborn parents, consisting of over 221 million people.

QUESTIONS

a. As stated in “Intermarriage in the Second Generation,” most

interracial couples consist of a: D

a. black spouse with a white or Asian spouse.

b. Asian spouse with a white or Hispanic spouse.

c. Hispanic spouse with a white, black, or Asian spouse.

d. white spouse with an Asian, Hispanic, or black spouse.

2. As noted in “Intermarriage in the Second Generation,” less than

one percent of marriages were interracial in 1970, just a few

years after: C

a. immigration laws in the United States were relaxed.

b. the census began tracking the ethnicity of respondents.

c. the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all anti-miscegenation

laws.

d. the country began to see an influx of Vietnam War brides.

3. True/False- As maintained in “Intermarriage in the Second...