Described by Stewart in "The Birth of a New American

Described by Stewart in "The Birth of a New American Aristocracy," assortative mating is

A) similar to biological "goulash"; by having people marry when they "fall in love" there is a mixing of genetic material from people of different ethnicities and nationalities.
B) the scrambling of social classes by admitting everyone into a universal education system.
C) the tendency for affluent and well-educated people to marry someone similar to themselves.
D) basically, the same thing as arranged marriages, where parents decide who their children will marry.