How do Americans really feel about interracial couples?

According to the most recent U.S. census, approximately 15 percent of all newlywed couples are interracial.

More interracial relationships are also appearing in the media – on television, in film and in advertising.

These trends suggest that great strides have been made in the roughly 50 years since the Supreme Court struck down anti-miscegenation laws.

But as a psychologist who studies racial attitudes, I suspected that attitudes toward interracial couples may not be as positive as they seem.

My previous work had provided some evidence of bias against interracial couples.

But I wanted…