Black Men United – U Will Know (BIGR Extended Mix)
Black Men United (BMU) was a collaboration of many African-American male R&B, hip-hop and soul music artists. The sole song “U Will Know”, written by a young D’Angelo, was released in 1994. It was featured in the movie Jason’s Lyric and on the movie’s soundtrack. Aaron Hall After 7 Al B. Sure! Boyz II Men Brian McKnight Christopher Williams D’Angelo (song writer) Damion Hall El DeBarge Gerald LeVert H-Town Intro Joe Keith Sweat Lenny Kravitz (guitar) Lil’ Joe DRS Portrait R. Kelly Silk Sovory Stokely Williams lead singer of Mint Condition Tevin Campbell Tony! Toni! Toné! Usher (Live Performance) Hope I Got Em All Leave a comment when I was wrong
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My Perspective On Black Men Dating Other Races Pt. 3
This is part 3 of the author’s perspective on the series Why Black Men Are Dating Other Races. This video was made to explain the author’s purpose in doing the series and clear up the general misconception of general issues raised in the previous 5 parts of the series. Interracial dating is defined as marriage or sexual relations between individuals of different races. According to the US Census, in 2000 there were 1432908 Hispanic Origin-white marriages.[18] , 504119 Asian-white marriages, 287576 black-white marriages, 97822 Hispanic Origin-black marriages, 40317 Asian-Hispanic Origin[19] marriages, and 31271 Asian-black marriages. Today the vast majority of African-Americans possess varying degrees of European and Native American admixture; some estimates put average African-American possession of European admixture at 25% with figures as high as 50% in the Northeast and less than 10% in the south. A recent study by Mark D. Shriver of a European-American sample found that the average admixture in the white population is 0.7% African and 3.2% Native American. However, 70% of the sample had no African admixture. The other 30% had African admixture ranging from 2% to 20% with an average of 2.3%. By extrapolating these figures to the whole population some scholars suggest that up to 74 million European-Americans may have African admixture in the same range (2-20%)
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Marrying Down – One More Challenge For African American Women – Shay Williams Garrett
 Marrying Down â One More Challenge For African American Women
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As an African American Male it grieves my heart to admit it, but African American Women have now surpassed us in every significant category. And yes I know it’s now common knowledge, but we are now entering into a phase in history where as we have now come face to face with a few disheartening realities.
 Women now account for more than 61% of HBCU (Historically Black Colleges & Universities) students, the Associated Press found. With this alarming disproportion, your chances of interacting with a degreed professional who happens to be an African American Male has the risk of becoming as rare as a class of all white students at Dillard University.
As I take a closer look at this 61% of African American Women enrolled in college, it gave rise to a major theme from the early 90′s, where are all of the Black Men?
We now know that the majority of African American Men are not even applying for financial aid, yet alone graduating from college. It has now become very obvious that if we are not in the freshmen orientations, then chances are our names will not be mentioned at the commencement services.
Her Strength
Yet the African American Woman has continued to persevere, prosper, and endure as she has always endured. The history of The African American Woman in the United States has witnessed her excel in roles as mothers, wives, slaves, ex-slaves, lawyers, scientists,  entrepreneurs, newspaper correspondents, teachers, artists, farmers, washerwomen, physicians, astronauts, and now billionaire tycoons just to name a few.
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All throughout her successful existence she has always had a comparable selection of African American Men to choose from, up until now. Despite her heterogeneity, her multiplicity, her particularity there has always existed a suitable male counterpart, up until now.
This is in no way an indictment of the African American Male which I belong to both fraternally and genetically, but more of a humbled observation. Even the Most Honorable Jane Pittman in her autobiography addressed the abundance of men, but yet only one suitable.
“I have known a few men since he passed, but none like Joe Pitmen”
Due to the many social issues that are still plaguing African Men, I am afraid to announce that this disparity has the potential to become the norm. With 61% of African American women currently enrolled in four year universities, this number will equate to 61% of African American woman earning twice as much as African American men.Â
Sure we can still take you out to dinner and show you a good time, even if the date will probably set us back a couple days salary. Having said that, a college degree is not an indication of a “Good Man.” There are still brothers who never graduated from a major university that would make exceptional husbands and fathers, and there lies another challenge for African American Women.
Quantity
It didn’t take me long to realize that I was in perhaps the top 15% of African American Men. Now that is not a statement of boast or pretention, but one based on what happened from 1985 â 2005. Movies like Boys N The Hood and Menace to Society depicted a gruesome epidemic of the black on black crime that plagued our communities. Just in the city of New Orleans in 1993 we were shocked to see the murder rate climb to nearly 400 African American Men, many of them under 24 years old.
Now take into account all of the African American Males we have lost over the past 20 years and factor that number with the same 61% of African American Women now enrolled in college, and it will become very clear why the African American family structure is now changing.
In a recent conversation with my really good friend, author (Love In 30 Days.com) and dating coach Shay Williams Garrett she helped understand this entire issue from a woman’s perspective.
“Unfortunately the African American Woman will have to make a few exceptions to her wish list of the perfect man. No it’s not fair, neither what has happen to my black brothers over the past 20 years, but it’s is what it is.”
