In addition, public attitudes about intermarriage have evolved. Some 15% are White and Asian, 12% are White and multiracial and 11% are White and Black. As of 2015, the largest share of intermarried couples include one Hispanic and one White spouse. Demographic trends have contributed as well – in particular, the growing share of the population that is Asian or Hispanic, as these groups are more likely than others to marry someone of another race or ethnicity. Virginia ruled that marriage across racial lines was legal throughout the country. The rise of intermarriage was driven initially by legal changes: The 1967 U.S. And starting as early as 2010, Asian immigrants outnumbered Hispanic immigrants among new arrivals. foreign-born population, up from 4% in 1960. has been on the rise in recent decades, following the passage of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act. The share of immigrants from Asia living in the U.S. Growing waves of immigrants are from Asia and the Caribbean: Harris is the daughter of two immigrants, one from India and one from Jamaica.
In a 2015 Pew Research Center survey, about three-in-ten adults with a multiracial background said the way they describe their race has changed over the years – either from seeing themselves as multiracial at one point and single race at another, or vice versa. In addition, racial identity can be fluid and may change over the course of one’s lifetime. Racial identity is complex, and estimates of the multiracial population may underrepresent the share of people who identify with multiple racial groups based on their family history. Among adults who identify as more than one race, relatively few (2.1%) are Black and Asian. The number has grown significantly since the census first allowed people to choose more than one racial category to describe themselves in 2000. Roughly 6.3 million American adults – 2.5% of the adult population – identified as being more than one race in 2019. Census Bureau, Americans who identify as two or more races are one of the fastest growing racial or ethnic groups in the country, along with Asians. Her mother was South Asian and her father is Black. The rise in multiracial Americans: Harris has a multiracial background. As a result, many Americans – not just women of color – can see themselves in her story. Kamala Harris embodies several trends that have been unfolding gradually over recent decades. It held up a mirror to America, revealing how key demographic trends have reshaped the country. But her ascendance to the second-highest office in the land represented so much more. The swearing-in of Kamala Harris as the vice president of the United States marked several important “firsts”: She became the first female vice president, as well as the first Black person and first Asian American to hold that office. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images) 20, 2021, in Washington as Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, and Joe Biden look on. Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Jan.
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