Comments on: Love = Marriage: Not If You’re Black

By: Amber - Old Dominion

Amber - Old Dominion — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:00:43 +0000

Personally I think this was a well written article. I think another reason why black women aren't getting married is that there's alot more children born out of wedlock today from parents with no intention of getting married(I'm the only black person I know that lives with both birth parents). Donnie Hill was also very right about the whole thing that black women don't settle as much as before… my mom is CONSTANTLY stressing that I shouldn't overlook certain qualities in guys just because they seem dateable/doable.

By: KB

KB — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:56:05 +0000

I thought this was a very interesting article that brought my attention to what I now realize is a pretty obvious social trend that I had never given much thought to. It's nice to read something beyond how to get laid, what's fashionable, how great sex is, how to cook in limited space, and how horny girls get when we have our wastey faces on.

…although those things are fun to read ;o)

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:37:18 +0000

wow @ the 2 comments above.

seriously.

i've always felt that college candy articles or for that matter ANY type of blog, was aimed to get the reader thinking. well i personally enjoyed your writing. yes, it is a fact that black women are getting married less, but the reasons for that decline are SO vast. despite the fact that we're choosier, another reason could be that we out number black men, and if you'd like to marry inside your race that poses a problem…

the point is that there are a lot of reasons why black women aren't getting married and i'm sure the writer of this article knows that. you can't describe ALL the many reasons in one setting…if your mind is sparked go explore yourself…

sheesh

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:16:24 +0000

College Candy needs to tighten up their selection of writers… I was not amused by this article in the least..you mixed opinion with fact and contradicted yourself quite often.

By: anon

anon — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:44:17 +0000

I was hoping this article wouldn't end inanely, but unfortunately your last paragraph proved me wrong. You said that the numbers are there, and don't lie, yet you sort of contradict yourself. I understand that you're using the writerly tactic of renaming something ("I don’t think that black people are getting married less, I just think that they’re finally not settling for less") but you put almost no evidence down for your thinking this and it comes out of nowhere in the closing paragraph. Not good writing. I would have been much more convinced if you had given examples or something, or had statistics to back you up (black women now are choosier than they were before).