27 May 2010 - Associated Press reports that the growth of
interracial marriages is slowing down among US-born Asians. Recent influxes of immigrants give them more ethnically similar partners to choose from, according to demographers. About 8% of US marriages are mixed race. Broken down by race, about 40% of US-born Asians now marry whites. The numbers reflect in part an internal struggle that Asians say they feel navigating two cultural worlds - the US and their parents' homeland. "My parents have prejudice, but they have accepted my (white) husband," says Hai Nguyen. I wonder if there are any similar figures available for Hong Kong. Who knows?
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