Skipping the broom

Explain It to Me

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Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Romantic relationships are in a weird place right now. Statistically things are shifting, but the numbers are particularly stark for Black Americans. In the last 50 years, the percentage of Black women who have yet to walk down the aisle has more than doubled; now 48 percent haven’t jumped the broom. Professor and author Dianne M. Stewart argues that there are policies in place keeping Black women from partnering, resulting in what she calls forbidden Black love. Could policy shifts have a major impact on the marriage rate? And why does marriage even matter in the first place? Read More: Black Women, Black Love: America's War on African American Marriage Submit your policy questions! We want to know what you’re curious about. Credits: Jonquilyn Hill, host Sofi LaLonde, producer Cristian Ayala, engineer A.M. Hall, editorial director of talk podcasts Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:09.6	This is The Weeds. I'm John Glenn Hill, and romantic relationships are in a weird place right now.
1:14.0	Sure, I have anecdotal evidence, like I could open up my phone right now and see a dating app horror story in one of my group chats, but the numbers support this.
1:27.2	Statistically, things in our society are shifting.
1:31.7	According to P research, back in 1980, about 6% of Americans 40 and over had never been
1:38.2	married.
1:39.2	Now, it's about 25%.
1:49.4	If you've looked at the op-ed pages of any major newspaper, you've probably seen the hand ringing about this falling marriage rate.
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