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Dec 16, 2020 · The image of Black men in the US is distorted by the media and selective academic studies, says a scholar who has studied Black men’s romantic lives.
- Armon Perry
- Black Women Don’T Marry
- Educated Black Women Have It Harder
- Rich Black Men Marry Out
- Black Men Don’T Earn as Much as Black Women
The barrage of news reports about the Black marriage rate gives the impression that Black women’s chances of walking down the aisle are bleak. A Yale University study found that just 42% of Black women are married, and a variety of high profile news networks such as CNN and ABC picked up that figure and ran with it. But researchers Ivory A. Toldson...
Getting a college degree is the worst thing a Black woman can do if she wants to get married, right? Not exactly. News stories about Black marriage often mention that more Black women pursue higher education than Black men—by a 2-to-1 ratio, according to some estimates. What these articles leave out is that white women also earn college degrees mor...
Black men drop Black women as soon as they reach a certain level of success, don’t they? While plenty of rap stars, athletes and musicians may choose to date or marry interraciallywhen they achieve fame, the same is not true for the bulk of successful Black men. By analyzing census data, Toldson and Marks found that 83% of married Black men who ear...
Just because Black women are more likely to graduate from college than their male counterparts doesn’t mean that they out-earn Black men. Actually, Black men are more likely than Black women to bring home at least $75,000 annually. Also, double the number of Black men than women make at least $250,000 annually. Because of pervasive gender gaps in i...
- Nadra Kareem Nittle
Jul 30, 2017 · Richard Loving, a man of European descent, had fallen in love with Mildred Jeter, a woman of African and Native American origins. They wanted to marry, but Virginia's anti-miscegenation laws...
- David Ludden Ph.D.
One of the most important social changes unfolding in the United States over the past half century has been the decline of the institution of marriage – a decline especially steep among blacks. In 1960, roughly 74% of whites were married, and the rate dropped to 56% in 2008.
Feb 7, 2020 · More than half of Black men (52 percent) surveyed want to marry their current partners, 38 percent indicate not being sure and only 11 percent say they have no interest. This tells us...
The gap between the number of Black Americans who want to marry (80% according to research cited in the study) and those who do get married (29% as reported by the U.S. Census) shows how important it is to switch the focus from deficit-based research to “strength-focused discussions.”
Jun 22, 2021 · Three emergent themes related to forming and strengthening African American marriages are discussed: (a) Communication Keeps Small Issues From Becoming Big Barriers; (b) Share Roles, Share Responsibilities; and (c) Manage Your Money to Manage Your Marriage.
