Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Why R U Single?

I was listening to the radio last night on my way home and heard a interesting topic on my favorite radio show Michael baisden. The topic in a nutshell was about why so many black women are single. This topic was s spin off of the abc news show that appeared last weak which spotlighted numerous successful black women and also author Steve Harvey of the book "Think like a lady act like a man". The women and Steve Harvey had several interesting theories about why black women were single but what caught my attention was the staggering information given on the statistics of black men and women. It was very alarming. It doesn’t affect me because I'm not single but I do have a daughter who will eventually become a woman venturing out into the world. Here are some of the stats to watch the video click on the link below to find the full article/videos on this matter. Also share your opinion.





http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/single-black-females/story?id=9395275&page=1

The Statistics
There are 1.8 million more black women than black men. So even if every black man in America married a black woman today, one out of 12 black women still wouldn't make it down the aisle if they hoped to marry a black man.
Let's take 100 black men. By the time you eliminate those without a high school diploma (21 percent), the unemployed (17 percent) and those ages 25-34 who are incarcerated (8 percent), you have only half of black men, 54 percent, whom many black women find acceptable.

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