It is a familiar lament of single African-American women: where are the \u201cgood\u201d\u009d black men to marry?<\/p>\n
A new study shows that more and more black men are marrying women of other races. In fact, more than 1 in 5 black men who wed (22 percent) married a nonblack woman in 2008. This compares with about 9 percent of black women, and represents a significant increase for black men \u201d\u201d from 15.7 percent in 2000 and 7.9 percent in 1980.<\/p>\n
Sociologists said the rate of black men marrying women of other races further reduces the already-shrunken pool of potential partners for black women seeking a black husband.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you add in the prison population,\u201d\u009d said Prof. Steven Ruggles, director of the Minnesota Population Center, \u201cit pretty well explains the extraordinarily low marriage rates of black women.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n