Book contents
- The Love Jones Cohort
- Cambridge Studies in Stratification Economics: Economics and Social Identity
- The Love Jones Cohort
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Introducing the Members of the Love Jones Cohort
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Scholarly Debates on Defining the Black Middle Class
- 2 How the Love Jones Cohort Defines the Black Middle Class
- 3 The Love Jones Cohort and Black Middle-Class Identity
- 4 The Rise of Never-Married Black Singles
- 5 Choice, Circumstance, or Both?
- 6 Lifestyle Ebbs and Flows
- 7 Intergenerational Mobility and Disseminating Wealth
- 8 Homeownership and the Accumulation of Wealth
- 9 Neighborhood Decisions and Interactions
- 10 Health, Mental Well-Being, and Coping Strategies
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Book part
- References
- Index
Afterword
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2023
- The Love Jones Cohort
- Cambridge Studies in Stratification Economics: Economics and Social Identity
- The Love Jones Cohort
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Introducing the Members of the Love Jones Cohort
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Scholarly Debates on Defining the Black Middle Class
- 2 How the Love Jones Cohort Defines the Black Middle Class
- 3 The Love Jones Cohort and Black Middle-Class Identity
- 4 The Rise of Never-Married Black Singles
- 5 Choice, Circumstance, or Both?
- 6 Lifestyle Ebbs and Flows
- 7 Intergenerational Mobility and Disseminating Wealth
- 8 Homeownership and the Accumulation of Wealth
- 9 Neighborhood Decisions and Interactions
- 10 Health, Mental Well-Being, and Coping Strategies
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Book part
- References
- Index
Summary
In January 2011, the inaugural show of Piers Morgan Tonight aired on CNN. On the third day of the new show, the guest was Professor Condoleezza Rice, the 66th United States Secretary of State serving from 2005 to 2009. She was the first Black female Secretary of State and the second never-married secretary (the first was James Buchanan, who served from 1845 to 1849). While this may not have been common knowledge to some people prior to May 16, 2014, that might have changed by the next morning. For the Jeopardy! viewers watching the last day of the Battle of the Decade with a million dollars on the line, the Final Jeopardy category was “Secretaries of State,” and the question was, “Serving 160 years apart, these 2 Secretaries of State are the only ones who never married.” The answer: “Who are James Buchanan and Condoleezza Rice?”1 While some might be amused by such trivia, others could be annoyed that of all the accomplishments of Professor Rice, her never-married status is what is highlighted on a Jeopardy! question.
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- The Love Jones CohortSingle and Living Alone in the Black Middle Class, pp. 171 - 172Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023