The U.S. Census Bureau recently released new data on the educational attainment of the nation’s population.
In 2021, there were 59,964,000 non-Hispanic White Americans over the age of 25 in the United States who had earned at least a bachelor’s degree. They made up 41.7 percent of the total adult population of non-Hispanic Whites in the United States.
There were 7,921,000 African Americans over the age of 25 in the United States who had earned at least a bachelor’s degree. They made up 28.1 percent of the total adult population of African Americans in the United States. These numbers have grown steadily in recent years.
If we break the data down by gender, we find that 24.9 percent of African American men and 30.8 percent of African American women over the age of 25 had obtained at least a bachelor’s degree.
Some 1,591,000 Black women had earned a master’s degree but no higher degree. In 2021 there were 841,000 Black men who had earned a master’s degree but no higher degree.
Black women now hold a lead over Black men in professional fields such as law, medicine, dentistry, etc. In 2021, there were 125,000 Black men who had earned a professional degree compared to 139,000 Black women.
In 2021, there were 151,000 Black men who held doctoral degrees compared to 221,000 Black women.
Will someone tell me why it is that black women still earn less than black men on average, despite having earned more college degrees.
It’s called living in so-called White male dominant patriarchy society.
Most people earning a degree automatically means making more money, not true. A college degree is definitely leverage, but there are men, many black men who don’t have degrees but make more than black women due to trades, self employment, and owning a business. A lot of brothers are barbers and make good money too. A barber can make well over $100K a year as a barber, not even owning a shop, but work for himself, have an LLC or C Corp, get multiple tax breaks and nice tax returns each year, and still make more than a doctor or a nurse. He can also work out of his house and keep every penny for himself, fill out a 1099, and be ballin, which many are. Plus a lot of black men do construction, plumbing, electrician work, garbage pick up, sanitation, public parks maintenance, post office work, Fed Ex, UPS, warehouse work, and so much more. Now the difference with black women and higher education is that black men are forced to become adults much more early on due to the abscence of father figures at home and in their lives growing up. Women cannot boys to be men. Being that so many black boys are raised by single moms with no man in their lives, the boys have no image of what a man is or how men are supposed to act. So black mothers often over compensate by adultifying their sons at an early age or loving their sons and keeping them little boys. And this turns out to be problematic setting these boys up for disaster as adults. And they often go from one extreme or to another. And because of this, many black men don’t really mature in life until their late 30s, early 40s. And this after going through many difficult and adverse situations, not necessarily the criminal justice system because that’s more extreme, but many have other issues. Starting College or University late and graduating with a C average later in life, developing work trades later in life after years in low paying, dead end jobs with no future. Females, black females in particular mature faster than boys, they often times are forced to for a number of reasons, therefore they tend to become career and higher education oriented from early on. They see Mama or Grandma working hard, going back to school in the evening to become nurses, teachers, and pharmacists and so forth, and that’s a female role model for them, but where’s that strong black male role model for our black boys? Quick Answer: They’re Not There. The differece between black male/female success in life boils to this: WOMEN CAN’T BOYS TO BE MEN. THERE YOU HAVE IT.
Think critically for moment.
How many women do you know currently or have you known over your lifetime that would or are willingly signing up for physically demanding and risky (injury wise) blue collar jobs such as:
*roofer
*iron worker
*streets and sanitation
*oil rig workers
*telephone line repair aka pole climbers
*loggers
*fishermen(women)
*fire and rescue
*construction (outdoor vs indoor)
*asphalt and paving
*carpentry
*coal miner
..
These are just a few I came up with while staring out my window…but you get the idea.
Women complain about “office jobs” and “executive level” jobs they see men in …not realizing that these jobs compromise less than 40% (2/5) of total male employment. They don’t talk about getting the jobs that men do that they (women) don’t want to do. And, those jobs, given the inherent risks associated with them, tend to pay higher than the national avg wage.
Regards
Now what’s the percentage of black men doing those jobs? Miniscule in comparison, so please. He asked for a legitimate reason for black woman making less money, not for the bias rhetoric you picked up from a podcast.
Actually a good percentage of black men do more than any other race if you wanna be real do some research
Because women are still predominantly responsible for child rearing. Women experience significant drops in income as they can’t move up in their careers prior to marriage and/or children.
If you check the studies, the majority of black men who make more than black women are married. Single black women make about the same as married black men.
You should be consistent in your analytics. Regarding bachelor’s degrees, you should breakdown, the total of 7,921,00 between black males ‘and females so your percentage totals 100%. Your 24.9% Black males and 30.8% Black female does not equal 100%. Your analytics regarding masters, professional fields and doctoral are consistent. Great information and keep up the great work!
24.9% of 100% of Black men and 30.8% of 100% of black women.
Public education kicked they tails in these comments.
Bruh!!!!!
You got to put your brain on first!
Good points … appreciated the clarification on percentages for Bachelor degrees. Was the same logic used for Master and Doctoral degrees?