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i think it’s like stereotype threat
09.20.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

so for the past month i’ve been bombarded with all these articles and interviews about how highly educated black women are least likely to get married and how if they do they’re gonna get divorced and how there aren’t enough Black men to go around and I have to wonder if this is a stereotype [...]
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Black Love is Alive
02.23.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Oh how I smiled when I read this: The Guinness World Record holders for longest marriage are black! Wow. 84 years! The two of them can still give their reasons for marrying on May 13, 1924. “He was not mean; he was not a fighter,” Zelmrya said. “He was quiet and kind. He was not [...]
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Can the Obamas singlehandedly save marraiges?
01.26.09 | Permalink | Comment?

because the way people are talking, it sure seems they can. During the campaign, some people expressed concern that we were hyping him up too much and putting too much pressure on him. Now that he’s President, I think some have gone overboard. I mean for real, have their been no healthy examples of black [...]
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an argument against marriage
11.21.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

that doesn’t make me want to tear my hair out. So i was reading/lurking on postbougie and they hat tipped TNC (another place where i lurk) and he was explaining why he decided not to marry the mother of his children and (i’m assuming) his girlfriend. When I read what it was about, I was [...]