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Black Sistas Wedding Blues in America

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Dear Single Black Sistas, You Have To Settle For Mr. Available The collapse of marriage among blacks is well documented (see chart), but not the sexual, psychological, emotional and social toll this has taken on black women. Seven out of ten are single. Of the others, many are forced into “man-sharing” . ~ From Unmarried black women, Down or out : A black male professor kicks up a storm about black women and marriage. According to his new book Is Marriage for White People? How the African-American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone , Ralph Richard Banks, the Stanford professor of family law says the crisis in the black “relationship market” starts with a “man shortage”. About one in ten black men in their early thirties are in prison. As a group, black men have also fallen behind in education and income, just as black women have surged ahead. Two black women graduate from college for every black man. As these women rise into the middle class, the men stay in the lower class, becoming le...

NEW POLL: Belief in Economic Opportunity Unites Americans Across Ethnic/Racial Lines

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Americans. Photo Credit: The Tree Hugger 3 Jun 2011 13:15 Africa/Lagos NEW POLL: Belief in Economic Opportunity Unites Americans Across Ethnic/Racial Lines Ninth Allstate-National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll Examines Americans' Views of Economic Opportunity in a Time of Demographic Transformation PR Newswire WASHINGTON, June 3, 2011 WASHINGTON, June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a rapidly diversifying America, whites and minorities share many common views about what it takes to succeed in today's economy and a cultural optimism about the progress America has made in expanding opportunity for people of all ethnic and racial backgrounds. However, they diverge in revealing ways about the role of government, the opportunities they see for the next generation, and the consequences of demographic change, according to poll results announced today by The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) and National Journal. With the U.S. population projected to become "majority-minority" by...

U.S. Hispanic Population Surpasses 45 Million

1 May 2008 05:01 Africa/Lagos U.S. Hispanic Population Surpasses 45 Million Now 15 Percent of Total WASHINGTON, May 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the U.S. Census Bureau: The nation's Hispanic population increased 1.4 million to reach 45.5 million on July 1, 2007, or 15.1 percent of the estimated total U.S. population of 301.6 million. National and state estimates by race, Hispanic origin, sex and age released today by the U.S. Census Bureau also show that the Hispanic population exceeded 500,000 in 16 states. Hispanics remained the largest minority group, with blacks (single race or multiracial) second at 40.7 million in 2007. The black population exceeded 500,000 in 20 states. Blacks were the largest minority group in 24 states, compared with 20 states in which Hispanics were the largest minority group. Blacks were followed by Asians, who totaled 15.2 million; American Indians and Alaska Natives, who totaled 4.5 million; and Native Hawaiia...