【R9】 INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY ACCEPTED AND ENCOURAGED BY SOCIETY. SINCE THE 1967 LEGALIZATION OF INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE, THE NUMBER OF MIXED RACE MARRIAGES HAS MORE OR LESS DOUBLED WITH EACH PASSING DECAD E. THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 1. 6 MILLION INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT FIGURE IS FORECASTED TO CONTINUE RISIN G. FOR THE MOST PART, RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RACES ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF THE SAME RAC E. 【R6】______. OVER 70% OF AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS NO PROBLEM WITH MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS, THUS PROVING THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO OVERCOME RACIAL STEREOTYPES. OVER 40% OF AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY DATED SOMEONE OF ANOTHER ETHNICITY AND ARE PIONEERING A REVOLUTION IN THE DATING SCEN E. MANY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE DATING INTERRACIALLY,WHICH IS HELPING TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS. 【R7】______SECRET MIXED RACE ROMANCES OFTEN OCCUR BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE STRICT AND FORBID OR DISCOURAGE DATING OUTSIDE OF ONE'S CULTUR E. PARENTS ARE OFTEN THE PERPETRATORS OF STEREOTYPES AND RACIS M. MANY PARENTS FORCE THEIR CHILDREN TO DATE WITHIN THEIR CULTURE, IN ORDER TO AVOID BETRAYING THEIR OWN CULTURAL ROOTS. 【R8】______SOME COUPLES CHOOSE TO AVOID CULTURAL TRADITION ALTOGETHER, SOME CHOOSE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE WEDDINGS IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE BOTH TRADITIONS PROPERLY, AND SOME TRY TO COMPROMISE BY COMBINING CULTURAL CUSTOMS AND CREATING THEIR OW N. 【R9】______INCLUDING THE FAMILIES IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP EVERYONE COMMUNICATING AND FEELING HAPPY. 【R10】______IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE HOLIDAYS WILL TAKE PLACE AND WHICH TRADITIONS THEY WILL CHOOSE TO CELEBRAT E. MANY COUPLES CHOOSE TO WORSHIP EITHER SEPARATELY OR THEY WILL FIND A DIFFERENT FAITH THAT SUITS THEM BOT H. ISSUES CONCERNING CHILDREN, AND HOW THEY WILL BE RAISED BOTH IN FAITH AND CULTURAL ARE ALSO MAJOR CONCERNS FOR MIXED RACE PARENTS. THE MIXED RACE CHILDREN SHOULD ALSO BE TAUGHT HOW TO DEAL WITH RACIS M.