This is the last post related to my recently published book, Is Marriage for White People?. Black women are the least likely of any minority group population to marry across racial lines. Only about 1 in 20 black women is married to a man of a different race. Black women are segregated in their relationships […]
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Why Black Women Don’t Marry Non-Black Men
Tuesday I explained that black women often remain unmarried, and yesterday that they frequently marry less educated or lower earning men. Today, we turn another puzzle that is explored in my book, Is Marriage for White People?: why black women don’t marry men of other races. Black women are only half or less as likely […]
The Puzzle of Black Women’s Marriage Patterns
Yesterday I posted an excerpt from the introduction to my recently published book, Is Marriage for White People?. Today, Thursday and Friday I will examine three central issues the book examines. Black women more frequently than any other group of women marry men who are less educated or lower earning than they are. More than […]
Overview of “Is Marriage for White People? How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone”
I have included a portion of the introduction to my recently released book, along with a link to one of my recent appearances on CNN. In subsequent posts, I will discuss in some more detail the issues raised in the Introduction and in the CNN clip. The captivating image of Barack and Michelle Obama accentuates […]