Posted on 03/25/2006 11:08:03 PM PST by Crackingham
In 2001, according to the U.S. Census, 43.3 percent of black men and 41.9 percent of black women in America had never been married, in contrast to 27.4 percent and 20.7 percent respectively for whites.My parents are still married, my siblings are married, I am married. And we enjoy it.African American women are the least likely in our society to marry. In the period between 1970 and 2001, the overall marriage rate in the United States declined by 17 percent; but for blacks, it fell by 34 percent.
We must be white.
In 1960, 67 percent of black families were headed by a husband and wife, compared to 90.9 percent for whites. By 2000, the figure for white families had dropped to 79.8 percent. Births to unwed white mothers were 22.5 percent in 2001, compared to 2.3 percent in 1960. So my student who thought marriage is for white people may have to rethink that in the future.Two wrongs don't make a right.
The deteriorating mores among white American will never justify to total collapse of the nuclear family among black Americans.
But hang in there. They (these eligible men) are far and very few between (I've seen them)...but you never know who you might run into.
Long term birth control (implant,etc) should be MANDATORY for convicted drug addicts.
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