
Being a 'Black, Female, Single Problem'
In a response to "Nightline Face-Off" journalist Farai Chideya thinks
the media's new-found coverage (or maybe obsession) with single Black
women makes it seem like it's "open season on Black womanhood." "The
show's focus was on the purportedly low value of Black women in the
dating marketplace and the wisdom of Black women's choice to stay single
versus marrying men who don't fit their criteria," writes Chideya in an
opinion piece in the Huffington Post. The real issue, she
thinks, isn't Black women it's the economic insecurity everyone is
feeling right now. Who better to scrutinize than women, who overall,
have been able to "hold onto their jobs in this economy better than men
have..." Related stories: Word
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