Black Men and Marriage
February 9, 2010 by blackgirlgrown
Filed under relationships
In case you missed it, Yolanda Young wrote an opinion piece in the USA Today on the much talked about issue of single black women, and asks, “what about the men?”
As a single, African-American woman, I shrug each time a new pessimistic report comes out highlighting the dismal state of affairs for black women desiring marriage. The latest incarnation was an ABC Nightline segment in December, in which a reporter ominously announced that “42% of black women have never been married. That’s double the number of never-married white women.”
What’s wrong with single, black women, you ask? Actually, other than marriage, we’re doing just fine in terms of education, career and earning power. But why doesn’t anyone ever ask about the dismal state of marriage for black males? According to the 2000 Census, 41.6% of black men have never been married. But while the percentages of unmarried black males and females are similar, the reasons are not. Read the entire column.
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