Objectives: This study introduces an indicator of racial out-group marriage to the research on hate crime. Drawing upon a variant of group threat theory, we hypothesize that Black out-group marriage with Whites will be positively related to anti-Black hate crime rates insofar as such marriages are perceived as transgressions of cultural boundaries. Informed by Allport’s contact theory, we hypothesize that Black out-group marriage with Whites will be negatively related to anti-Black hate crime rates insofar as such marriages indicate intercultural accommodation. Methods: Using data for a sample of U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas circa 2010, we assess our hypotheses with two operationalizations of levels of hate crime—incidence rates and victimization rates. Results: Our results reveal that levels of Black out-group marriages with Whites are positively related to the Black hate crime victimization rate but not related to the incidence rate. Conclusions: Our analyses suggest that any salutary effect of intercultural accommodation associated with interracial marriage is overwhelmed by the influence of the perceived cultural threat and intensification of animus for the “at-risk” population for perpetrating anti-Black hate crimes.

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黑人集团外婚姻和仇恨犯罪率：美国大都市地区的横断面分析

目的：本研究为仇恨犯罪研究引入了种族外群体婚姻的指标。基于群体威胁理论的一种变体，我们假设黑人与白人的群体外婚姻与反黑人仇恨犯罪率呈正相关，只要此类婚姻被视为文化界限的越界。根据Allport的联系理论，我们假设黑人与白人的群体外婚姻将与反黑人仇恨犯罪率负相关，因为此类婚姻表明了跨文化的适应。方法：我们使用2010年左右的美国大都市统计区的数据作为样本，通过对仇恨犯罪水平的两种操作化（发生率和受害率）来评估我们的假设。结果：我们的结果表明，黑人与白人的群体外婚姻水平与黑人仇恨犯罪受害率呈正相关，但与发病率无关。结论：我们的分析表明，跨文化婚姻与异族通婚的任何有益影响都被感知到的文化威胁和“高风险”人群实施反黑仇恨犯罪的无知之力的影响所淹没。