Nbc 'nightly News' To Explore Black Women

[Im The Truth]

NBC 'NIGHTLY NEWS' TO EXPLORE BLACK WOMEN: Week-long series includes health, dating prospects, politics, hip hop and more.

*Beginning tonight, "NBC News with Brian Williams" will examine issues facing African-American women across the U.S. in a new series "African-American Women: Where They Stand."

The series will cover a wide-range of topics - from their role in the '08 Presidential race, to the increased health-risks that have been of longtime concern.

Monday's installment will discuss the progress of African-American women in the field of education. Nearly two-thirds of African-American undergraduates are women. At black colleges, the ratio of women to men is 7 to 1. And that is leading to a disparity in the number of African-American women who go on to own their own businesses. Rehema Ellis will talk to educators, students and businesswomen about the reasons behind the disparity.

Tuesday, Ellis will look at the relationships of African-American women, and how the gender disparity in education and business has an affect on relationships sought by those women. Some even say the implications could redefine "Black America's family and social structure." In the past fifty years, the percentage of African-American women between 25-54 who have never been married has doubled from 20% to 40%. (Compared to just 16% of white women who have never been married today). Ellis sits down with the members of a Chicago book club and talk about this difference and how it impacts them.

Dr. Nancy Snyderman will discuss the increases risks for breast cancer for African-American women on Wednesday. Mortality rates for African-American women are higher than any other racial or ethnic group for nearly every major cause of death, including breast cancer. Not only are African-American women more likely to die from breast cancer, but they're less likely to get life-saving treatments. Dr. Snyderman will profile one of the only oncologists in the world who specializes in the treatment of African-American women with breast cancer.

On Thursday, Ron Allen will take viewers to South Carolina -- the first southern primary state -- and ask the question: Will race trump gender or gender trump race? In South Carolina, black women made up nearly 30 percent of all democratic primary voters in 2004. This year, polls show a significant number are undecided, torn between choosing the first African-American or first female Presidential candidate. Allen talks with the undecided, as well the state directors for the Clinton and Obama campaigns, who happen to be African-American women.

To close the series on Friday, Dr. Snyderman will raise the frightening statistic that African-American women are 85% more likely to get diabetes, a major complication for heart disease. And, like breast cancer, more black women die from heart disease than white women. Dr. Snyderman will profile a leading expert and a unique church-based outreach program in South Carolina that seeks to spread the word about heart disease risks to black women congregants.

Meanwhile, Mara Schiavocampo, Digital Correspondent for "Nightly News," will address two hot topics in the African American community: interracial dating and the impact of hip hop music on black women.

• An Essence.com poll found that 81% of participants approved of black women dating non-black men. According to a U.S. Census Bureau report in 2000, 95,000 black women were married to white men. In 2005, that number increased to 134,000. Schiavocampo will talk to experts about the trend and discuss how this defines the "Black family" of the future.

• Schiavocampo will convene a panel of leading black men and women from the hip-hop industry for a discussion on whether hip hop lyrics and videos positively or negatively affect black women. The roundtable also will address how these portrayals are affecting relationships between black women and black men.

[Kushnology]

This "series" is nothing more than dubious propaganda to rift black people further apart.

Interesting how the white corporate media is once again concerned with the internal affairs of Black people.

[cauz/elohim]

when does it start?

[BlackQueen]

The only thing corporate media cares about is exploiting the negative stereotypes of black people,and ignoring the positive things we can do. It's nothing new,and those blacks in corporate media couldn't care less about saying something to show that we are much more than what the media and Hollywood portrays us to be.

Originally Posted by Kushnology

This "series" is nothing more than dubious propaganda to rift black people further apart.

Interesting how the white corporate media is once again concerned with the internal affairs of Black people.

[nkpe3297]

Actually, watch this, and take note to how they "present" the info this topic.

Most of it is BS.

I am from, or should say currently living in South Carolina.

I'm from Charleston, but live in Greenville now. As you know slavery began in Charleston, and even though Charleston is behind on lots of things, at least our people seem to not dilute themselves just so they can have pretty children.

