Description
Book SynopsisThe New Black Middle Class in the Twenty-First Century is a continuing study of black middle class life. Landry examines the changes that have occurred since the publication of his now-classic
The New Black Middle Class, and conducts a comprehensive examination of black middle class American life in the early decades of the twenty-first century.
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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 *
"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 *
"The Kojo Nnamdi Show" interview with Bart Landry - "How The Black Middle Class Is Growing And Changing" * WAMA "Kojo Nnamdi Show" *
"Highly recommended." * Choice *
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
