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The Future of Marriage in a Changing Society
May 10, 2025
The Future of Marriage in a Changing Society
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So, if these educational gap trends
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persist and black women outearn black
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men, marriage rates are going to decline
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even more. Of course, you can make the
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argument that black people will just
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marry outside of their race. But again,
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the research shows that over 80% of
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black people marry within their race.
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So, where does this leave our community?
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I believe we are clearly in some type of
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transitional period. And where we are
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headed will be nothing like the way we
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have lived not just in the last few
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decades, but in the last few centuries.
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We are at the intersection of a new
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gender dynamics. AI technology is
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disrupting the job market and our daily
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lives in massive ways. The loneliness
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epidemic is only growing and birth rates
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are declining across the world. There is
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just so so much coming down the pipeline
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of this human experience. No matter
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where we are headed, I'm afraid the
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black community will continue to drag
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behind if we don't address historical
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disparities now. Like I mean right now.
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And to be honest, this should have been
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done decades ago. We will forever play
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catch-up in whatever way society
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changes.