Earlier this week, ‘Blog Her’ posted an article by Christelyn D. Karazin titled “Why Doesn’t the Black Community Value Black Marriage?.” In it, Karazin, founder of the No Wedding, No Womb initiative and co-author of Swirling: How to Date, Mate and Relate, Mixing Race, Culture and Creed, heralds the concept of shotgun weddings (since they [...]
White Births Are Minority for 1st Time in U.S. History
May 17, 2012 | Posted by
Our country, settled by white Europeans and riddled with the troubled racial legacy of slavery, bitter civil rights battles and an awful anti-immigration stance, has reached a new milestone for the first time in its 235-year-old history: White births in the United States are no longer in the majority. According to US Census Bureau data, [...]
One Of Every Six African-American Babies Born Prematurely
May 2, 2012 | Posted by
One of every six African-American babies born in the U.S. is premature, a much higher rate than every other race and ethnic group in the country—making it a crucial problem that requires a concerted effort by healthcare professionals, the black community and black mothers to correct. In a piece on the Huffington Post, a maternal-fetal [...]
