Interracial Dating at ITT Technical Institute Uncovered

1. Interracial Dating at ITT Technical InstituteUncovered Steven Carter

2. Thesis Statement • This survey was conducted in order to understand peoples true feelings towards the opposite race. There are a variety of different ethnicities at ITT Technical Institute in Torrance. These different ethnicities may be friends with each other, but what about when it comes to having a serious relationship with the opposite race/ethnicity such as dating or marriage. Do they have any bias when it comes to this issue? Where is their level of comfort when it comes to this issue? In general, what is their opinion about interracial relationships and is this way of life a problem for them? These are the questions the volunteers were asked on the survey and from their answers this survey will uncover their true feeling towards interracial relationships and the opposite race.

3. This survey was conducted at ITT Technical Institute located at 20050 S. Vermont Avenue Torrance, CA 90502. 40 people have volunteered to do this survey. Including several students and staff members, their answers are located in this presentation. Location

4. Total Number of Survey Volunteers

5. Example of Stem Question

6. Would you date outside your race?

7. Would you marry outside your race?

8. On a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest) please rate how much you like interracial marriages?

9. On a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest) please rate how much you like interracial marriages?

10. On a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest) please rate how you feel about people from the opposite race/ethnicity?

11. The 2006 U.S. Census Bureau’s Average Male Income Per Year

12. How much money per year would a black male or a male from the opposite race have to make for you to let him marry your daughter?

13. How much money per year would a black male or a male from the opposite race have to make for you to let him marry your daughter?

14. How much money per year would a black male or a male from the opposite race have to make for you to let him marry your daughter?

15. Where would you place yourself in this scale? • EOP: Extremely Open-minded • OP: Open-minded • M: Moderate • SC: Slightly Conservative • C: Conservative • EC: Extremely Conservative

16. Where would you place yourself in this scale?

17. Where would you place yourself in this scale? • D: Democrat • M: Moderate • R: Republican

18. Where would you place yourself in this scale?

19. What is your opinion about interracial relationships? • Age: 26 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Asian • Occupation: Education/Career Services Staff Member • Answer: There’s pro’s and con’s of course. Pro’s: Learn from other cultural differences. Con’s: Other family members might not agree or feel comfortable. Overall, I don’t think it’s a huge issue. • Age: 20 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Filipino • Occupation: Student • Answer: I feel like its kind of weird but I’m just probably not use to it more and more people are going into these types of relationships everyday.

20. What is your opinion about interracial relationships? • Age: 25 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Asian • Occupation: Professional Education Industry/Program Chair/Instructor • Answer: Mixed feelings, but since it is so predominate in Southern California, I' am becoming familiarized to interracial relationships. • Age: 19 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino • Occupation: Student • Answer: I believe that interracial relationships should not happen.

21. What is your opinion about interracial relationships? • Age: 40 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: White • Occupation: Assistant Librarian • Answer: Race does not matter in relationships. The connection between two people is not based on what color their skin is, but rather a physical, mental and emotional compatibility. • Age: 31 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Secretary • Answer: I think it’s great. Mixed kids look very cute I have interracial marriages in my family that have lasted a very long time.

22. What is your opinion about interracial relationships? • Age: 45 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Black • Occupation: Police Captain/Instructor • Answer: They’re fine, people should be free to be involved with anyone when they choose. • Age: 21 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Black/Mexican • Occupation: Passenger Service Agent • Answer: Well since I’m mixed and my parents are in a interracial relationship, I think it’s great and the kids come out very cute!

23. What is your opinion about interracial relationships? • Age: 26 Gender: Male • Race/ethnicity: White • Occupation: Student • Answer: I don’t mind it. I fell people should be able to date who they want. • Age: 20 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: White • Occupation: Warehouse Manager • Answer: I’m completely fine with interracial relationships as I’ am involved with a girls who happens to be Hispanic.

24. What is your opinion about interracial relationships? • Age: 30 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Loan Processor • Answer: I don’t have a problem. Were all human beings. It’s just sad how one race may discriminate because of the 50% mix. • Age: 31 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Secretary • Answer: I think it’s great. Mixed kids look very cute. I have interracial marriages in my family that have lasted a very long time.

25. What is your opinion about interracial relationships? • Age: 20 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Black • Occupation: Student • Answer: I don’t have a problem with it, as long as they lave each other it’s OK. • Age: 27 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Black • Occupation: ITT Technical Institute Recruitment/Admissions • Answer: It’s good as long as true love is involved. Especially if both are believers of God!

