The problem with Original women that have been colonized is that they no longer understand what it is to be a women. They don't understand the purpose or the role of woman. Apparently we are walking around with breasts for decoration or to bait men. Haha! Our reproductive organs are not for reproduction, but instead just spare parts that we alter at our leisure. Until Original women return to their true selves, men need to boycott. Stop impregnating these women.

Contrary to popular belief, a college degree does not make one "educated". There are plenty of uneducated college graduates walking the planet. We need more REAL women on the planet. Procreation is not a question for them, but a duty. Only REAL men and women with the knowledge of themselves can restore order. Those chasing money, "success" and false gods are doing the community as disservice by continuing to perpetuate this cycle. Know yourself and understand what is REAL before attempting to bring children into the world.

There are some interesting, and valid points in this article. However, instead of putting the pressure on black professionals to procreate, and increase our "elite" numbers, why don't we start working in our communities to uplift the rest of our people?
To me, this notion of procreating among black professionals for the sake of creating more sounds really classist, and elitist.

We need to get back to basics (supporting our community, and giving the knowledge and skills we already possess to youth in need).

Let's focus on the people that are here now, instead of those someone else wants us to create. There is much work to be done yet! Our sense of community and responsibility has been lost in the rat race of me, myself, and I.

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I actually agree with the premise of this article. In fact I have thought it many times before but thought it was too crazy to say out loud. However, I agree with Ingrid, by the time we have finished our education and established our career there may not be much time left for children. I just had my first child at 31 and think I may stop at two.

pls and pls there are enough black professionals out there.might not be in united state...but i tell ya go to places like Nigerian universities and work places ,as well as other countries in Africa at large.please try something new...date them and enjoy your life.Also, remember to respect them as husband.They are very smart,aggressive,cool,well mannered and classy...and could be weird at times.please,explore the Africa you dont know.thanks .and stop complaining.

I have to say that I am one-hundred percent in agreement with the author of this article. Not because I believe that highly educated and successful African American women shouldn't reproduce, in fact I believe they should. However, I believe that as Lucas pointed out: raising children can be a monumental responsibility...one that women shouldn't have to go at alone. No woman wants to answer the dreaded question of: mommy where's daddy? So to counteract that response, I believe that highly educated and successful Black women should exercise wisdom when choosing to raise a child. What wiser decision can a successful AA woman make than choosing to raise a child who has a healthy relationship with both their mother as well as their father.

Women must redefine what it means to be a woman. So many women have fallen for the idea that a woman must be married and have children in order to be considered a part of the human species. Not so! It's up to us to define what it means to be a woman, not the patriarchal or matriarchal society at large. Unmarried African American women don't have to prove to the world why they aren't married. The reality as to why many of them aren't married is revealed for the world to see on a daily basis. Look around your communities!

It is your right not procreate, but is not your right to judge others and call them ugly names...I think a big round belly filled with life is an amazing thing!! Time brings about a chnage in everything and everybody.I pray that one daythese so called black professionals without extentions of them
will the error of their ways , and do the right thing and love someone back.

There are two reasons why I think successful black people of today are not settling down and having children. The first is that there are not enough Black male professionals for the professional black women to settle down with. Being a black female in Law School I see it especially. Black men make up only 1% of the profession. I think numbers wise, there is a disproportionate number of black female professionals to black male. Majority of those women would most likely not settle for having children without a father.
The second relates to their parents instilling education first, then all else second. It's funny how many times I've heard, "go get an education and the money first, then think about a man and family" but by the time that happens, there may not be many men around. It may also lead black women to feel bitter because they did what they were told but now are not able to get their promised man. If we follow the advice of our parents, there is a narrow window between graduation and meet someone, get married, have kids. Compile that with the lack of eligible men, it just becomes difficult to even start the process of marriage, let alone have kids. While I want to continue the black middle/upper class legacy as stated above, I think those are the major things holding us back.
The solution may be to focus spreading the benefits and joys of marriage (through books, church forums, speaker series, magazine articles, ect.) to those single successful Black men out there and encouraging them to mentor younger men so that the next generation of Black women will have Black men to settle down with. Just a thought.

There are two reasons why I think successful black people of today are not settling down and having children. The first is that there are not enough Black male professionals for the professional black women to settle down with. Being a black female in Law School I see it especially. Black men make up only 1% of the profession. I think numbers wise, there is a disproportionate number of black female professionals to black male. Majority of those women would most likely not settle for having children without a father.
The second relates to their parents instilling education first, then all else second. It's funny how many times I've heard, "go get an education and the money first, then think about a man and family" but by the time that happens, there may not be many men around. It may also lead black women to feel bitter because they did what they were told but now are not able to get their promised man. If we follow the advice of our parents, there is a narrow window between graduation and meet someone, get married, have kids. Compile that with the lack of eligible men, it just becomes difficult to even start the process of marriage, let alone have kids. While I want to continue the black middle/upper class legacy as stated above, I think those are the major things holding us back.
The solution may be to focus spreading the benefits and joys of marriage (through books, church forums, speaker series, magazine articles, ect.) to those single successful Black men out there and encouraging them to mentor younger men so that the next generation of Black women will have Black men to settle down with. Just a thought.

I don't have an obligation or a responsibility to find no one or reproduce, that is a choice bestowed upon me and me only. It has been my personal choice not to have children as a highly educated black woman. But,it is my responsibility to go back to the black community and be a role model to the young blacks;that's how i have chosen to give back, not by having a bunch of babies that i have no interest in raising. And i would say that that goes for all other successful black people male and female.