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Interracial Marriage Is an Indicator of Racial Assimilation in America

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Lee, Sharon M., and Barry Edmonston. "Interracial Marriage Is an Indicator of Racial Assimilation in America." Interracial Relationships. Ed. David M. Haugen. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2006. At Issue. Rpt. from "New Marriages, New Families: U.S. Racial and Hispanic Intermarriage." Population Bulletin 60 (2005): 2. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 27 Jan. 2014.

The article is about the increasing of intermarriage in America. It illustrates how this intermarriage is increasing here. Some of many major factor of this intermarriage include “immigration, a narrowing of the socioeconomic gap between ethnic groups.” The purpose of this intermarriage is considered as “a key indicator of two important social trends. First, as more people marry across racial groups, the social distance between racial groups is reduced. Second, racial intermarriage changes racial boundaries as family and kin, the most intimate of social groups, become increasingly interracial.”(Lee, and Barry).

Why did I pick the article? How is it related to language? I picked this article because any time people’s behaviors or actions are mentioned whether in writing or speaking, those actions are part of them, and they become they languages. The article speaks about “Intermarriage” so then a question rises whether the subject is related to language? It is indeed related to language for example English language is mixed with many other words from other languages in the world.  

Do I agree or disagree with the article? Why? I took the article because it gives an understanding picture of how the purpose of intermarriage might sound good and bring many profits in the society and change a lot, but the root of the language will totally have a different form from the original one.

Did it make you want to learn more about the topic? Why or why not? I feel lead to write my project relatively the mix of English with other languages.

How does your topic affect the world? It does affect the world very much. Consider this, The United States is a big country that brings in many people from all around the world. Many children of immigrants adapt American and the language in a way that they do not want to speak the native language to able to communicate with their relatives and friends of their former countries.