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Black-white marriages up

Black and white unions are on the rise, but they lag significantly behind the rates of mixed-race unions between whites and other minorities, according to a study being released in the October edition of the Journal of Marriage and Family.

The study found that in 2008, 10.7% of blacks who married in the past year married whites, up from 3% in 1980.

“Blacks are still the least assimilated,” said Roderick Harrison, a demographer at Howard University and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington. “It does suggest that the divide in this country remains between blacks and everybody else.”

More couples are cohabitating, which doesn’t always lead to marriage. Researchers say that trend is affecting all marriage rates and without it, there may be a greater number of mixed-race marriages.

Other findings from the study:

• 51.7% of American Indians in 2008 who married during the past year married whites
• Blacks who have completed higher levels of education are more likely to marry whites
• Black men are much more likely to marry white women than black women are to marry white men, which is the least likely combination.
• Asian women are more likely to marry white men than Asian men are to marry white women. Among Hispanics, mixed-race couples are more balanced.

QUESTION: Based on the results of this study, why do you think that black people who marry are less likely than other minorities to marry a white person?
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Woman with two uteruses gives birth to twins

A Florida woman with an extremely rare medical condition gave birth to two babies - one from each of her uteruses. Andreea Barbosa and her husband, Miguel, welcomed twins Nathan and Natalie Barbosa on September 15. The healthy babies were delivered by c-section 36 weeks. Barbosa’s condition is called  uterus didelphys, and according to her obstetrician the odds of such a rare pregnancy are at 1 in 5 million. (Read more)
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Only black Ivy League president stepping down

Ruth J. Simmons, the first and only black leader of an Ivy League campus, will be stepping down as President of Brown University at the close of the current academic year. Simmons became president of Brown in 2000. She plans to resume teaching at Brown as a professor of comparative literature and Africana studies. “I recently decided that this is the ideal time both for Brown and for me personally to begin the process of transitioning to new leadership,” Simmons wrote in messages sent to the Brown Corporation, faculty, students, staff, and alumni. (Read more)
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Video Bill Clinton on the American Dream

It seems these days everyone has advice for President Barack Obama on how to run the country. In this video clip, former President Bill Clinton offers his. Watch and discuss:

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