What are the general social attitudes towards interracial relationships?
Overall, minorities appear to be more accepting of interracial relationships than Caucasian-Americans. This is evidenced by larger proportions of minorities involved in interracial relationships than Caucasian-Americans (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000), as well as many studies reporting more accepting attitudes towards interracial contact among minorities (Gaines, & Leaver, 2002; Baldwin, Day, & Hecht, 2000; Pinkney, 1993). Interestingly, among Caucasian-Americans, negative social attitudes towards other races seem to have taken the form of social distance; one study found Caucasian-American’s negative racial attitudes were specific to the activities of interracial relationships (Mills, Daly, Longmore, & Kilbride, 1995). Caucasian-American’s attitudes towards interracial friendships seem to be neutral if not somewhat positive, but are much less accepting when it comes to interracial dating and marriage (Baldwin, Day, & Hecht, 2000). African-American college students were more accepting of in
