Journal of Marriage and the Family 62 (November 2000): 1070–1093 1070 VONNIE C. MCLOYD University of Michigan ANA MARI CAUCE University of Washington* DAVID TAKEUCHI Indiana University** LEON WILSON Wayne State University***  Marital Processes and Parental Socialization in Families of Color: A Decade Review of Research Research published during the past decade on Af- rican American, Latino, and Asian American fam- ilies is reviewed. Emphasis is given to selected issues within the broad domains of marriage and parenting. The first section highlights demograph- ic trends in family formation and family structure and factors that contributed to secular changes in family structure among African Americans. In the second section, new conceptualizations of marital relations within Latino families are discussed, along with research documenting the complexities in African American men’s conceptions of man- hood. Studies examining within-group variation in marital conflict and racial and ethnic differences in division of household labor, marital relations, Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, 300 North Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (vcmcloyd@umich.edu). *Department of Psychology, University of Washington, PO Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195. **Department of Sociology, Indiana State University, Bal- lantine Hall 744, 1020 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405-7103. ***Department of Sociology, Wayne State University, 2237 Faculty/Administration Bldg., 656 W. Kirby, Detroit, MI 48202. Key Words: families of color, marital processes, parenting. and children’s adjustment to marital and family conflict also are reviewed. The third section gives attention to research on (a) paternal involvement among fathers of color; (b) the relation of par- enting behavior to race and ethnicity, grandmoth- er involvement, neighborhood and peer charac- teristics, and immigration; and (c) racial and ethnic socialization. The article concludes with an overview of recent advances in the study of fam- ilies of color and important challenges and issues that represent research opportunities for the new decade. As a review that closes out a decade and a cen- tury, leaving us perched to begin a new millen- nium, we are bid not only to look backward at what has happened, but also to look forward into the future. A look forward reveals a U.S. demo- graphic profile that will be strikingly different than profiles of prior eras. In the 21st century, our country will no longer be overwhelmingly White; we can no longer describe it as simply ‘‘Black and White.’’ It will instead be fully multicultural, equally divided between non-Hispanic European Americans and those of other racial and ethnic groups. Among people of color, Hispanics will be- come the largest group soon after the turn of the century. Asian American and Pacific Islanders