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The Black Middle Class : Social Mobility--and Vulnerability / Benjamin P. Bowser.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (191 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781588269546
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.5/508996073
LOC classification:
  • E185.86 ǂb B643 2007eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Putting Class in Context -- 3. The Emergence of a Black Middle Class -- 4. The Class That Jim Crow Built -- 5. Comparability . . . Not -- 6. From Affirmative Action to Diversity -- 7. Anatomy of Today’s Black Middle Class -- 8. The Future of Race, Economic Inequality, and Class -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: The widespread presence of successful African Americans in virtually all walks of life has led many in the United States to believe that the races are now on an equal footing—and that color blindness is the most appropriate way to deal with racial difference. In strong contrast, Benjamin Bowser argues that the seemingly comparable black and white middle classes, while inextricably linked, in fact exist on entirely different economic planes. Probing the subtle inner workings of contemporary class dynamics, Bowser demonstrates that belief in comparability is based not in reality, but in hopes, sentiment, and ideology. His focus on the structural barriers that underlie differences in black and white achievement makes it clear that the national racial dilemma has not been solved, but only transformed, and that issues of race and class are inseparable in the United States.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Putting Class in Context -- 3. The Emergence of a Black Middle Class -- 4. The Class That Jim Crow Built -- 5. Comparability . . . Not -- 6. From Affirmative Action to Diversity -- 7. Anatomy of Today’s Black Middle Class -- 8. The Future of Race, Economic Inequality, and Class -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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The widespread presence of successful African Americans in virtually all walks of life has led many in the United States to believe that the races are now on an equal footing—and that color blindness is the most appropriate way to deal with racial difference. In strong contrast, Benjamin Bowser argues that the seemingly comparable black and white middle classes, while inextricably linked, in fact exist on entirely different economic planes. Probing the subtle inner workings of contemporary class dynamics, Bowser demonstrates that belief in comparability is based not in reality, but in hopes, sentiment, and ideology. His focus on the structural barriers that underlie differences in black and white achievement makes it clear that the national racial dilemma has not been solved, but only transformed, and that issues of race and class are inseparable in the United States.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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