I work at Wal-hell, but all I see is our women, and men have way more marriages to yt than I have ever seen. I called it, "mixed-kids on parade", becuase the attitude here is such. I attend church with my wife sometimes to keep the in-laws off of me, and that's all people seem to marvel at, is mixed children. Everyone in Greenville-Spartanburg seems to think white is right. I get a sense that here, the easiest way to succeed, is to subcumb to the idea of white-christian values, and marry other than yourself. The women here have a different attitude, and everything is based on skin color and hair.

Charleston, is where lots of people still don't like yt, and yt in the hood is not very well accepted...sometimes I miss home for that.


Also, we know that our women are promoted to positions that will make them feel like why should I deal with this black guy who can't even porvide on my level, when this white guy, who is making what I make or more can provide for me.

Trust me, our bothers face more in a day, with yt, the world, and unfortuantely our own women than many of any other races face.

I'm married to a black women, but duing my race and chase, I came across the ugliness of our own women, becuase of what I lacked, or how I looked for the day, or at a time how much I made, that it made me wonder what exactly are many of our women fed.

Many of our sista's are very educated, but seem to fall in a category of self-hatred, hatred of the statistical black male, and the acceptance of yt (male), that they give in to yt (male).

Our sista's have put high standards on brothas, and made it so that anyone who does not have money, must be uneducated, lazy, or a criminal.

You should see the looks form our sistas as I ring them up at Wal-hell, even though I'm going for a bachelors in network security administartion...they assume I'm lazy or something. The look says it all.

We need to help one another, bothe black male and female. If one has more than the other, see exactly where he/she is coming from, I say use your third eye, then watch, and learn. We canbuild but there has to be acceptance form both sides.

Sistas want to be taken care of, but many of you can take care of yourselves, so you can help our males, and this goes vice versa, becuase our poor-minded sistas seem to use the "middle" as a way to get what they want, so many of our few eductaed males stray to the other side as. And this, causes many of the educated sistas to get angry, and say they are no black males around, so yt(male) is the best choice. It's a cycle of sepration and hate, that has been used to divide and conquer the existing Afrikan over here in amerikkka..and it's working, unless we quit letting the media exposé us for a week, with one side answers that will not help us accomplish nothing.

Sistas love your brothas, brothas love your sistas...it is the only way we will survive.

[BlackQueen]

You're speaking the truth,brother. Good luck with getting that degree in network security administration.I'm getting my Associate's degree in computer information systems,and specialize in network security.

Originally Posted by nkpe3297

Actually, watch this, and take note to how they "present" the info this topic.

Most of it is BS.

I am from, or should say currently living in South Carolina.

I'm from Charleston, but live in Greenville now. As you know slavery began in Charleston, and even though Charleston is behind on lots of things, at least our people seem to not dilute themselves just so they can have pretty children.

I work at Wal-hell, but all I see is our women, and men have way more marriages to yt than I have ever seen. I called it, "mixed-kids on parade", becuase the attitude here is such. I attend church with my wife sometimes to keep the in-laws off of me, and that's all people seem to marvel at, is mixed children. Everyone in Greenville-Spartanburg seems to think white is right. I get a sense that here, the easiest way to succeed, is to subcumb to the idea of white-christian values, and marry other than yourself. The women here have a different attitude, and everything is based on skin color and hair.

Charleston, is where lots of people still don't like yt, and yt in the hood is not very well accepted...sometimes I miss home for that.


Also, we know that our women are promoted to positions that will make them feel like why should I deal with this black guy who can't even porvide on my level, when this white guy, who is making what I make or more can provide for me.

Trust me, our bothers face more in a day, with yt, the world, and unfortuantely our own women than many of any other races face.

I'm married to a black women, but duing my race and chase, I came across the ugliness of our own women, becuase of what I lacked, or how I looked for the day, or at a time how much I made, that it made me wonder what exactly are many of our women fed.

Many of our sista's are very educated, but seem to fall in a category of self-hatred, hatred of the statistical black male, and the acceptance of yt (male), that they give in to yt (male).

Our sista's have put high standards on brothas, and made it so that anyone who does not have money, must be uneducated, lazy, or a criminal.

