Black and White

Although mixed-race mates have increased, the U.S. still shows unlikeness between African American male and African American female endogamy statistics. Back in the 1990’s reports that 17.6% of African American marriages occur with White American. African American men are 2.5 times more likely to be married to white American women than African American women to white American men. In the 2006, 286,000 African American male to white American female and 117,000 white American male to African American female marriages were recorded. According to the Education Resources Information Center, White female/Black male couples are also more prone to divorce than White male/Black female couples in 2007, 4.6% of married African Americans were married to a white American partner, and 0.4% of married white Americans were married to an African Americans.