Do Black Men Really Think LSLH/White Women Are a Better Catch?

I found a quote on a left-wing urban blog and it got me to thinking: do black men date and marry outside of their race because they believe women of another race are a better catch than black women?

Zabeth of Zabeth’s blog asks why couldn’t Lamar Odom “marry his former girlfriend of 10 years, who is also the mother of his 3 children but, somehow has the balls to marry the childless woman he’s only known for 1 month!”

She goes on to say that “Khloe (and any children she may have with him) will reap ALL of the legal benefits, priviled[ges], and guarantees of being a wife while [high school sweetheart] Liza Morales will get child support.”

But isn’t that the image we see portrayed over and over in rap music videos? Black women are cast as “bitches”, “hoes” and “baby mamas” who always have their hands out for child support, while the childless LSLH/white women are cloaked in furs and diamonds.

It should come as no surprise then that the black community leads the nation in single family homes headed by black women.

It wasn’t always that way though. At one time, the black man was proud of his black woman. In 1966, for instance, 85% of black households were headed by black men. Today, it’s more like 29%.

As Zabeth concludes, “[We don’t] need to spell out the implications and lessons learned here.”