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As the old saying goes: “love is blind.” But for the American-born children of immigrants, it’s sometimes impossible not to look at ethnicity when picking a partner. ”Asian marriage is often decided based on an obligation to the family, whereas in America, you choose the partner based on your interests,” says sociologist Keiko Yamanaka. Overall, interracial marriages are becoming more common in America, according to recent U.S. census data. But those numbers mainly reflect the increase in black-white marriages. The same data show that since the 1990s, fewer American born children in Asian and Latino families are marrying outside their ethnic group.