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8 ‘Black People Don’ts’ That Need to Be Eradicated

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Black Women Don’t Marry

Major news outlets embraced a Yale University study that surmised that 42 percent of Black women are married. Not true. Researchers Ivory A. Toldson of Howard University and Bryant Marks of Morehouse College questioned the accuracy of the Yale report and found that it included all Black women 18 and older. But when the age is raised, the numbers change significantly, as many African-American women do not marry young, according to racerelations.com. The tandem determined from census data from 2005 to 2009 that the percentage of Black women, 35 and older, who have never been married is 25 percent, meaning 75 percent of Black women marry before they turn 35.

 

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Black People Don’t Travel

Ever been to Miami on a given weekend? Almost all those scantily clad women walking Ocean and Atlantic Avenues — and the men gawking at them — are from someplace other than Miami. Everyone who attends the Essence Festival is not from New Orleans. Indeed, most from the thousands who attend are not from the area. There are travel clubs dedicated exclusively to Blacks. Hiking in the Swiss Alps may not be a desired destination for many African-Americans, but popular international destinations for Blacks include the Caribbean, Africa, Dubai and more and more to Europe.

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