Carlos Sirah

2 months ago | blackagendareport.com | Jacqueline Luqman |Carlos Sirah |Frank Chapman

The economic stress on African American people shows itself in phenomena like marriage rates. What once was a benefit to Black communities and a path to the middle class, marriage is becoming harder to sustain with low wages and few options for employment. In retrospect, the tipping point in Desjon Yisrael’s marriage was when his wife announced that she was pregnant with their second child. There was enough love to go around—Yisrael was ecstatic—just not enough money.