Black women are out here building degrees, careers and lives but the men aren’t at the same pace. Not because they refuse, but because the system never treated them the same.
In 1995, Black men and women were almost equal in college degrees. Today, women lead by more than ten points. Suspension, expulsion, tracking out of school, Black boys face it early. Programs to prepare for college? Mostly for girls. By high school, sisters are licensed, prepped, ready. Brothers? Told “get a job,” left to figure it out. Some go trades, some hustles, some crime. And the spaces they enter rarely overlap with women’s spaces. Military? More Black women than men now. Felons? Still disproportionately male.
Elite spaces, scholarships, STEM and professional leagues are overwhelmingly white. That changes who men meet, who they marry. Proximity matters. Not just preference.
Degrees matter. But attraction isn’t just letters after a name. Some of the most educated women I know married men without degrees. Some women stay single not because men aren’t around, but because wanting more than what you already have can be its own trap. Even fame, money and Status doesn’t guarantee partnership. Covenant matters more than resume.
Access matters. Opportunity matters. The field was never level. That’s the baseline. That’s the axiom. Structural reality first. Everything else comes after.
— Leata
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