According to a Newsweek article entitled “Sex, Race, Education & the Marriage Gap,” black women are more likely to remain unmarried in comparison to their equally educated white peers, and those with college degrees who do marry usually select spouses from a ‘lower economic tier.’ Only 49 percent of black women marry equally educated spouses versus 84 percent of white women doing the same. We talk with Dr. Audrey B. Chapman about these numbers.
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Beverly Jenkins’ “For Your Love,” The MOC Preview Link
“Cradling the shotgun, she bent down to get a look at him, and that’s when he rose up and crashed the pipe across her shoulder. She cried out and fell to her knees, dropping the gun. While she slumped, moaned in pain and clutched the injured arm, he scrambled to his feet and tossed the… Continue reading Beverly Jenkins’ “For Your Love,” The MOC Preview Link
History & “Time” With Author Shawna Seed
Shawna Seed is a Kansas native with a long journalism career including Colorado’s Daily Camera, The Dallas Morning News and ESPN.com. Seed’s first novel, the critically-acclaimed mystery, Identity, was released in 2013 and quickly followed by her latest book, Not In Time, a story that follows an art historian named Genevieve who’s been hired to help a family recover stolen art from the World War II era.
The MOC Monthly Rundown, Apr. 9: I’m Black…..And?!?
Quick question: what did #WalterScott, #EricGarner, #SeanBell, #JordanDavis, #TrayvonMartin and #MichaelBrown (to name only a few) all have in common? Answer: they were ALL unarmed and none of them had locks in their hair—–yet they ALL were shot down in cold blood. So what the hell is being gained in compromising one’s own beliefs and… Continue reading The MOC Monthly Rundown, Apr. 9: I’m Black…..And?!?
The MOC Monthly Rundown, Apr. 6: No Class, All Cleavage
Ladies, you already know: unless there is a dire emergency in progress, we know what to do and what to wear to pull our frame together and to keep ourselves presentable in public. We carry an extra pair of earrings in the handbag, lip gloss, hair brush, breath mints, whatever. So how #Ne-Yo’s fiancee’ thought… Continue reading The MOC Monthly Rundown, Apr. 6: No Class, All Cleavage