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likely to date interacially http://www.wbez.org/series/race-out-
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<p><p>Who you date - as well as who you marry - is one of the
most intensely personal decisions someone makes. So it&rsquo;s
easy to overlook the broader role society, culture and yes, even
race plays in that decision.</p><p>Hardy Kim is a second
generation Korean-American. He grew up in Gross Pointe,
Michigan, and now lives in Oak Park. From an early age, he was
told he needed to marry a Korean woman. So naturally, he
rebelled.</p><p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t necessarily say to myself,
I wouldn&rsquo;t marry a Korean-American woman, but I definitely
thought, there&rsquo;s no way I am going to marry a women
straight from Korea,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>Marriage rates across
the U.S. are generally declining. But they&rsquo;re still high
for Asian-Americans. As one of t