With very few men graduating from college, the large number that are incarcerated, the segment that happens to be homosexual, and another portion that never even graduated from high school, African American Women may be faced with their greatest challenge yet.
Here Comes The Bride? Â
Tyronne Jaacques
Published by
Shay Williams Garrett
http://shaywilliamsgarrett.vox.com/
http://www.lovein30days.com/
Portrait of African American Man
Image by Black History Album
Mckinzymichael that is beautiful and so true. Great words to live by thank you!!
Mckinzymichael that is beautiful and so true. Great words to live by thank you!!
The need for change is always in the past, the ability to change is always in the present, and the hope for change is always in the future, having said that my hope is that the legacy that I leave behind after my death shall change the future generations of children to obtain “Equal justice under law” without a lawyer, because I still believe: “Even if you don’t have a lawyer you still deserve Justice!”-Michael E. McKinzy, Sr.-Born to do battle, drafted at birth.a.k.a.Warrior Breed!-09-17-2011
Still my fave song till this day even at 9 I understood the message
Tevinnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!
Wish they would of gave my boy dino a lil solo….SOn!
Who is da stupid b@#$h dat dislikes dis. always 1 idiot somewhere!!!
Great tune featuring some of the best, if not the best R&B singers of the ’90s. Powerful stuff!
THE BEST SONG EVER…….true story…..the great artists like these dont exist in todays music!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was it J. Little?
@oneunderent Jesus, can you imagine how bad a remake would be if today’s “r&b” artist did it?
R&B is gone.
Stokley from Mint Condition little part was the hotness!! Damn that dude can go!!
I have always loved this song. I remember listening to it on cassette. RIP Gerald Levert
tevin is an amazing singer.. but sometimes i think his accent is too strong.. lol it makes him even more unique than he already is but sometimes i wish he had a softer accent
This song still makes me cry till this day. I love it It was great to see all my male singers together even my babies Boyz II Men.
Hmm! what a great song
The song was made for the best love movie ever that’s what’s up bmu
This is the theme song to my life right here
Omg d’angelo … Cute
one person doesnt know lol
you’ll never see this kind of unity amongst our people again…this is a once in a lifetime type of phenomenon
One of my favs!
Inter racial dating who cares we are one mixed colorful human race we’re all mixed anyway if you go back far enough. One love.
Everyone dates interracial. But in the african american community is a little different. Especially those that live in L.A I had a black friend that was punk by Latinos especially those of Mexican descent. He was look down by white people. And even when he went to an asian liquor store they look at him as a criminal. When he got older he only started dating black woman but he would get with asian, white and latino women just for sex and rub on their face. The thing hes not the only one.
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As black people ,If you don’t understand your culture then you can not relate to the struggles of your own and your woman. Other ethnicities tend to propegate and streghten their own. Most black people suffer from the delimma of self hate and carry a loathesome burden that racism puts upon people of african descent each and every day. Most black men have little understanding of their culture thereby give up the fight to uphold and embrace the black woman
@eysofastrnjr, your comment is soooooooo ignorant. First off the man is abandoning all other women the second he is married to another woman you retard. Bitches like u look so desperate when u get mad at interracial couples. There are men that fall in love regardless of race, like my man. Then there are the black men that run from black desperate women like yourself…Hell I’d run too if i had to listen to someone as ignorant as u everyday,lol
black women are in pain.When black men choose other races of woman you are abandoning black women because the rest of us sure as hell dont want them!
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I’m glad I look at all 3 vids to the series b 4 i commented, BW r constantly judged 4 not fitting the white standard of beauty. Our Biggest scorners are BM. I will send you a pvt e mail. not enough space to say all that i have to say.
lol i am mexican and my man is black and no one cares ?? and there are good black woman out their the media makes them look bad
@philly1537 oh yeah fuck you, not all black women alike.
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Just subscribed today and have watched a bunch of your videos.
I must say it was a pleasure – both visually and intellectually.
Your deep perspective, common sense, the way you articulate your ideas and healthy core values that can be seen behind your thoughts make a great contribution to a woman’s struggle to understand herself and the world around. Regardless of the race or nationality (I’m white Russian female for example).
Thank you for your great job and hope to see your new videos soon.
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Very interesting series. Not sure how I stumbled on this but glad that I did. I’m a white woman and feel like I grew a bit today. My black officemate is 26 years old (female) and has this entitled attitude that drives me nuts. I naively assumed it was her upper middle income background, where she was given everything she wanted. I guess I neglected to take into account her race, and all of those behind the scenes workings. Interesting …
Im a black male and i thought the series was really honest and maybe hard to swallow for a lot of the women ,bcuz mainly it was hard stuff. Nevertheless, it was said in a positive and uplifting tone which made the series something to think about.
im just saying what the man is telling you. My father is from the Caribbeans always says ” the one thing that stops black ppl from accomplishing anything….is themselves.”our jealousy/greed and racial mind state even against our own is our main problem and for some reason has been a consistent one. since time began we’ve been screwing ourselves over. we traded and killed ourselves. 3000 some odd yrs later and we’re still doing it! in the in Africa or our western streets. preach black love