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African Americans

Class identity is different for black professionals

June 6, 2014 by Betsy Leondar-Wright Leave a Comment

Why would someone not identify as middle class? Many high-income African American professional homeowners respond to pollsters who ask for class self-identification by not choosing “middle class” or “upper class,” the identities usually chosen by their white counterparts. Why? University of Maryland professor Rashawn Ray explained some reasons in his plenary talk today at the […]

Filed Under: Race and Class Tagged With: adjunct professors, African Americans, middle class, race and class, racism

400 Billionaires = Wealth of All 41 Million African-Americans

January 17, 2014 by Chuck Collins 1 Comment

Click here for updated numbers for 2015 from the new Forbes 400 Report. Preview: Just two years later, the wealthiest 100 now have as much wealth as entire African American population. The racial wealth divide has reached new heights. The billionaires that make up the “Forbes 400” list have as much wealth as the entire African-American […]

Filed Under: Classism in the Economy, Race and Class Tagged With: African Americans, billionaires, racial wealth gap, super-rich, wealth gap

“Jumping the Broom”: African American class divide

August 15, 2012 by Camella Christmas Leave a Comment

When you were a young child, did you think about getting married? We may plan our wedding and visualize the person of our dreams, but we never stop to think that our class backgrounds and family values could possibly clash with theirs. In the movie Jumping the Broom, Sabrina Watson and Jason Taylor come from […]

Filed Under: Class cultures, Pop Culture Classism, Race and Class Tagged With: African Americans, class cultures, materialism, money, owning class, working class

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