Before I begin, let me share some statistics
- “…black men are seven times more likely than white men to be incarcerated and twice as likely to be unemployed.” – USA Today
- “…American black women are among the least likely to marry.”
- In 2004, 26.5% of black males ages 18 to 24 were enrolled in college versus 36.5% of black women that age…” American Council on Education
- Nearly three quarters of the 403,000 black-white couples in 2006 involved black husbands.
- According to USA Today, in America 6% of marriages are interracial; in 1970, it was less than 1%.
- A Gallup Poll on interracial dating in June 2005 reported that 95% of 18- to 29-year-olds approve of blacks and whites dating. About 60% of that age group said they have dated someone of a different race.
- 22 percent of Asian-American women have a non-Asian husband while only nine percent of Asian husbands have non-Asian wives
- Currently, six percent of black husbands are in an interracial marriage, compared to only two percent of black wives.
- Fourteen percent of black men who are cohabiting without marriage have a white woman living with them (Sidebar: DANG! They can even get them to move in with them!)
- Slightly less than 18 percent of Hispanic wives are wed to non-Hispanics husbands, and a little over 15 percent of Hispanic husbands have non-Hispanic wives (Sidebar: Probably white).
- 86 percent of black-asian couples consisted of a black husband and an Asian wife.
- The higher the social status of the black woman the less likely she is to ever marry.