Black America and the Class Divide
Social class has been an expansive divider in America between those who could own property and the means of production and those who could not. African Americans see a widening gulf between the values of middle class and poor blacks and nearly four-in-ten say that because of the diversity within their community blacks can no longer be. Pin On Pics Black Boys And Girls. . Du Bois the leading scholar of the first half of the 20th century defined the urgency of black social responsibility in his famous essay The Talented Tenth 10 being the percentage of the African-American demographic needed to lead the race into an integrated equal America. Black America and the class divide. Henry Louis Gates on Black America and the Class Divide Todays student activists could be considered the grandchildren of WEB. The economic gap within the African-American community is one of the most important factors in the rise of Black Lives Matter...