26. Would you let your children marry outside their race? • Age: 26 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Asian • Occupation: Education/Career Services Staff Member • Answer: I don’t mind as long as they love each other. I will not be with them for the rest of their lives, so it’s up to them to make a choice. • Age: 20 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Filipino • Occupation: Student • Answer: Probably not keep into tradition but you can’t always force into people who they can or can’t love.

27. Would you let your children marry outside their race? • Age: 25 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Asian • Occupation: Professional Education Industry/Program Chair/Instructor • Answer: Personally, I’ am against interracial marriage; I have never dated anyone outside my race. However, if my children choose to marry someone outside our race, I will have to accept that. As long as they are happy, I will be happy for them.

28. Would you let your children marry outside their race? • Age: 20 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: White • Occupation: Warehouse Manager • Answer: Absolutely I have no problem with other races, skin color or ethnicity has no reason to split up a couple. • Age: 23 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: White • Occupation: Account Manager • Answer: Yes because I would never keep my kids from marring someone they wanted too and loved.

29. Would you let your children marry outside their race? • Age: 20 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Black • Occupation: Student • Answer: Yes, because if they love them why not get married. • Age: 38 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Black • Occupation: Port Agent • Answer: Yes, if they want too, because they have there own lives.

30. Would you let your children marry outside their race? • Age: 30 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Loan Processor • Answer: I would. If they loved and respected each other and they could live happy. • Age: 23 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Sales Clerk • Answer: I would let my kids marry outside their race, but I will make sure she doesn’t forget her roots or her cultures.

31. When you see an interracial couple what is the first thing that comes to your mind? • Age: 23 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: White • Occupation: Account Manager • Answer: It is normal to see for me. • Age: 20 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Black • Occupation: Student • Answer: I don’t feel too much about it, but I’ll say they stand out more than a same race couple.

32. When you see an interracial couple what is the first thing that comes to your mind? • Age: 30 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Loan Processor • Answer: Nothing, the same thing when I see any couple, “I hope they are happy.” • Age: 23 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Sales Clerk • Answer: The first thing that comes to mind is “Oh My” and that is because it’s not seen as much.

33. Have you ever been in an interracial relationship? And if so was your experience good or bad? Did other people including your parents disapprove or criticize your relationship? • Age: 18 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Mexican American • Occupation: Student • Answer: I am currently in an interracial relationship so far everything is going good. Yes I have people that disapprove but all I tell them is to let me be happy and worry about themselves. • Age: 26 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Latina (Hispanic) • Occupation: Student • Answer: I have had one but it didn’t last long because his family disapproved and I walked away.

34. Have you ever been in an interracial relationship? And if so was your experience good or bad? Did other people including your parents disapprove or criticize your relationship? • Age: 21 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Student • Answer: Still am, Married! My experience so far is good my parents at first disapproved but as they got used to him it was normal. • Age: 31 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Secretary • Answer: Yes, my experience was good. My mother approved. Other females that were his race would just give dirty looks.

35. Have you ever been in an interracial relationship? And if so was your experience good or bad? Did other people including your parents disapprove or criticize your relationship? • Age: 45 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Black • Occupation: Police Captain/Instructor • Answer: Yes, good to degree person was right for me overall. Some people seemed surprised; others joked with me about it. Most were happy I was happy. • Age: 23 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Sales Clerk • Answer: I have never been in a interracial relationship, but if I was my mom wouldn’t approve.

36. Have you ever been in an interracial relationship? And if so was your experience good or bad? Did other people including your parents disapprove or criticize your relationship? • Age: 25 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: White/Jewish • Occupation: Student • Answer: Yes, it was some what OK. My dad didn’t approve but my mother did. • Age: 21 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Black/Mexican • Occupation: Passenger Service Agent • Answer: Yes, I have, I mostly date Mexicans, because I feel my personality goes best with there’s. My mom and dad did not have a problem.

37. Have you ever been in an interracial relationship? And if so was your experience good or bad? Did other people including your parents disapprove or criticize your relationship? • Age: 20 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Black/Spanish • Occupation: Network Administrator/Jamba Juice • Answer: No. I never dated outside of my race, always thought about it. • Age: 23 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Sales Clerk • Answer: I have never been in a interracial relationship, but if I was my mom wouldn’t approve.

