Love
Some people would say that with all the obstacles that African Americans have endured since being forced into servitude in this country-slavery, discrimination, poverty, inequalities, and so on- that black love is non-existent. Don't even look for it, because you won't find it, and if you do, it's probably just a figment of your imagination. I think that some people, even African Americans themselves, believe what they hear and see and play into the disparaging statistics. According to an Essence Magazine article entitled," Do You Know Where the Men Are-Reality Check: Looking Beyond the Numbers", there are 115 Black women in the United States for every 100 Black men, 18 and over. 586,300 Black men are in federal and state prisons, compared to 35,050 Black women and the unemployment rate in some cities, for example, New York, is nearly 50 percent for black men. Not to mention fewer male college graduates- 38,103 Black men in 2001 compared to 73,204 (Pg. 1). With all that said, it......
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