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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 Sa

by byoung2 17y ago

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.

spamizbad 17y ago
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."
- _delirium 17y ago
  It seems there must be some race where the opposite's true? Sort of by definition, there have to be the same total number of women as men in heterosexual interracial couples...
- roel_v 17y ago
  It is analyzed in quite a bit of detail on http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2009/10/05/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/ 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.
dublinclontarf 17y ago
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").
- byoung2 17y ago
  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/ http://theangryblackwoman.com/about/

by byoung2 17y ago

spamizbad 17y ago

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."

_delirium 17y ago
It seems there must be some race where the opposite's true? Sort of by definition, there have to be the same total number of women as men in heterosexual interracial couples...
roel_v 17y ago
It is analyzed in quite a bit of detail on http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2009/10/05/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/ 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.

dublinclontarf 17y ago

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").

byoung2 17y ago
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/ http://theangryblackwoman.com/about/