Re:Sex and the single black woman
by byoung2 on Monday April 12, 2010 @01:32AM
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There's another factor working against black women: the article mentions that 96% of Black women are married to Black men, but research by Dr. Julia Hare of San Francisco's Black Think Tank finds that 10% of Black men marry non-Black women.
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Re:Sex and the single black woman
by dublinclontarf on Monday April 12, 2010 @04:36AM
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Haven't got the numbers on hand, but the most common interacial relationships tend to be between white men and asian/oriental women followed by black men & white women. Followed by black men and asian women.
At the bottom of the pile are black women and asian men, who are the liest likely to marry or have a relationship. From this data black women are the liest....attractive(is that the correct term? maybe popular?) ethnic grouping of women.
Number one are white women followed by asian/oriental women.
I'm married to a Chinese woman(living in China), and I'm white Irish(actual Irish, not "American Irish").
I'm Black, and I'm engaged to a Filipina, and my brother married a Mexican woman. I think the stereotype of the "Angry Black Woman" is partly responsible for scaring off men of all races. Just hear what this vocal minority of Black women have to say about themselves: http://theangryblackwoman.com/about/
I can't cite where I've seen the statistics, but I recall seeing a similar discrepancy for other races in the United States.
I suppose it's to be expected: women, compared to men, tend to face more pressure from their families (and society) to conform to "tradition."
It is analyzed in quite a bit of detail on http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2009/10/05/your-race-affec... , maybe that's where you saw it; I think it was on HN for a while, too.