15 Things Black Folk Don’t Do — Allegedly - Page 4
- By
Meg Butler
Black Folk Don’t: Get Married
We’ve all heard the statistics: 70% of black women will never marry. So why is my Facebook feed filled with engagement photos?
Turns out, the stats are skewed. They’re from a 2009 Census study that only polled black women between the ages of 25 and 29. But when you look at black women over the age of 53, the number drops down to 13%. Unfortunately, there’s still a shortage of brothers out there…
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