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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBlack People Are Not All Living in Hell
Contrary to Donald Trumps indiscriminate portrayal of African-Americans as living in hell, the black upper middle class is ascending the economic ladder at a faster rate than its white counterpart.
Scholars have begun to focus their attention on this phenomenon. William Julius Wilson, a sociologist at Harvard and the author of The Truly Disadvantaged, is working on a book about upward social mobility among African-Americans. In an email, he wrote me:
One of the most significant changes in recent decades is the remarkable gains in income among more affluent blacks. When we adjust for inflation to 2014 dollars, the percentage of black Americans earning at least $75,000 more than doubled from 1970 to 2014, to 21 percent. Those making $100,000 or more almost quadrupled to 13 percent (in contrast white Americans saw a less striking increase, from 11 to 26 percent).
In an NBER paper issued in November 2016, Patrick Bayer, an economist at Duke, and Kerwin Charles, a professor of public policy at the University of Chicago, published comparable findings, reporting that
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Black People Are Not All Living in Hell (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2017
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stonecutter357
(12,693 posts)1. K&R! that's a righteous beard !
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)2. ...
madokie
(51,076 posts)3. It makes this old man
feel good reading stories like this. We are all people, humans, patriots whatever it is we identify with.
I want all boats lifted not just a 'chosen' few as so many seem to want. It matters not the color of ones skin rather it matters whats in ones heart. I love all
ismnotwasm
(41,965 posts)4. K&R to infinity...
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)5. This is probably why some white voters are getting crazier.
Feeling that wealth is a zero-sum game leads to thinking that one group gaining some parity = "I'm losing out and must fight back."