Youngest Age Cohorts More Supportive of Interracial Dating
You posit that there may be more of this going on among Millennials than among older respondents. It’s an interesting observation, but we have no way of knowing from our data whether it’s true. On the general topic of racial tolerance and diversity, however, there are a few things we do know. First, all age groups in this country have grown more tolerant over time, and Millennials are the most tolerant of all, as illustrated by the accompanying chart on attitudes about interracial dating. Might there be some social desirability embedded in these responses? Sure. But even if that’s all we’re measuring, it may be its own marker of social progress. Lip service, after all, is one of the tributes we pay to virtue.
Youngest Age Cohorts More  | Supportive of Interracial Dating  | 93  | 90  | 83  | 83  | 83  | 68  | 58  | 41  | 30  | 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 05 07 09  | Greatest <1928  | Silent 1928-45  | Gen Boomer 1946-64  | Gen X 1965-76  | Gen the 1977+ 