Won’t Be Denied: a suspense novel -- a portrait of an obsessed, single African American female.Atlanta, GA, October 13, 2004: Today there are many single women over
age of thirty. The 2000 Census Bureau recorded that 2,219,489 women between ages of 30 and 34 have never married.
The vast majority of single black women make up 60 percent of all unmarried women. By age of 30, a mere 45 percent of black women have married, compared to 80 percent of white women.
Such disproportionate statistics have led to many hypotheses as to why large proportions of African American female population are single. Social psychologist and author of “Black and Single”, Larry Davis explains “black romantic market” in article, “The State of Our Union: Black Love and Marriage, 2004”, on Africana.com. Davis believes that social factors such as black male imprisonment and interracial relationships leave black women outnumbering black men 2 to 1. Within same article, therapist and radio personality Audrey B. Chapman disputes Mr. Davis’ figures. It is her belief that proportions are closer to 4 to1 or 6 to 1.
“I figured that as I made more money and got education that’s required to get a good job, that that would automatically make it easier for me to find someone,” said Lana Coleman, a Pasadena Calif., attorney, in 2003 Newsweek article, “Black Gender Gap”. “But it’s really been opposite.” Ms. Coleman’s sentiments are reflective of other self-reliant and professional black women.
