“Get yo' hands off my woman!

I said, get yo' hands off my woman!”

50 cool points to anyone who remembers where that line is from. ;-)

PART 1, “Why Black Women Aren't Getting Married.”

{background music: Beyonce's “Single Ladies”} Soledad O'Brien investigates to find out why up to 99% of black women never marry, and tells the poignant tale of how her own Afro-Cuban mother chose to marry outside of her race. O'Brien then investigates the lack of eligible black men {insert pictures of thugs and rappers here}, and interviews 5 black women, all of whom have chosen to date white men or stay celibate forever.

PART 2, “It don't matter if you're black or white”

(back ground music: MJ's “Black or White”) Soledad O'Brien examines the growing trend in interracial marriages, {graphic of Lamar Odom & Khloe Kardashian}. O'Brien also interviews 5 black men who have decided to take non-black wives and their reasons for doing so.

PART 3, “Damn, Damn, Damn!”

{background music: Rihanna's “Take a bow”} Soledad O'Brien investigates the prevalence of domestic violence in the black community {graphic of Chris Brown & Rihanna} and whether the rise of out of wedlock births is condemning a whole generation to never know what marriage is.

PART 4, “Jumpin' the Broom”

{background music: Alicia Keys “Unbreakable”} Soledad O'Brien investigates blacks who are getting married and what makes their marriages work. O'Brien also spotlights celebrity marriages such as Will & Jada Smith, Beyonce & Jay-Z and the most famous black married couple, Barack & Michelle Obama. O'Brien also investigates whether high-profile black marriages are setting impossible standards for black women in their quest to find mates.

CNN'S “Black Marriages in America”…coming soon in 2010!

I agree a spotlight on “black” marriage not good. A spotlight on marriage, fantastic! Don't we -USA- have a 50% divorce rate? No room for pointing fingers here. Their marriage is a wonderful model for everyone not just 'we as a peoples'.

He raises a good point about the Obama's marriage; they admit to bumps in it. That humanizes them to people more than anything else.

“Get yo' hands off my woman!

I said, get yo' hands off my woman!”

50 cool points to anyone who remembers where that line is from. ;-)

PART 1, “Why Black Women Aren't Getting Married.”

{background music: Beyonce's “Single Ladies”} Soledad O'Brien investigates to find out why up to 99% of black women never marry, and tells the poignant tale of how her own Afro-Cuban mother chose to marry outside of her race. O'Brien then investigates the lack of eligible black men {insert pictures of thugs and rappers here}, and interviews 5 black women, all of whom have chosen to date white men or stay celibate forever.

PART 2, “It don't matter if you're black or white”

(back ground music: MJ's “Black or White”) Soledad O'Brien examines the growing trend in interracial marriages, {graphic of Lamar Odom & Khloe Kardashian}. O'Brien also interviews 5 black men who have decided to take non-black wives and their reasons for doing so.

PART 3, “Damn, Damn, Damn!”

{background music: Rihanna's “Take a bow”} Soledad O'Brien investigates the prevalence of domestic violence in the black community {graphic of Chris Brown & Rihanna} and whether the rise of out of wedlock births is condemning a whole generation to never know what marriage is.

PART 4, “Jumpin' the Broom”

{background music: Alicia Keys “Unbreakable”} Soledad O'Brien investigates blacks who are getting married and what makes their marriages work. O'Brien also spotlights celebrity marriages such as Will & Jada Smith, Beyonce & Jay-Z and the most famous black married couple, Barack & Michelle Obama. O'Brien also investigates whether high-profile black marriages are setting impossible standards for black women in their quest to find mates.

I agree a spotlight on “black” marriage not good. A spotlight on marriage, fantastic! Don't we -USA- have a 50% divorce rate? No room for pointing fingers here. Their marriage is a wonderful model for everyone not just 'we as a peoples'.

He raises a good point about the Obama's marriage; they admit to bumps in it. That humanizes them to people more than anything else.