It’s official. Black women are now the most educated group in the United States. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, there is a higher percentage of Black women enrolled in college — 9.7 percent, to be exact — than any other race or gender group. Asian women trail slightly behind with a whopping 8.7 percent and White women with 7.1 percent. Between 2009 and 2010, Black women earned 68 percent of the associate’s degrees, 66 percent of the bachelor’s degrees, 71 percent of the master’s degrees, and 65 percent of the doctorate degrees received by Black graduates in the United States… [ MadameNoire ] Do You Know Your Man’s Credit Score? It’s been said that financial issues are one of the leading causes of divorce, yet many couples still take the marriage plunge completely oblivious to each other’s financial situations. A recent survey conducted by Experian, revealed that an alarming 40 percent of newlyweds don’t even know their partner’s credit score. “Newlyweds were surprisingly unaware of their spouse’s financial situation before walking down the aisle,” said Rod Griffin, Director of Public Education at Experian. “One in three newlyweds reported that their spouse’s spending habits are different than what they expected.” Even worse, the majority of the 1,000 recently married participants who were surveyed said that they would spend $800 before telling their spouse and 16 percent of respondents admitted to committing financial infidelity by maintaining secret bank accounts… [ MadameNoire ] Bank Of America Swiftly Fires Atlanta Employee Who Went On Racist Facebook Rant The same way Bank Of America won’t hesitate to hit you with an overdraft fee, they are quick to fire full frontal racists. A 57-year old Atlanta woman named Christine McMullen Lindgren was relieved of her services after customers and other people complained about her very public Facebook rant. The rant did not go unnoticed and people immediately let their feelings be known by contacting Bank of America, the place she had listed as her employer…OA responded and fired McMullen Thursday afternoon. Per AJC: Andy Aldridge, a senior vice president and communications manager for the bank, confirmed that Lindgren had worked at the bank and that the comments were “reprehensible and unacceptable…” [ HipHopWired ] Mandy Moore: I Want Out Of Marriage & My House in the Woods [ TMZ ] You Guys, Toni Braxton Just Went Public With Birdman [ iHeart Radio ] These Unforgettable Images Expose The Horror Of The Tulsa Race Riots [ Huffington Post ] Friends Say They Found Crack Pipes In Lamar Odom’s Home [ Baller Alert ]
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