new report confirms and debunks some regarding black single mothers

a report by the U.S. Census Bureau show that not all blacks single mothers are dropouts and abusers. in fact, the rates of high school dropout is about the same for whites and blacks. excerpts from the report:

[M]ore than 80 percent of black single mothers have completed high school – an achievement that not only can aid them in raising families but one that goes a long way in debunking the stereotypes of single black mothers as welfare queens and drug abusers.

“We’ve kind of always known that black women had much stronger labor force attachments than white women,” Rutgers University professor William M. Rodgers told BlackAmericaWeb.com.

However, he said, a pay gap still exists between black and white women – as do other hurdles that make managing a one-parent household difficult for women of color.

this report also confirms some long-held notions:

Twenty percent of black single mothers in the study had been divorced, but 62 percent had never been married – suggesting that black single mothers – more than any ethnic group – were most likely to have never been married.