BLACK MEN IN AMERICA HAVE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF REPRESENTING THEMSELVES. IF YOU ARE A BLACK MAN, WE INVITE YOU TO SIGN THE PLEDGE BELOW AND PROMISE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO DO BETTER. OUR GOAL IS TO GET 1 MILLION BLACK MALES TO PLEDGE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO BETTER
OUR PROBLEM IS...- Of all black men living with HIV/AIDS, the primary transmission category was sexual contact with other men, followed by injection drug use and high-risk heterosexual contactFor
- Black males ages 25-29: 11,695 per 100,000 ARE IN PRISON. (That's 11.7% of Black men in their late 20s.)
- 70% of all black children are born out of wedlock.
- 85% of black children do not live in a home with their fathers.
- Black men in America engage in polygamous relationships, 3 1/2 times that of White or Hispanics.
- Nearly 2 million black males are either currently in a state or federal prison or have been in one.
- In 2005, African American men were 1.3 times as likely to have new cases of lung and prostate cancer, compared to non-Hispanic white men.
- African American men are twice as likely to have new cases of stomach cancer as non-Hispanic white men.
- African Americans men have lower 5-year cancer survival rates for lung and pancreatic cancer, compared to non-Hispanic white men.
- In 2005, African American men were 2.4 times as likely to die from prostate cancer, as compared to non-Hispanic white men.
- In 2005, African American men were 30% more likely to die from heart disease, as compared to non-Hispanic white men.
- African Americans are 1.5 times as likely as non-Hispanic whites to have high blood pressure.Black males ages 15-19 die from homicide at 46 times the rate of white males their age.
PLEDGE TO DO BETTER AS A BLACK MAN AND TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE AS A WHOLE.
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