The midday on-air personality has released a new book – “Abstinence is Kool: Challenging Girls Everywhere!!! Can You Say No to Sex for the School Year?”
Kendra G tells the story of going to a Philadelphia public school and asking a group of about 30 seventh and eighth grade girls how many wanted to be married.
Four raised their hands.
Then she asked how many of them wanted to be mothers. Almost all raised their hands.
These girls all wanted to be unmarried mothers, or “baby mamas,” as they’re commonly called. The idea of becoming a wife first was a foreign concept, which isn’t surprising considering that a staggering 72 percent of black babies are born out of wedlock.
And as out of control as the problem is, there’s not a whole lot being done to combat it.
