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Black America's Truth on Black Men and Black Women - BPS Poll Results - Dispelling the Myths of Mainstream Black Opinion
Black People Speaks Black man Black Woman poll results tell a revealing story from the real world of Black America as opposed to the mainstream studies conducted on Black people by white people from elite universities.
Just recently, a study entitled "Black men torn between promise and doubt" written by two white guys, Steven A. Holmes and Richard Morin, contributing writers for the Washington Post, share their inferences on the thoughts of Black men about their livelihood in America. The research methodology used to conclude the results should always be considered suspect by Blacks.
Over the past month, Black People Speak took a survey from 266 Black men and women in regard to general knowledge from a more realistic, uncut version of Black America, the grassroots. This study makes null and void the doctrines of white scholars by reason of reality and first hand experience from actual Black people, not ones screened from a pool of Black experiment subjects.
The following questions were asked and the data collected tells our story better than anyone else can.
When asked: Of all the brothers you know or have known, are most of them:
Taking responsibility - 33.93%
Showing some responsibility - 55.36%
Just plain sorry - 10.71%
Most Black people believe that the majority of the Black men they know are either taking or showing responsibility, this revelation despite the conclusions of the so-called "pessimism or disappointment" in themselves reported from the article by Holmes and Morin. It reveals that there is a difference between elitist university polls and the results they seek, and the Black people polled by their own research center.
When asked: Of all the brothers you know or have known, how many brothers do you know who have been or are in prison or jail:
At least 1 - 19.64%
2 or more - 78.57%
None - 1.79%
The majority of Blacks know or have known someone (Black man) that has been or is in jail corresponding with Holmes and Morin's story that "Seven in 10 said someone close to them has gone to prison or jail"…and "studies that found black men were far more likely than whites to be stopped by police and have their cars searched but no more likely to be carrying contraband."
According to Holmes and Moron, "trends suggest a third of black males born today will spend time in prison." Be careful of this half-baked prophecy from the white end of spirituality because if told and published enough, too many Blacks will expect it to happen, thus we rebuke this negative word now.
When asked: Of all the brothers you know or have known, have more
Dropped out of High School - 10.71%
Graduated High School - 73.21%
Graduated College - 16.07%
Contrary to other reports about the dropout rates of Black men, (which may be higher than in the past 20 years) most Blacks confess that of the Black men they know, more have graduated high school than dropped out: this information should seriously be pondered by every individual in the Black community for realistic measure.
When asked: Of the brothers you know or have known, do most have:
1 baby mama - 55.56%
More than 1 baby mama - 35.19%
No children - 9.26%
Contradicting the extremes about Black men having babies on every corner, those polled know more Black men who have only one child as opposed to more than one or none at all. This should spark curiosity in the minds of people who believe the stereotypical lies that all Black men do is make babies.
When asked: Of the brothers you know or have known, would you say more are into drugs either using or selling:
More using - 34.55%
More selling - 7.27%
I know no one doing either - 30.91%
I know brothers doing both - 27.27%
Of those polled, more know Black men who are involved in drugs one way or another by either using or selling drugs. This truth is not hard to believe seeing the availability of drugs in urban areas.
When asked: Of the brothers you know or have known, are more:
Married - 42.86%
Single - 57.14%
Gay - 0.00%
According to results, more Black men are reportedly single than married thus dispelling the myth that there is a shortage of marriable Black men. Though there are high numbers of Black men incarcerated, that percentage does not come close to the numbers of Black men who are not locked up.
When asked: Of the brothers you know or have known, would you say more of them:
Want their own business - 23.21%
Have their own business - 0.00%
Work for a living - 73.21%
Have no job - 3.57%
Of the black men in the general population (of society), most of them are reported working for a living instead of on the corners. The mainstream stereotypical lies of Black men as thugs are only upheld in the minds of those who fear Black men, and by Hollywood.
However, just because Black men are working does not mean they are getting the best of the work force where wages or positions are concerned. According to the study by Holmes and Moron, "Black women were also just as likely as their male counterparts to see the economic system as biased against black men."
When asked: Of the sisters you know or have known, are most of them:
Working - 85.45%
On welfare - 3.64%
In college - 7.27%
Stay at home mother - 3.64%
True to the reports of the success of Black women in the work force, most Blacks know more Black women who work for a living as opposed to being the welfare ghetto queen mainstream media portrays Black women to be. There goes the validity of the welfare, ghetto Black woman theory.
When asked: Of the sisters you know or have known, do more of them speak for or against the Black man:
Speak for - 35.71%
Speak against - 46.43%
Say nothing - 17.86%
Of the 3 options, more people know of Black women who speak against the Black man instead of for him, in addition, those Black women who say nothing could be grouped with those who speak against Black men, based on psychological reasons alone.
When asked: Of the sisters you know or have known, how many would you say have been hurt by Black men:
At Least 1 - 9.09%
More than 1 - 40.00%
None I know of - 0.00%
Way too damn many - 50.91%
More people know of Black women who have been hurt by Black men than not, which suggest that there is a breakdown in the value of relationships, mainly on the part of Black men than Black women, yet possibly vise-versa.
When asked: Of the sisters you know or have known, how many of them have:
1 baby daddy - 62.96%
More than 1 baby daddy - 31.48%
Have no children - 5.56%
Again, despite popular opinion, more people know more Black women who have only one child by a Black man (or man) as opposed to more than one by different Black men.
When asked: Of the sisters you know or have known, would you say most:
Dress decently - 82.14%
Dress provocatively - 16.07%
Dress skanky - 1.79%
The results of this poll again defeats the suspicions that Black women are sex-craved nymphomaniacs seeking sexual pleasures and instead suggest that they possess more virtue than believed in the past or in the media.
When asked: Of the sisters you know or have known, would you say most are:
With a decent man - 25.45%
With a no good man - 10.91%
With another woman - 1.82%
Looking for a decent man - 61.82%
Overwhelmingly, more Blacks know of Black women seeking a decent man to be with. A large percentage know of Black women who have a good man than not, and a small percentage know of Black women seeking other Black women, dispelling the over-advertised myth of Black female bisexuality in America.
When asked: Of the sisters you know or have known, would you say most:
Are high maintenance - 5.45%
Easy to please - 43.64%
Too hard to please - 18.18%
Have no clue what they want - 32.73%
More people know of Black women who are not hard to please as opposed to those who are, however, many believe Black women have not yet learned what they need at all.
This study conducted by Black People Speak voices the minds, hearts, and souls of Black folk in America. Studies conducted by white university scholars, or even Black university scholars (who are nothing more than white ones in Black face), should never be wholly believed because when Black people are asked for their opinion on issues that really count, they tell their story from experience, not mythology.
Trust in your own people where it pertains to understanding your own people and your people's future. If it were up to America's universities, Black America's future would be written by them and afterward brought to past by them. Let us know ourselves in order to build ourselves.
Thanks and Stay Strong,
Manager - Black People Speak.com
Source from:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13123005/