Description
Book SynopsisAlthough past research on the African American community has focused primarily on issues of discrimination, segregation, and other forms of deprivation, there has always been some recognition of class diversity within the black population.
The New Black Middle Class in the Twenty-First Century is a significant contribution to the continuing study of black middle class life.
Trade Review"
The New Black Middle Class in the Twenty-First Century is an important piece of scholarship that details the characteristics, experiences, and concerns of a still understudied subset of the U.S. Black population."— Camille Zubrinsky Charles, University of Pennsylvania
"The Kojo Nnamdi Show" interview with Bart Landry - "How The Black Middle Class Is Growing And Changing"— WAMA "Kojo Nnamdi Show"
"Highly recommended."— Choice
"There is no better way to understand the new Black middle class than to hear directly from them. Landry brings statistics to life and offers an important story about the potential of strong and economically stable Black communities."— Mary Patillo, author of Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril among the Black Middle Class
BBC Sounds "Thinking Aloud" interview with Bart Landry, "The Changing Middle Class" — BBC "Thinking Aloud"
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1 The New Black Middle Class and the Demographics of the Twenty-First Century
2 Suburbanization of the New Black Middle Class
3 Changing Neighborhoods
4 Pick up the Newspaper We’re Out of Town
5 Catch 22
6 Educating the New Black Middle Class
7 From School to Work
8 Income and Wealth
9 The Next Generation
10 Afterword: 2007 to the Present
11 Conclusion: The Twenty-First Century
Appendix
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index