You should see the looks form our sistas as I ring them up at Wal-hell, even though I'm going for a bachelors in network security administartion...they assume I'm lazy or something. The look says it all.

We need to help one another, bothe black male and female. If one has more than the other, see exactly where he/she is coming from, I say use your third eye, then watch, and learn. We canbuild but there has to be acceptance form both sides.

Sistas want to be taken care of, but many of you can take care of yourselves, so you can help our males, and this goes vice versa, becuase our poor-minded sistas seem to use the "middle" as a way to get what they want, so many of our few eductaed males stray to the other side as. And this, causes many of the educated sistas to get angry, and say they are no black males around, so yt(male) is the best choice. It's a cycle of sepration and hate, that has been used to divide and conquer the existing Afrikan over here in amerikkka..and it's working, unless we quit letting the media exposé us for a week, with one side answers that will not help us accomplish nothing.

Sistas love your brothas, brothas love your sistas...it is the only way we will survive.

[Seeking Ma'at]

Originally Posted by nkpe3297

Charleston, is where lots of people still don't like yt, and yt in the hood is not very well accepted...sometimes I miss home for that.

Well, shoot. Maybe I should have applied for residency in Charleston too.

Also, we know that our women are promoted to positions that will make them feel like why should I deal with this black guy who can't even porvide on my level, when this white guy, who is making what I make or more can provide for me.

And I see it all the time. Matter of fact, I recall a piece of advice an attending physician (a "sista) gave a group of us first year medical students (all sistas..): "When you reach this level of education, you have two choices; marry down, or marry out. I married down. In retrospect, I should have married out." Suffice it to say, I later learned that her personality was a little bit scary, and wondered how often did she scare or emasculate the brother to whom she married.

Trust me, our bothers face more in a day, with yt, the world, and unfortuantely our own women than many of any other races face.

Oh, I know. I have a circle of brothers who see me as their soundboard. I have no problem with it, but boy! do they deal with some garbage on a day-to-day basis...

Our sista's have put high standards on brothas, and made it so that anyone who does not have money, must be uneducated, lazy, or a criminal.

You should see the looks form our sistas as I ring them up at Wal-hell, even though I'm going for a bachelors in network security administartion...they assume I'm lazy or something. The look says it all.

Which is why I take the motto, "Never judge a book by it's cover very seriously. The brother with whom I am involved is a sheet metal worker. He's taking online courses towards a double major--history and business administration. His goal is to get his teacher's certification to teach the babies The Truth. I'm sure you know how many times my female colleagues have said, "Girl, don't waste your time. You need a brother with a degree" or "You need a doctor-husband." The main mouth saying this was involved with a brother who had a degree in computer science, no job, ate her out of house and home, didn't pay rent, and was verbally and physically abusive...
...but he had a degree.
*smh* Dayum...

We need to help one another, bothe black male and female. If one has more than the other, see exactly where he/she is coming from, I say use your third eye, then watch, and learn. We canbuild but there has to be acceptance form both sides...

...Sistas love your brothas, brothas love your sistas...it is the only way we will survive.

Yes...yes...yes!

[JemChi]

I'll be back for my summary after I see it. I hate to judge ANYTHING before I see it..

[nkpe3297]

I saw the report. With the exception of the sista and the statistical numbers,
it's stuff we pretty much already know.

[RBG Street Scholar]

A further effort to legitimate the Euorpeanization of Afrikan Women in Amerikkka; in image,substance and form.
They have already achieved it in many ways. Look at how the women look that their media puts in front of our children;fried, dyed and layed to the side / lighter color and whiter in mentality is the image of success that they are selling and paying for. The white man is the devil...We need a revolution.

[BlackQueen]

Well said,brother!!! REVOLUTION!!!!!

Originally Posted by RBG Street Scholar

A further effort to legitimate the Euorpeanization of Afrikan Women in Amerikkka; in image,substance and form.
The have already achieved it in many ways. Look at how the women look that their media puts in front of our children;fried, dyed and layed to the side / lighter color and whiter in mentality is the image of success that they are selling and paying for. The white man is the devil...We need a revolution.