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Is marriage really just for white people?


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As part of a CNN series "Black in America" producer Dionne Hill wonders if she'll ever get married. 45% of black women have never married, as opposed to 23%.

This statistic has led her to believe that marriage might be for white people.

I am neither black, nor female, (I am white and male) but I don't think marriage is that important. I mean I support gay marriage, and straight marriage, but only for financial reasons, and maybe for the open bars at the receptions.

But the whole institution doesn't seem that important to me.

What do you think?
joshuaheller

7 responses // Is marriage really just for white people?

  • I think certain people are predisposed, genetically or culturally, no idea, to be the sort of person who relishes the idea of getting married. I've never wanted to be married, personally.

    It's a very interesting statistic, which I had no idea of. I wonder why black women are less likely to marry?
    mischabarrett
  • I think that people enjoy the befits legally than lovingly and that's disgusting.
    J_Jammer
  • I'm getting married next year so maybe I'm biased. I'm not doing it for legal reasons (although I get a visa for Australia which is kinda sweet!).

    I really can't wait to be married so I don't think the institution is dead. I want to build a life with my best friend and share all my good and bad times. Maybe this motivation isn't shared by others?
    Beta_Boy
  • http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/health/sport-mainly-whi...
    Apparently, according to the Brits, sports are also mainly for white people.
    These "white people" seemed to have monopolized a lot of culture.
    sheamus
  • Anything can be for Anyone.
    Eri_Soulja
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  • It's definitely more cultural than racial. A black man raised in a family with both parents is probably more likely to marry than a white man who was raised just by one parent. It just happens to be that there are more single-parent families in the black community than white.
    timunuhe

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