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Make It Official: Kris Jenner Tells Kourtney K. To Leave The BabyMama Life Behind And Marry Scott Disick

Time for yet another Kardashian wedding? Kris Jenner Demands That Kourtney And Scott Get Married Before Baby #3 Kris Jenner is not about that BabyMama life. The family Momager is putting her foot down and insisting that the Kourney and Scott officially become crowned Lord And Lady Disick once and for all — especially if Kourtney is going to keep popping out Scott’s babies . Via MailOnline : Kris Jenner has someone she’d like her daughter Kourtney’Kardashian’s partner Scott Disick to call: Her pastor! Kris was all smiles in the premiere episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians last night when Kourtney, 35, confirmed that she is indeed pregnant with her third child with Scott, 31. They are already the parents of four-year-old son Mason and daughter Penelope, 23 months. But although momager Kris is thrilled she’s going to be a grandma again in December; behind the scenes she’s not so thrilled that her daughter and her boyfriend of the past 8 years have still not made it down the aisle. ‘Committing to parent three kids, when you haven’t even committed to each other doesn’t cut it in Kris’s book,’ says a family friend. ‘She comes from a time when, if a girl got pregnant and was still single, she got married as soon as possible. ‘And although she understands times have changed, she still has religious values and feels it’s only right that Scott make an “honest woman” out of her little girl.’ Mama Kris even wants the couple to get married at the church SHE started: In fact, 58-year-old Kris regularly attends church services at the California Community Church in Agoura Hills, California – a church founded by… her. She used to attend a Baptist Church in Westlake where she listened to sermons by Rev. Brad Johnson. But when the pastor resigned in disgrace over his affair with a mistress – who he has since married – Kris tracked him down at his new job serving up coffee at Starbucks, and made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Now they are partners in a church that boasts giving people second chances. But besides that, he can marry people. In fact, he performed the September 2009 marriage ceremony between Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom, making him only a phone call away should Scott and Kourtney decide to tie the knot. Right…because the marriage between Khloe and Lamar worked out so well… It seems like although the women in this family can get married in lavish style with little issue…they have a much harder time actually maintaining these relationships. Maybe Kourtney is onto something with her nontraditional family?

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Make It Official: Kris Jenner Tells Kourtney K. To Leave The BabyMama Life Behind And Marry Scott Disick

Positivity? Study Finds That Drug Testing Boosts African-American Employment Rate

When assumptions “backfire…” Study Proves Drug Testing Benefits Black Job Applicants Apparently since employers are often already under the assumption that Black job applicants are drug users, testing actually prevents them from going with their racist gut instincts and increases the chances of drug-free Black applicants gaining employment . Via Time Magazine : It’s no secret that America’s war on drugs hasn’t gone well, at least in economic and racial terms. Labor economist Abigail Wozniak investigated the relationship between race, drug testing, and employment, publishing a paper in the National Bureau of Economic Research with her findings. Surprisingly, she found that the rise of drug testing actually boosts African-American employment by a significant percentage: In states with a high prevalence of drug testing, African-American employment increased between 7% and 30%, while wages increased between 1.4 and 13%. “A common assumption is that the rise of drug testing must have had negative consequences for black employment,” she writes. “However, the rise of employer drug testing may have benefited African-Americans by enabling non-using blacks to prove their status to employers.” In case you missed it: She’s saying that, because African-Americans are perceived to use more drugs, drug testing enables them to objectively prove to employers that they don’t, which therefore results in increased employment. While it’s great to see the system work in our favor…it’s still pretty messed up to have to disprove a racist assumption before even getting a foot in the door!

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Positivity? Study Finds That Drug Testing Boosts African-American Employment Rate