Date: Tue, March 11, 2003 11:12 pm
From: Valerie Wilkins-Godbee
Subject: re: “The Black Gender Gap”
NEWSWEEK
Dear Letters to the Editor:
Re: “The Black Gender Gap”, by Ellis Cose – March 3, 2003.
The plight for many of America’s “black” men sets off bells, and although this is unfortunate, I hope the article will inspire people to marry people.
Cose struck a balance in his piece, which was lively and educational! Interracial couplings among “black” and “multiracial” women and “white” men are on the rise for a host of reasons: Mostly for natural reasons; and because some, in the pool of “black” men, that are available, as Cose pointed out, just aren’t up to par. Educationally, and otherwise for many “black” women, today. In defense of interracial dating and marriage, I read in a dated article, in an Ebony interview from the 1960’s, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said, (when asked about his thoughts on interracial marriages), “Races don’t marry, people do.”
Sincerely,
– Valerie A. Wilkins-Godbee, Pres.
Interracial Women’s Political Consortium,
and former deputy chief national director of
A PLACE FOR US/National
a 501 (c) (3) non-profit advocacy
for the interracial family, couple and individual, est. 1984!
cc: The Multiracial Activist – James Landrith, Editor & Publisher www.multiracial.com