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According to the Journal of Blacks in
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Higher Education, black women earn about
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2/3 of all bachelor's degrees awarded to
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black students. 70% of all master's
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degrees and 60% of all doctorates. And
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black women are closing on the income
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gap between the sexes very fast. And as
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research has shown that women,
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regardless of race, seek a partner that
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is as educated as they are and earns as
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much as they do, if not higher. So, if
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these educational gap trends persist and
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black women outear black men, marriage
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rates are going to decline even more. Of
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course, you can make the argument that
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black people will just marry outside of
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their race, but again, the research
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shows that over 80% of black people
