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African Americans and whites in the United States have witnessed a large amount of social and cultural desegregation of Through years of desegregation however social and cultural differences still exist They exist in the institution of marriage Americans have been and are continually moving slowly away from segregation In the past forty years laws have transformed schools jobs voting booths neighborhoods hotels restaurants and even the wedding altar Ties that Bind Since the 1960s when housing discrimination was outlawed many African Americans moved into predominately white neighborhoods The steadily growing areas in the west and southwest are least segregated because these areas never had theentrenched African American and white sections of town Afgen There are other signs that are visibly seen in the areas of education A study done by the University of Michigan shows that integration on campuses occur on a regular basis The racial lines are crossed routinely about 50 of African Americans and 15 of whites reportedly study together and a percentage close to that also eat together Socially there has been a steady focus of opinion on a variety of racial issues Since 1972 surveys have asked whether the respondent would favor a law making inter-racial marriages illegal Since 1901 there has been a ban on these interracial marriages in Alabama Afgen In 1980 the results showed that 30 of whites and 183 of African Americans favor such a law By 1994 data showed 147 and 32 respectively Similar trends have also been observed in busing and even integrated social clubs Ties that Bind A simple analysis shows that complete desegregation is moving in the right direction Regardless of these examples of desegregation a deeper look shows that there are still signs of racial discriminations mostly seen in the institution of marriage between African Americans and whites By 1996 there were more than 340000 marriages between blacks and whites according to the census updates of which fewer than 1 in 3
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