2008-01-31 22:16:54 - A number of college-educated African-American women in the United States have never been married. Are Black men to blame? Not necessarily.

On March 3, 2003, Newsweek Magazine featured a cover story that highlighted the challenge that many African-American women face in search of a romantic partner in today's dating scene. With many Black women having more successful careers and more financial stability than many of their male counterparts in the African-American Community, the prospect of finding a potential husband with an

equal or greater degree of earning power and career success seems highly unlikely.

Probably the most surprising factor contributing to the high surplus of available Women of Color who possess a college degree and a high five-figure or six figure salary who are single is that many of these women don't even have marriage as a high priority anymore. Many are content with living the remainder of their adulthood with no husband and no children.

Tacoma Newsome, who works as both a General Assignment News Reporter for NBC affiliate WCMH-TV Channel 4 in Columbus, Ohio as well as a Communications Instructor at nearby Ivy Tech College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was featured in Forbes Magazine's 'The Best Cities for Singles 2007' as 'The Most Eligible Bachelorette in Columbus, Ohio' in August of last year. Ms. Newsome will discuss the topic of 'Young, Attractive, and College Educated: Are Many Black Women Single by Choice? Or Circumstance?' on 'Upfront & Straightforward with Alan Roger Currie' on the BlogTalkRadio Internet radio network.

Currie, who is the author of the popular paperback, 'Mode One: Let The Women Know What You're REALLY Thinking,' has many opinions on why many Black men and Black women are still unmarried. 'We live in a different era from our parents. The demands of life almost dictate that women need to focus on career success just as much, if not sometimes more so than men. That was not necessarily the case in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. Also, there are a lot of insecurities that need to be dealt with and discussed by both genders in the African-American community,' said Currie, who is also African-American and a single college graduate (Currie and Newsome are both alums of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana).

Visit blogtalkradio.modeone.net or www.blogtalkradio.com/modeone for more details; Also, visit www.nbc4i.com/midwest/cmh/about/bios.html or www.forbes.com/lists/2007/3/forbeslife-cx_singles07_Columbus_250 .. to view a bio on Ms. Newsome