38. Do you know anyone currently in an interracial relationship or known anyone who has previously been in one? And if so how happy and successful was their relationship? • Age: 19 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: White • Occupation: Student • Answer: I have a friend that is very happy with her boyfriend, they are engaged. • Age: 21 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Black/Mexican • Occupation: Passenger Service Agent • Answer: My brother is in one. They are happy, they do fight, but then again who doesn’t. The relationship is strong two girls. (They have kids).

39. Do you know anyone currently in an interracial relationship or known anyone who has previously been in one? And if so how happy and successful was their relationship? • Age: 20 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Black • Occupation: Manager • Answer: Yes, they were successful and they have a child together. • Age: 20 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Black • Occupation: Student • Answer: Yes, it was rocky but I believe it had more clashing personalities and financial reasons more than race.

40. Do you know anyone currently in an interracial relationship or known anyone who has previously been in one? And if so how happy and successful was their relationship? • Age: 38 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Black • Occupation: Port Agent • Answer: Yes, my best friend, he is married to a Hispanic female. • Age: 30 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Loan Processor • Answer: Yes, my sister is married to a black man. They met in the Airforce and are very happy and successful.

41. Do you know anyone currently in an interracial relationship or known anyone who has previously been in one? And if so how happy and successful was their relationship? • Age: 23 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Sales Clerk • Answer: I know someone, and she isn’t happy because her partner doesn’t want to commit to her. He only wants to be there for his kids and he see’s her as a booty call. • Age: 31 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Secretary • Answer: Yes, their relationship is successful and have been very happily married.

42. If you saw an African-American male married to an Asian female what would you think? • Age: 21 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Black/Mexican • Occupation: Passenger Service Agent • Answer: I’m not going to lie! But I would laugh, depending on how they look and how dark the African American is. • Age: 44 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Black • Occupation: L.A. County Employee • Answer: Nothing. Love has no color.

43. If you saw an African-American male married to an Asian female what would you think? • Age: 23 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Soldering L.E.D.’s • Answer: That lucky bastard. • Age: 19 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino • Occupation: N/A • Answer: If I saw an African-American married to an Asian. I would either think they really love each other or they are out of their minds.

44. If you saw an African-American male married to an Asian female what would you think? • Age: 30 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Loan Processor • Answer: He likes it Asian style. • Age: 23 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Sales Clerk • Answer: Nothing. It is part of society to see that in L.A., but it would be weird if it was seen in Wyoming or Arkansas.

45. If you saw an African-American male married to an Asian female what would you think? • Age: 26 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Latina (Hispanic) • Occupation: Student • Answer: Nice beautiful black-nese babies. • Age: 31 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic • Occupation: Secretary • Answer: That’s a cool mix. Kids would look very cute.

46. If you saw an African-American male married to an Asian female what would you think? • Age: 26 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Asian • Occupation: Education/Career Services Staff Member • Answer: Nothing much, I have a close friend who is Black and married an Asian women. Maybe other generation people from the Asian side might have an issue though. • Age: 25 Gender: Female • Race/Ethnicity: Asian • Occupation: Professional Education Industry/Program Chair/instructor • Answer: I would not necessarily “Think” but I would feel indifferent.

47. If you saw an African-American male married to an Asian female what would you think? • Age: 20 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Filipino • Occupation: Student • Answer: I would probably start laughing a bit and wonder what happened? • Age: 20 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: White • Occupation: Warehouse Manager • Answer: I see this a lot and I seem to think that its getting very common.

48. If you saw an African-American male married to an Asian female what would you think? • Age: Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: White • Occupation: Instructor • Answer: Nothing what should I think? • Age: 20 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Black • Occupation: Student • Answer: I would think that this couple may be may be more accepted than a Black/White relationship.

49. What is your opinion about the children of interracial couples? • Age: 20 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Filipino • Occupation: Student • Answer: Different cultures are clashing skin is like hybrid hair looks weird can’t tell what race they are. • Age: 26 Gender: Male • Race/ethnicity: White • Occupation: Student • Answer: Shit 99% of the time the kids come out beautiful.

50. What is your opinion about the children of interracial couples? • Age: 20 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: White • Occupation: Warehouse Manager • Answer: I think its pretty cool to see some of the racial mixes people have and mixing cultures seems like a good thing. • Age: 20 Gender: Male • Race/Ethnicity: Black • Occupation: Student • Answer: They may have to deal with some form of teasing or ridicule because of some people’s views on interracial couples.