This morning a friend who knows of my interests sent me a link to an msnbc.com story with the title "Marriage eludes high-achieving black women". "Duh", she wrote in her commentary. And she's right: this isn't news to me or many of the other 1.8 million black women who find themselves successful and single. Furthermore, the article touches on many of the "notions" I explore in my upcoming book "Don't Bring Home A White Boy and Other Notions That Keep Black Women Single", including the pressures within the black community that make interracial dating taboo for black women, as well as the concerns that men of other races won't be interested in us as romantic partners. This article spends a few thousand words on the topics... I spent a year and a couple hundred pages. I think the situation, while dire, is more hopeful than this author. Can't wait until the book comes out to share more!
